Japanese Green Tea IPA
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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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
10 days before the BBD. The aromas are lightly oxidized west coast style resin hops and malt. Not a fan of most tea beers but this isn't too bad. Nice interesting combination of tea, pot and hops with a little sweet at first and growing bitter towards the end.
Tried
on 14 Jun 2022
at 00:27
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Can at home, recommended by the BeerTemple, Amsterdam, consumed at home, 5th June 22. Pours a clear light bronze. aroma is resinous pine, aromatic, pith. Taste is bitter rind of citrus, pine, resin, some tea and a little relief from the bitterness malts. Lovely Stone, and so nice to get a bitter IPA, bring back IBU
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jun 2022
at 16:25
7.2/10
Yea, slightly tannic, pineapple and tropical fruit.
Tried
from Can
on 08 May 2022
at 21:18
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Taster at Shade City Brewfest. Pale hazy yellow with a thin white head. Green tea features prominently in the aroma and taste, leafy, grassy. Hard to believe it's 10%, barely noticeable.
Tried
on 25 Apr 2022
at 00:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12oz can picked up at Total Wine in LV. Pours cloudy golden with a medium sized off-white head, light lacing. Citrus peel, green tea, alcohol, resin, bitter. Ok
Tried
from Can
on 20 Apr 2022
at 02:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at Stone on Kettner in San Diego. Nose is citrus, green tea, and lightly piney. Orange with a medium lightly lacing off white head. Flavor is moderately bitter with iced tea.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Mar 2022
at 20:58
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Decent flavoured IPA. Green tea adds an interesting element here without getting too lost in gimmicks. Golden. Pour with decent head. Some citrus peel. Bitter finish. Tap at Stone in Richmond.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Mar 2022
at 19:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz bottle that was part of the 2021 - 12 Days of IPA mix pack. The pour is a mostly clear golden yellow with a 1/2 inch white foam head that falls quick. The aroma is a round sweet fruit hop, along with grassy earthy green tea. The taste is big green tea, herbal, floral, and orange sweet. There is also a dry grass bitter finish that has some alcohol poking through. The palate is medium bodied with soft carbonation and the big green tea finish with the earth, grass and some smokiness. Interesting and surprisingly easy drinking beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2022
at 01:57
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, Stone 12 Days of IPA mix pack, Kroger. Slightly hazy deep gold with a small white head. Nose is grapefruit, pine, floral hops, green tea buried deep. Flavor is grapefruit, green tea bitterness, pine, orange peel. A bit boozy, but might also just be bitterness from the tea. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2021
at 01:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle from Total Wine Greenfield, 12/1/21. Says 2015 but I guess this is back. Slightly hazy orange, large creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of grapefruit, tea, pine. Taste is grapefruit, tea, melon, pine. Juicy, booze well hidden. Could use more prominant tea notes, they are delicate. Overall pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2021
at 03:00