Delicious IPA
(has 1 batch)
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating|
Score
7.13
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An intensely citrusy, beautifully bitter beer worthy of the simple-yet-lordly title of Stone Delicious IPA. Lemondrop and El Dorado hops combine to bring on a magnificent lemon candy-like flavor that's balanced by hop spice. Delicious is crafted to reduce gluten.
Editor’s Note: Originally tap only and listed at 8.3% abv and 116 IBUs.
While our beers are many and diverse, yet unified by overarching boldness, India pale ales are our undeniable bread and butter. We’ve brewed many over the past 18 years, from double-down bitter bombs to piney session sippers. Whether it’s big IBUs or a precise ABV, there’s usually a target we’re shooting for. The same is true of this, our latest IPA, but we gave zero thought to any acronyms. This one was all about packing as much unique and, you guessed it, delicious flavor into a glass as humanly possible, regardless of oomph or octane. This intensely citrusy, beautifully bitter beer is worthy of the simple-yet-lordly title of Stone Delicious IPA. Lemondrop and El Dorado hops combine to bring on a magnificent lemon candy-like flavor that’s balanced by hop spice. It’s unlike anything we’ve tasted in nearly two decades of IPA experimentation, and another lupulin-laced creation we’re excited to introduce to hopheads everywhere.
Bottle description: Great beer is for everyone and anyone with the good taste to recognize it, not just a niche group like us über beer geeks. So, when we developed this pleasantly bitter, deliciously citrusy, hop-driven IPA, we took it as an opportunity to go a step further and do something we’d spent over a year researching and perfecting: creating a beer that makes it possible for nearly everyone to experience our aggressive, no-holds-barred approach to craft brewing. It’s a flavorful, cutting-edge, modern-day IPA for everyone. Lemondrop and El Dorado hops provide plenty of fruity citrus character and a burst of hop zing that sings on the palate. We’re proud to present it to those who already know us for our IPA prowess and to those who, so far, have only heard the legends.
Editor’s Note: Originally tap only and listed at 8.3% abv and 116 IBUs.
While our beers are many and diverse, yet unified by overarching boldness, India pale ales are our undeniable bread and butter. We’ve brewed many over the past 18 years, from double-down bitter bombs to piney session sippers. Whether it’s big IBUs or a precise ABV, there’s usually a target we’re shooting for. The same is true of this, our latest IPA, but we gave zero thought to any acronyms. This one was all about packing as much unique and, you guessed it, delicious flavor into a glass as humanly possible, regardless of oomph or octane. This intensely citrusy, beautifully bitter beer is worthy of the simple-yet-lordly title of Stone Delicious IPA. Lemondrop and El Dorado hops combine to bring on a magnificent lemon candy-like flavor that’s balanced by hop spice. It’s unlike anything we’ve tasted in nearly two decades of IPA experimentation, and another lupulin-laced creation we’re excited to introduce to hopheads everywhere.
Bottle description: Great beer is for everyone and anyone with the good taste to recognize it, not just a niche group like us über beer geeks. So, when we developed this pleasantly bitter, deliciously citrusy, hop-driven IPA, we took it as an opportunity to go a step further and do something we’d spent over a year researching and perfecting: creating a beer that makes it possible for nearly everyone to experience our aggressive, no-holds-barred approach to craft brewing. It’s a flavorful, cutting-edge, modern-day IPA for everyone. Lemondrop and El Dorado hops provide plenty of fruity citrus character and a burst of hop zing that sings on the palate. We’re proud to present it to those who already know us for our IPA prowess and to those who, so far, have only heard the legends.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can 33 cl. Golden, cloudy with a large foamy white head. Hoppy aroma with some citrus and red berries sense. Medium bitter with a dry hops end.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Apr 2019
at 20:34
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can 35,5 cl. Pours an almost clear golden with a dense and lacing, white head. Intriguing spicy aroma. Medium body, soft on the palate, a little caramel and again this very pleasant and spicy hop bill. Less harsh and rough than most Stone IPAs. Some may call it old school - I call it.....delicious. 040419
Tried
from Can
on 04 Apr 2019
at 10:43
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 16 Mar 2019
at 21:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
355ml Can - Light amber with a white head. Orange, pine, grapefruit and lemon in the aroma. Orange, peach, chamomile, grapefruit and pine in the taste.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Mar 2019
at 20:22
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 01 Mar 2019
at 21:12
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Had a bottle of this at a Smokey Bones in Florida. Hazy light yellow colour with a white head, good stay and dirty lacing. Citrus hop aromas with lemon notes and grassiness. Very dry mouthfeel with a great bitterness built-up in the finish. Wow, quite bitter and grassy tasting! If you like hopbombs, you should like this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2019
at 05:00
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2019
at 23:52
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can. Hazy amber, golden foam. Citrus, grape, slightly too ripe ripe mango hop aromatics together with a strange salmiak/fennel note. Medium full mellow body. Licorice/fennel and melon on the forefront, crystal malt like sweetness, light boozy hop burn, leafy finish. Seems a bit rough to me.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jan 2019
at 17:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Huge thanks to Erzengel for sharing! Beer in the glass zippy, nice small head. Flowery-hoppy aroma. Starts fine hoppy, grasy, more and more dry with nice bitter notes in the background. Hints of lemon, some grapefruit. Interesting!
Tried
on 01 Jan 2019
at 12:45
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home finish off the year. Hazy orange pour small sudsy head. Nose is orange and lemongrass. Taste of peach, pine, lemongrass, caramel, hop oil. Slick and chewy. Small bitters and alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2019
at 04:32