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
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Score
7.06
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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?
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Rich, but soft barley malt nose with raisin accents and a bit of rubber at times on the nose. Clear chestnut, thin yellow head. Very malty with raisin flavor. Finishes with tobacco. Alcohol is not noticeable at all. Smooth and easy to drink, quite a nice beer.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2011
at 01:07
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared by Marcus. Pours dark amber with a creamy beige head. Aromas of sweet malt and peat. Med body. Flavors of malt, smoke, and a hint of oak. There’s a little dark fruit, and some coffee after a bit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2011
at 16:02
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours a dark red with a light purple hue - minimal lace - Nose of plum, raisin, toffee, caramel, toasted grains, alcohol - Mouthfeel is equal parts syrupy and creamy - alcohol is warming and strong - medium sweet with very little earthy/peaty character - some toffee and a touch of raisin - lacks much of the depth you would expect from the style - pretty much just sticky and malty - not bad, but does not deliver on the promise of the aroma.
Tried
on 11 Mar 2011
at 20:25
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
I should preface my review with a statement that this is not my most favorite style out there. Pours a copper color, very small wispy head. Aroma sweet malts, raisins, dried fruits. Flavor sweet, alcohol burn, okay.
Tried
on 05 Mar 2011
at 21:12
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Smooth, malty and quite good. This beer is chock full of sugary malt goodness. It pours a very dark ruby with a small head that completely dissipates in a matter of seconds. The aroma is kinda light, but there are some great rich malt notes of caramel, chocolate, toast, biscuit, toffee, blackberries, brown sugar, molasses, anise, earth and peppercorns. The taste is definitely sweet, but it’s not really sticky or cloying. There’s practically no hop presence. The feel is smooth and works quite well. This beer is a celebration of malt, and the malt flavor is just wonderfully rich.
Tried
on 05 Mar 2011
at 20:55
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle from Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a clear dark ruby color with a medium sized creamy tan head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of toffee, plum and berries. Somewhat faint. The taste is toasted malts, plum, toffee and faintly bitter hops in the finish. Medium bodied. Quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2011
at 23:39
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle (with Chuck Silvia’s writing on the back). Pours with a clear garnet body and a nice and lasting khaki head. Aromas of plums, brown sugar, persimmons, smoke (light/soft, not harsh or chemical), alcohol, raisins, light vinous, sweet, caramel, bready and grainy. Nice. Flavors are grainy, chocolate, cereal, dark fruits and brown sugar. Lingering alcohol and caramelization. Very soft. Creamy and soft mouthfeel. Nice, balanced, easy drinking and subtle for an 8.8% Scotch Ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2011
at 10:05