Vengeful Spirit IPA
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Flavoured Rotating|
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7.33
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We’ve often been inspired to brew beers on a theme. In 2007 it was black IPAs. 2008 saw Belgian-influenced IPAs, and more than once it’s been Triple IPAs. It’s been fun to dive deep, and you’ve ridden those waves right along with us. But like you, we also crave new breaks to surf. Right now, it’s tropically-inspired IPAs as represented both by this flavored ale, Stone Tangerine Express IPA and others we’ve got waiting in the wings....With Stone Vengeful Spirit IPA we employ a bit of tropical mythology to pay homage to our ever present gargoyle. Since 1996 he’s had our backs, and yours, by representing an aggressive intolerance for commoditized beer. He constantly inspires us to forge ahead with resolve–even with the omnipresent forces of forceful evil. Vengeful spirits can be awesome when they’re on your side.
Another exploration into fresh fruit with a nice array of fruity and floral hops. This is about as refreshing as it gets with just the right amount of malt and bitterness to carry this beer through to another sip, taste, pint, etc.
Another exploration into fresh fruit with a nice array of fruity and floral hops. This is about as refreshing as it gets with just the right amount of malt and bitterness to carry this beer through to another sip, taste, pint, etc.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
canned. pours cloudy orange. lots of citrus grapefruit mango. not bad but not amazing
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2025
at 01:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from Joe's Wine and Liquor, Memphis. Juicy fruity hop aroma with citrus, mandarins, orange, light weedy Mosaic. Sweetish and medium bitter, body is medium. Loads of citrus with mostly sweetish orange and mandarine.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Feb 2025
at 12:17
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bitter peel, pine. Bottle I had wasn't fresh but still represents. Golden pour with good head. Bitter ass finish. Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2021
at 03:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sampling this evening a 12 oz bottle of Vengeful Spirit, found in the one-off rack at the nearby supermarket. Using a snifter this time, why not? Stone had me at Mosaic, pineapple, and mandarin orange, all things I like. The liquid is a sorta clear, gold-yellow with a wispy off-white head. I think the smell is good. Tropical fruit and hops. And the taste? I get mostly grapefruit, some pineapple, no mandarin to be had at all, shellac, all with a bit of bitterness. I expected more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2021
at 01:35
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught @ SKAAL, Kultorvet 11, Copenhagen, Denmark 1175.
[ As Stone Vengeful Spirit IPA ].
ABV: 7.3%. Hazy medium orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, moderate hoppy, orange, dried fruit, marmalade hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, tropical fruit, hop bitter, fruity hops. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20200209]
7-3-8-3-15
Tried
on 24 Jun 2020
at 14:14
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle pour into taster glass. Appearance is cloudy dark yellow/light brown with no sparkle, ring of off-white head with decent retention and lacing. Aroma is lightly herbal, pepper, orange, pineapple and malt background. Taste is herbal with stone fruit, pineapple and cracker malt backbone. Mouthfeel is medium side of light-to-medium bodied with smooth, granular texture, soft carbonation with lightly spicy/alcoholic warmth kick and finish as taste. Overall, about as close as Stone is every going to get to a NEIPA. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2019
at 23:26
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap @Rowdy hops, session 1. Clear light golden, white head. Pine and rubber aroma. Crisp, piney flavour, some fruity notes, light rubber.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Nov 2019
at 20:45
7.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft. An unclear amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of hops, spices, malt, caramel, and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of hops, citrus fruits, malt, caramel, and straw, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Oct 2019
at 14:07
6/10
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Oct 2019
at 17:50