Wizards & Gargoyles
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Modern Times BeerIPA - New England / Hazy Rotating
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Score
6.96
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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.
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can from Livonia Fine Wine. Pours a clearish gold with a finger of white foam that dissipates quickly. Aromas of chocolate, coffee and green peppercorn with some citrus and light pineapple notes. More green pepper and coffee on the palate. A bit thin and not really a hazy IPA imo. Bitter pith and coffee on the finish.
Tried
from Can
from
Livonia Liquor & Fine Wine
on 28 Aug 2020
at 19:24
8/10
Tried
on 28 Aug 2020
at 02:39
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Grapefruit aroma. Grapefruit and summer fruit flavor with light coffee. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and summer fruit linger with light coffee.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jun 2020
at 22:31
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
The description suggests that this is a Frankenstein beer, and the description would be right. The flavours don't really gel, but as it warmed up towards room temperature, I found it growing on me. Strong aromas of coffee some citrus, melon and stone fruit. The coffee and citrus are more in balance when tasted, but it's a weird balance. The stone fruit and honey are also present, and it leaves a pleasant enough aftertaste.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2020
at 09:12