Liquid Poem
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating|
Score
7.46
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Glory to the Hop
Hops, used artfully, can be a lyrical journey for the palate. What you have here is the liquid equivalent of some old school classic punk rock poetry. We took the path less traveled 25 years ago, and it could be accurately argued we were a bit noisy in our adventures co-pioneering the West Coast style IPA. People heard that noise and joined us in the hoppy mosh pit, and the path has gotten even more lively since then. We based this recipe on the classics, with citrusy-piney Centennial, Chinook and Columbus hops, plus a dash of ‘new classic’ Citra for good measure. Big yet refreshing, bold yet nuanced. Undeniably LOUD. Just as we like it.
Hops, used artfully, can be a lyrical journey for the palate. What you have here is the liquid equivalent of some old school classic punk rock poetry. We took the path less traveled 25 years ago, and it could be accurately argued we were a bit noisy in our adventures co-pioneering the West Coast style IPA. People heard that noise and joined us in the hoppy mosh pit, and the path has gotten even more lively since then. We based this recipe on the classics, with citrusy-piney Centennial, Chinook and Columbus hops, plus a dash of ‘new classic’ Citra for good measure. Big yet refreshing, bold yet nuanced. Undeniably LOUD. Just as we like it.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
12 ounce bottle from Woodman's Appleton, 5/18/21. Clear gold large dense white head, good retention. Aroma of dank, pine, and some hints at tropical fruit. Taste is pine, earth, resin, passionfruit, berry. Strong lingering bitterness, well balanced. Both old school and modern. I think this is the last of the six pack, but, I've loved all six.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2021
at 03:22
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
32oz crowler pours with a clear copper colored body that supports a nice near white head of foam. The aroma offers up berries, floral hops, kumquats and some pine toward the end of the draw. The taste delivers a crystal malt infused sweetness and soft round hop berry to floral hop flavor. Luckily to midway a modest level of floral hop, citrusy citrus hop and pine hop bitterness bubble to the surface to steer this away from being just to damn soft and sweetness. I was hoping this was going to be more like the last ruination release. That one was ballsy af and delicious. This is good but I was hoping for more. As it warms a tad the hop bitterness has improved. This isn't winning me over to buy more but I am happy to have snagged a couple quarts.
Tried
from Crowler
on 14 May 2021
at 03:35
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Another big bitter bastard from Stone. Lovely mandarin, pineapple, stone fruit, and pine notes, backed up by a little caramel, followed by a brutal, resinous bitterness that lingers far into the fade. Killer pint.
Tried
on 13 May 2021
at 00:41