Japanese Green Tea IPA
(has 3 batches)
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Baird Brewing Co. / Ishii Brewing CompanyIPA - Triple Special Out of Production
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Score
7.30
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Collaborators: Bryan Baird, Brewmaster, Baird Brewing Company / Toshi Ishii, President/Brewmaster, Ishii Brewing Co. / Mitch Steele, Brewmaster, Stone Brewing Co.
Our style of brewing has always been about taking chances. It’s an extension of our “What if” mentality, wherein we ask ourselves what would happen if we did things differently in the brewhouse, such as fermenting with a different strain of yeast or, in the case of this beer, incorporating whole-leaf green tea imported from Japan. The answer, embodied in this IPA when we first released it in 2011, was something truly magnificent, delicious and well worth brewing again. But what if we changed it up a bit? This time around, we exchanged Pacifica hops from New Zealand for Helga hops from Australia. The result is an IPA that’s as bright, herbaceous and bitingly hoppy as the one that’s had our fans requesting its return ever since its depletion from store shelves, but with a modern, hop-driven twist that makes this second draft unique and tasty in its own right.
Our style of brewing has always been about taking chances. It’s an extension of our “What if” mentality, wherein we ask ourselves what would happen if we did things differently in the brewhouse, such as fermenting with a different strain of yeast or, in the case of this beer, incorporating whole-leaf green tea imported from Japan. The answer, embodied in this IPA when we first released it in 2011, was something truly magnificent, delicious and well worth brewing again. But what if we changed it up a bit? This time around, we exchanged Pacifica hops from New Zealand for Helga hops from Australia. The result is an IPA that’s as bright, herbaceous and bitingly hoppy as the one that’s had our fans requesting its return ever since its depletion from store shelves, but with a modern, hop-driven twist that makes this second draft unique and tasty in its own right.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Initial hit of green tea, but then beer fades into a regular IIPA, though not all that great of an IIPA. Decent herbal and citrusy notes, but overall a bit cloying and not so well balanced. A bit too sweet for my liking too. Not bad, but hardly outstanding, but at least it is for a good cause.
Tried
on 01 Aug 2011
at 01:10
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle @ home. Somewhat hazy, yellow-orange appearance with a foamy, white head. Herbal, faint tea, moderately piney, dank hoppy nose. Kind of a weird organic, herbal, piney, dank, lightly citrus hoppy flavor with most of the tea on the finish. Green tea, piney, dank aftertaste. Weird brew that’s ok but not all that impressive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2011
at 22:29
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12 ounce bottle - a green tea double IPA? - sure, why the fuck not? - hazy glowing orange - thick, sudsy lace - nose is mostly the dank, piney, thick hoppiness you expect from Stone - nice aromatics, though - flavor explodes with grapefruit and pine - intense bitterness - the tea come in late, and fairly strong, making the beer taste more like a can of hoppy Arizona Iced Tea - dry, bitter finish, with quit a bit of alcohol presence - messy, but okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2011
at 21:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours with a muddy golden hued body and a large, foamy, slightly green tinged off-white head. Aromas are a bit dank, tropical fruit hoppy, a bit herbal as well. Slight green tea ice cream nose, a hint of pine. Minimal esters, minimal malt profile, a bit of fusel. Flavors of are bitter, a bit tannic. An odd grassy flavor towards the finish. Lemon, grassy, herbal, lightly fruity (berries maybe?). Odd hopping, lingering bitterness. Medium to lively bubbles. Some alcohol. Perhaps a bit messy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2011
at 21:07