Give Me IPA or Give Me Death
Stone Brewing: Richmond in Richmond, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Ardent Craft Ales / Hardywood Park Craft BreweryIPA - Imperial / Double Regular
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Score
7.16
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Just as Patrick Henry once stood addressing the city of Richmond in 1775 to spur resistance against the tyrannical British Empire, 20 years ago we were stirred to join the cry for resistance against the tyrannical oppression of industrial beer. And now, the opening of our Richmond brewery is yet another shot in the salvo that has been fired on behalf of American brewing independence. If we wish to brew free, if we mean to retain our identity and preserve the privilege of access to independent craft beer, we must recognize it is a group effort. We do not stand alone. And so, on our new brewing grounds, we gathered with fellow craft breweries and “His Excellency,” Governor McAuliffe, to join together in force. A group cry of freedom & independence! Consider this aggressively hopped imperial IPA, jam-packed with Virginia raspberries and blackberries, a testament to our passion and unwillingness to settle or sell out! We think Patrick Henry would be proud, and hope you will be too.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ [ Morten minus Peter Tasting ]. [ As Stone Give Me IPA or Give Me Death ].Clear medium to dark amber color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, sweet malt, candy, moderate to heavy hoppy, grapefruit, orange - citrus, sweet fruit, sweet hops, sweet berries. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, candy, sweet fruit, sweet hops, hoppy, raspberry - blackberry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20170401] 8-3-8-3-16
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2017
at 09:38
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Brawley. Clear amber brown color. Aroma of caramel and burnt pine. Taste is sweet burnt caramel resiny finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Mar 2017
at 14:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap. Pours a dark mahogany with moderate head. Aromas and flavors of pine and copper, sugary dark fruit, and bitter citrus. Over rated.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Mar 2017
at 22:49
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
4 oz pour on draft at Spacebar. Clear dark amber with beige head. Aromas of citrus, floral notes, malt, biscuit. Tastes of malt, citrus, bitter notes, candied fruit, biscut and toasty notes. Medium body with a dry finish. Bitter. Like the stout, I don’t get the berries.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Mar 2017
at 18:20
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft pour at Growler Guys, Lake City. Like no other IPA I’ve ever had before. Very much looked forward to this. Caramel copper.pour with a lasting fizz head. Malt forward aroma, though mild. Creamy, with an earthy malt and hop.combo, and way less than hoped.for and expected berry content. Bitter linger. Dusty malt. Odd, and less than amazed on this unique offering. A slight miss.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Mar 2017
at 21:14
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Uptown. 8.75$. Pours a clear reddish color with a medium off-white head. A big fruity and malty nose. The flavor is caramel, light sweet and dusty berries, rich citrus hops dominate, some dank elements. This works really well. Reminds me a lot of Stone’s regular IPA. Funky, fruity. Great IPA.
Tried
on 18 Mar 2017
at 01:09
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours dark lightly hazy reddish amber, large creamy beige head, dissipates rather slowly with nice lacing. Aroma is pine, some citrus, hints of berry but surprisingly muted. Flavor is light plus sweet, medium bitter. Medium body. Interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2017
at 21:29
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
Not digging this bomber. Lovely brown pour with loads of lace, but the nose seems off, a moderate citric hop presence betraying no trace of berries. Taste starts shockingly sweet, a huge burst of brown sugar malt leading to a saccharine middle, notes of berry not appearing until very late. Ample bitterness assaults the sweetness, and a quinine-like fade covers up all those nice Virginia berries. Not for me, dudes.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2017
at 20:19
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22oz bomber pours with a clear mahogany colored body that supports a full semi tight tan head of foam. The modest aroma offers up some malts, a malt sweetened fruitiness that’s vaguely citrus, mild spicy hops and a dash of floral. The taste delivers smooth sweet malts and a crystal malt sweetness and bite leading to bitter spicy hops ringed thinly by a citrus hop note. Toward the finish the hops grow to reveal mild floral, pine and slightly woody hoppiness. This is a pretty nice through back offering that has a bit of an Arrogant Bastard Ale feeling to it.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2017
at 22:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Raspberrry, blackberry, caramel malt, and lemon peel aroma. Murky dark brown with moderate head. Moderately sweet berry, caramel malt, and moderately bitter herbal grapefruit peel flavor. Good body. Influence of berries more subdued than I would have though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2017
at 16:35