Highway 78
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Green Flash Brewing Company / Pizza Port (Carlsbad)Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Special Out of Production
|
Score
7.06
|
|
Collaborators: Chuck Silva, Green Flash Brewing Co. / Jeff Bagby, Pizza Port Carlsbad / Mitch Steele, Brewmaster, Stone Brewing Co.
One of the great things about collaboration brew days is the conversations we have while we’re brewing. Here are some of the best of the Q (and some A) resulting from our collaboration brew day on December 17:
Q: Do we have to brew today? I’ve got tickets to the Chargers game and Foreigner is playing the tailgate party!
Q: What the heck are you thinking? Getting three of San Diego’s most hop enamored brewers together and brewing a scotch ale!? One of the least hoppy styles in existence!?
Q: How long does it take to dump 10,000 pounds of grain by hand?
A: About 4 hours!
Q: How long does it take to weigh out 25 pounds of hops?
A: About 4 minutes!
Q: Are you intimidated by Chuck’s beard?
A: It’s all right, but come back when he looks like Billy Gibbons or Santa Claus. He’s got nothing yet on Cecil.
Q: Did you figure in the extract from the brown sugar when calculating the recipe?
A: Ummm, hey! How about we increase the target gravity from 19°P to 20°P, everyone good with that?
Q: What are the wort IBUs? 30!? You mean 130, don’t you? No?
One of the great things about collaboration brew days is the conversations we have while we’re brewing. Here are some of the best of the Q (and some A) resulting from our collaboration brew day on December 17:
Q: Do we have to brew today? I’ve got tickets to the Chargers game and Foreigner is playing the tailgate party!
Q: What the heck are you thinking? Getting three of San Diego’s most hop enamored brewers together and brewing a scotch ale!? One of the least hoppy styles in existence!?
Q: How long does it take to dump 10,000 pounds of grain by hand?
A: About 4 hours!
Q: How long does it take to weigh out 25 pounds of hops?
A: About 4 minutes!
Q: Are you intimidated by Chuck’s beard?
A: It’s all right, but come back when he looks like Billy Gibbons or Santa Claus. He’s got nothing yet on Cecil.
Q: Did you figure in the extract from the brown sugar when calculating the recipe?
A: Ummm, hey! How about we increase the target gravity from 19°P to 20°P, everyone good with that?
Q: What are the wort IBUs? 30!? You mean 130, don’t you? No?
Sign up to add a tick or review
6.1/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Süßer, fast etwas kaugummiartiger Antrunk. Leicht herb, die Aromen sind wenig intensiv, das Bier wird früh trocken. Die Süße wird geringer und somit auch angenehemr, süffig aber nicht sonderlich gelungen. 9/9/10/9//9
Tried
on 10 Oct 2011
at 08:37
7.5/10
—
Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
draft@Stone vs. Moeder: dark red/amber with a white head, smells like yeast, fruity hops including grapefruit hops, tastes like bitter, toasted malts, caramel, berries with grapefruit & pine hops, dark fruits, yeast, toffee, brown sugar, booze, not bad
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Oct 2011
at 07:28
7.2/10
—
Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
bottle from Ølbutikken. clear dark amber , small lively light brown head. very nice and excellently balanced aroma of malts, caramel, bitterness from hops, but no taste from the hops like the more usual us beers. Of its kind, arma can’t get much better. Flavor is malts, mild but bitter caramel, very faint spicy note (browncakes), bitterness from hops, but no flowery or herbal flavor. alc. is hidden, but gives the beer a good solid feel. palate is soft and thick. Not my favourite kind of beer, but as I see it, very well crafted.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2011
at 07:26
6.5/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Draught @ Moeder Lambic during the Stone vs Moeder Lambic event. Dark brown colour with a full off-white head. Smells flowers and caramel. Tastes sugar water and alcohol. Okay carbo, medium body,
Tried
on 28 Sep 2011
at 14:29
6.9/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 8.8%. Rather subtle aroma, slightly roasted. Seemingly clear dark brown colour. Fizzy, but rather stable, light brown head. The flavour starts off with some malt syrup, turns herbal and spicy and finishes with a bit of liquorice root. The carbonation is not high, but a bit hard. Tastes good, but perhaps could have had a little less alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2011
at 08:18
7.3/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at Chez Moeder Lambic Fontainas during the three day Stone Event, 16-18 september 2011. Dark amber / brown color, full off-white head. Smell not much, some coffee, malts and I think mostly caramel. Taste is decent, lightly bitter and some caramel, but overall a bit boring. Medium carbonation, medium body.
Tried
on 20 Sep 2011
at 09:51
7.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught at Moeder Lambic, Brussels, for the Stone beer festival. Sampled on September 16, 2011Clear dark copper to brown color, big yellow to tan head. Sweet, malty, raissin scent. Sweet, raissin, tobacco taste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness. Sweet aftertaste.
Tried
on 18 Sep 2011
at 10:43
7.3/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft @ Stone vs. Moeder event, Moder Lambic, Brussels. Brune claire, mousse crémeuse, jaunâtre. Ici, une scotch de bonne facture, et vraiment dans le style américain. Arôme fruits noirs, malt léger avec note de houblon fleuri. En bouche, malt et sucre caramel, grains; levure; fruits noirs avec une pointe de sucre résiduel et un fini allant sur le toffee.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Sep 2011
at 09:46
7.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught Rim of cream-coloured foam on deep ruby-brown beer. Seriously malty, maltsyrup, coloured malts, dried maize and corn syrup, but nothing cloying, despite the description. Sweet, corny, malty, toffee, but somehow balancec by gingerbread-like notes and hiding hops. Very slick, well-bodied, and well-carbonated, if not visibly so. Scotch... 16/-? Seriously good, one for the maltlovers.
Tried
on 18 Sep 2011
at 00:29
7/10
A hazed dark brown ale with a very thin off white head. In aroma, sweet caramel malt with loads of dark fruits, licorice, alcohol warmth, very nice. In mouth, nice caramel malt with dark fruits, plums, alcohol warmth, very nice for a 9 years old ale. Bottle from City Market, btv , 2011.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2011
at 19:22