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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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Included in the 2021 12 Days of IPAs box. Looks to be the same ABV as the 2015 edition, so I’ll log it here. Green tea works exceptionally well in this IPA, adding woody, herbal depth to a citrus-n-pine-forward Stone pint. Caramel and stone fruit round out the profile, while a lingering pine bitterness clings to the palate. Killer IPA.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2021
at 00:34
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle pours out golden topped with a white head. Nose is nice green alfalfa hops tea notes spice and some nice malts. Taste is more of the nice spice green tea notes and a sweet malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2018
at 20:03
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Slightly hazy golden and copper coloured body with a nice, two centimetre tall off-white head. Aroma of alcohol, light earthy hops with a touch of tea and a lot of floral elements. Full-bodied; Rich malt flavour with some good alchol flavours, some rice and grain and a big dose of piney and floral hop characteristics. Aftertaste is rich and grainy with some tea and floral flavours and finishes with alcohol, rich malt and a piney and resinous note. Overall, a nice and rich beer with some good flavours and showing a smooth and floral bite that lingers indefinitely. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased a few hours ago at Grape Vine in Sterling Heights, Michigan on 09-December-2016 for US$7,99 sampled at home in Dearborn, Michigan on 09-December-2016.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2016
at 13:08
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Où, Quand, Comment : Dégustée en fût au Farmhouse Tap & Grill (Burlington, VT), le 5/9/2015.
Visuel : Couleur : dorée-orangée. Apparence : légèrement voilée.
Arôme : Houblon floral, herbeux (thé, menthe), fruité (agrumes), aux notes épicées, résineuses et citriques, malt sucré
Goût : En entrée de bouche : Goût plutôt amer de houblon floral, herbeux, moyennement fruité (agrumes), légèrement résineux et épicé, présent toute la gorgée. Un support de malt sucré et de pain sucré est également présent avec un goût de thé vert, de bonbon à la menthe et d’alcool herbacé.
En bouche : Corps : moyen. Effervescence : moyenne. Texture : moyennement huileuse. Finale : longue aux notes sèches, composée d’une moyenne amertume d’alcool, de houblon herbeux, floral, aux notes résineuses et fruitées avec un léger goût de thé asséchant.
Visuel : Couleur : dorée-orangée. Apparence : légèrement voilée.
Arôme : Houblon floral, herbeux (thé, menthe), fruité (agrumes), aux notes épicées, résineuses et citriques, malt sucré
Goût : En entrée de bouche : Goût plutôt amer de houblon floral, herbeux, moyennement fruité (agrumes), légèrement résineux et épicé, présent toute la gorgée. Un support de malt sucré et de pain sucré est également présent avec un goût de thé vert, de bonbon à la menthe et d’alcool herbacé.
En bouche : Corps : moyen. Effervescence : moyenne. Texture : moyennement huileuse. Finale : longue aux notes sèches, composée d’une moyenne amertume d’alcool, de houblon herbeux, floral, aux notes résineuses et fruitées avec un léger goût de thé asséchant.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Apr 2016
at 04:18
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Poured a golden yellow color with some light hazy golden yellow color with a white head. Aroma was light herbal hop notes, light resin, green tea comes through. Interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2016
at 10:33
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bomber de Luekens Liquor. Orangé, col léger crémeux beige. Arôme est de suite plein de thé, note verte de feuilles bouillies superbement bien restitué, le malté perce en rétro-nasal avec une petite pointe d’amertume plutôt discrète. Palais est franchement impressionnant au niveau du thé. Ressort très frais, thé vert, feuillu et un profil herbacé qui perdure accrochant un peu sur l’épicé. Le tout est très frais prenant un profil presque mentholé. Reste très correcte malgré son age, quasi 11 mois. Le score aurait encore être plus haut si j’aurais ouvert cette bouteille plus jeune.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2015
at 10:44
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Thank you Sebletitje! 650 ml. bottle sampled @ “Tim’s Christmas Tasting”. Bottle doesn’t have a clear BBF but seems to date back to around January 2015. Hazy amber, creamy off-white head. Nose is big sweetness, vanilla, sugary yoghurt, milky yeast, candy,… Sweet but in an oddly desert kind of way. Taste is interesting, sweet vanilla, sugar, touch rice pudding, milky sweet yoghurt, white sugar, vanilla finishing into mild floral green tea in the back, light touch of mint. Creamy milky body. This beer should not work but it does in a strange & interesting desert kind of way. Looking at Delicious IPA maybe they were going for a desert IPA. Way better than the first version, fascinating beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2015
at 07:28
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Baird / Ishii / Stone Japanese Green Tea IPA 10.1% (2015) (by Stone Brewing):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.2/5
26/XII/15 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle @ Tim's 1st Second Christmas Day Tasting - BB: n/a (2015-1794) Thanks to sebletitje for sharing the bottle!
Clear orange beer, creamy solid yellow head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very malty, sweet malts, some honey, funky, bit sugary. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty spicy, sweet, quite some tea noticeable, bit sugary, soft bitterness. Aftertaste: more tea, spicy, sweet, hint of exotic fruits. Very complex and interesting.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.2/5
26/XII/15 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle @ Tim's 1st Second Christmas Day Tasting - BB: n/a (2015-1794) Thanks to sebletitje for sharing the bottle!
Clear orange beer, creamy solid yellow head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very malty, sweet malts, some honey, funky, bit sugary. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty spicy, sweet, quite some tea noticeable, bit sugary, soft bitterness. Aftertaste: more tea, spicy, sweet, hint of exotic fruits. Very complex and interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2015
at 15:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared at the Cad’s ten-year RB anniversary celebration. Thanks to Paul for this bottle. Pours clear gold with a frothy white head. Citrusy hops and powdered green tea in the aroma. Medium sweet flavor with definite green tea character, light astringency, some bitter grass. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Bitter finish, grassy, lightly resinous. A novel beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2015
at 04:57
8/10
Tried
on 18 Sep 2015
at 20:09