Stone Brewing Delicious IPA

Delicious IPA
(has 1 batch)

 

Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating
Score
7.13
ABV: 7.7% IBU: 75 Ticks (all batches): 285
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.
 

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6.8/10 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 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

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Hoppy aroma, citrus fruit, resin. Tastes the same as aroma, medium bitter. Medium body, hoppy bitter finish. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Dec 2018 at 21:45

8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from Pivný raj Delicious indeed. Solid hops that play well all together. Quite bitter but juicy as well. Lasting hoppy bitterness. Very good.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Nov 2018 at 20:21

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
24-11-18 // taster at 4. CraftBeerMesse Mainz. Clear amber golden. Classic West Coast IPA. Pine, citrus hoppy, bitter. Great.
Tried on 23 Nov 2018 at 18:19

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Many thanks to Peter for this can! Great fresh floral nose, the beer starts intense fresh, lots of hop oils, fruity and deep sticky. Lots of intense fresh floral hops, fantastic deep with a great sticky hop floral aftertaste.
Tried from Can on 16 Nov 2018 at 21:44

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 9
Can shared with Erzengel. A clear golden beer with a small white head. Aroma of apricot, peach, yellow bitter hops. Taste of yellow intense bitter hops, pine, citrus, apricot.
Tried from Can on 16 Nov 2018 at 21:35

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Pours hazy golden with with a thick head. Lemongrass aroma. Tastes like earthy hops and spruce. Palate is much of the same, the hops leave a nicely bitter aftertaste. Good beer.
Tried on 18 Oct 2018 at 01:33

6/10
Kwiatki, zboze, ciut karmel, spoko, chlalne, z niemala goryczka, slodkawe, takie 3.3, tnx Pan Alex
Tried from Bottle at Mikkeller Bar Warsaw on 29 Sep 2018 at 21:28

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can from Boxbeers. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and moderate hoppy - citrus. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 290818
Tried from Can on 29 Aug 2018 at 18:04