Wizards & Gargoyles
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Modern Times BeerIPA - New England / Hazy Rotating
|
Score
6.96
|
|
It's not just the same hometown that unites Stone Brewing and Modern Times. It's an unceasing drive to create, innovate and challenge convention. (Not to mention the shared obsession with those little green miracles we call hops.) Modern Times / Stone WIzards & Gargoyles IPA is an achievement of collaborative awesomeness between two San Diego craft beer trailblazers. Centennial, Cashmere, Citra, and Azacca hops are joined by two in-development hops, yielding juicy notes of tropical citrus that play beautifully with the robust flavors and aromas of the coffee, supplied by, of course, Modern Times' caffeination masters. The result is a beer as wonderfully unique as its creators.
Sign up to add a tick or review
7.4/10
—
Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
(Can) Hazy golden amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Hoppy, fruity nose with notes of passionfruit, pineapple, grapefruit, sponge cake and coffee. Hoppy, fruity taste with passionfruit, grapefruit, pineapple, citrus peel, honey, white bread, a touch of coffee and a generous citric bitterness in the finish. More than medium body, with a slight sweetness. Tasty and refreshing. Coffee is definitely there, but stays in the background of citrus and tropical fruit. Very nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jun 2025
at 20:35
6/10
Canned. Appreciated the creativity but not a huge fan of this. Weird mix of coffee an bitey milky citrus.
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2025
at 02:06
7.5/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Orange in color with a three finger, off-white head. Aroma is the usual citrus, tropical smell of an IPA. Taste is tropical fruit, citrus, spruce and...wait is that coffee? Yes, a hint of coffee. This was good.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2025
at 05:39
8/10
Tried
on 14 Jun 2023
at 17:56
7.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pint can, WW. Murky orange with a soft off-white head. Resin, orange peel, very light coffee aroma. Orange peel, light coffee, resin, tropical fruit, peach. Tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Nov 2021
at 21:58
7/10
Lata @La Jara, Sevilla. 24/10/2021. Color amarillo corona de espuma blanca, aromas frutas, sabor frutal, notas café, herbales, cuerpo medio.
Tried
on 24 Oct 2021
at 18:21
7/10
Fruity herbal nose. Great mild IPA with an interesting coffee aroma in the back. Smooth mild, fruity with lots of pine and hints of coffee in the back. Nice one.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2021
at 17:06
6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Canned from Goblet. Hazy golden body, some off white head. Coffee, citric and oxidated maltiness in the aroma. Lean taste, again, oxidized IPA, citric, mild coffee. Drinkable, old. If I can find it fresh, will rerate.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jun 2021
at 22:36
5.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
0.473 l can from Goblet Beer Store, Zagreb. Thanks, Marko. Hazy orange, small off-white head. Lightly to moderately hoppy, there is a hint of ripe fruit, spices, cardboard and even coffee. Peach and malts in the back. Thin, bland, dry, no bitterness, some coffee. Soft carbonation. Moderate finish.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jun 2021
at 22:36
6.9/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pint can from Woodman's Fond du Lac, 6/11/21. Finally found this thing as a single. Hazy orange, large frothy white head, good retention. Aroma of coffee, roast, citrus. Taste is coffee, grain, bitter coffee, tea, citrus. Thin. A little past its prime (enjoy by 11/27/20), but I bought it recently so blame the store. Could be better, but I'll give it some beneit of the doubt due to age.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jun 2021
at 02:29