Delicious IPA
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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7/10
Can at Morzybitten, Horsens. Hazy golden with a lasting white head. Aroma of citrus and pine and classic West Coast toffee malt. Sweet malty flavour with citrus and a bitter finish. So old school.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jun 2021
at 20:39
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can, 0.355l. Hazy orange pour, one finger soapy white head. Medium lasting, good retention, nice lacing on the glass. Fruity nose, tropical fruits, pineapple, peach, grapefruit, pine. Herbal notes in the background, very nice. Medium to full body, soft carbonation, refreshingly prickly. Smooth and soft mouthfeel and texture, chewy, creamy, easily drinkable. Hoppy bitter taste with subtle sweet notes in the background. Fruity aroma, tropical, citruses, pineapple. Grapefruit and peach. Caramel and candy notes in the background, lingering herbal spiciness. Subtle alcohol burn. Long lasting finish, dry and bitter. Tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jun 2021
at 14:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours hazy light amber, with a nice creamy head of fine white foam. Aroma is a very nice combination of malty/caramel and fruity/herbaceous. Body is slightly dense, with average carbonation. Taste is medium-high bitter. Final is long, bitter and very pleasant.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 May 2021
at 17:02
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can into glass..Dark golden/light copper. Bit of lacing....first sniff is light floral (honeysuckle-ish) & citrus, mainly orange rind and lemon.
The first taste is creamy, bitter citrus and a mild pine on the finish. If a honeysuckle spawned a grapefruit that married a lemon...pretty sure this would be the offspring. Its tasty & the light bready malt holds it all together.
The first taste is creamy, bitter citrus and a mild pine on the finish. If a honeysuckle spawned a grapefruit that married a lemon...pretty sure this would be the offspring. Its tasty & the light bready malt holds it all together.
Tried
from Can
on 01 May 2021
at 03:27
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Brun klar farge med hvitt skum. Grape og ananas i lukt. Mer sitrus i smak. 22. Mars 2109
Tried
on 09 Apr 2021
at 18:34
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can.Dark orange colour with medium white head.Aroma of pine and dry hops nice fruity and fresh hint of lemon and hops with crispy finish.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Mar 2021
at 11:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
11/I/21 - 355ml can from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ home, BB: 27/VII/21, canned: 27/VII/20 (2021-32)
Clear deep blond beer, big creamy off-white head, stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: pretty floral, soapy stuff, some citrus, quite some pineapple. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very bitter start, lots of citrus, chemical touch, very dry, bit resinous. Aftertaste: soapy, floral, orange peel, very dry and bitter finish, bit oxidized, rather unpleasant, meh, don’t really like it. The beer was already 3 months old when this hit the store… Not cool.
Clear deep blond beer, big creamy off-white head, stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: pretty floral, soapy stuff, some citrus, quite some pineapple. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very bitter start, lots of citrus, chemical touch, very dry, bit resinous. Aftertaste: soapy, floral, orange peel, very dry and bitter finish, bit oxidized, rather unpleasant, meh, don’t really like it. The beer was already 3 months old when this hit the store… Not cool.
Tried
from Can
from
Dranken Geers
on 11 Jan 2021
at 20:00
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Plechovka z kubno select. Vyracna medovo chmelova vona. Medova cira farba a silna pena. Medova horkost velmi vyrazna a dlho trvajuca + alkohol.
Tried
on 11 Jan 2021
at 18:53
7/10
Clear golden body small fizzy white head. Floral resiny aroma. Dry floral resiny flavor. Medium light body moderate carbonation. 7/3/7/3/15 3.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2021
at 18:51
6/10
Sweet, caramel, malty, sugary, very fizzy, lemon candy
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Dec 2020
at 18:04