Stone / Robert & Ryan / Rip Current - R&R Coconut IPA
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Stone / Robert & Ryan / Rip Current - R&R Coconut IPAStone / Robert & Ryan / Rip Current - R&R Coconut IPA
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From:
Stone Brewing
 
California, United States
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
7.7%
Score:
83
Avg:
3.69 | pDev: 11.11%
Reviews:
233
Ratings:
1,191
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jan 09, 2018
Added:
Jul 27, 2013
Wants:
  21
Gots:
  52
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Ratings by kemoarps:
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Reviewed by kemoarps from New York

3.82/5  rDev +3.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Well, this finally showed up on shelves around these here parts, so I figured I'd give it a try. I had a sample (like... 0.5oz) at a bar, and it tasted like a decent IPA, with a little creamy coconut sweetness in the middle. This bottle has more IPA and less coconut.

Pours a pale amber, standard beer colour, as it were. Decent little white velvet head, good lacing.

Nose is all IPA. blunt greenery (not like that... get your head out of that cloud); pine with some tropical notes cutting through, citrus rind. I don't get any coconut on the nose at all.

Initially a bunch of bitter hops. Stone loves them some hopped up IPAs, and this is no exception. pithy grapefruit rind, and some tropical fruits, before the coconut comes in to replace the standard malt backbone. As it warms, the coconut shows through a little more. The coconut lends something somewhere between creamy and earthy (you know, how coconuts do). The back end is all citrus rind, grapefruit primarily. Bitter hoppy aftertaste that lingers.

This is primarily another Stone IPA. This is not a bad thing, in and of itself. If given in a blind taste test, it would probably rate higher than it currently does, because people are hoping for/expecting more of a coconut presence. I find myself on this same conundrum: it's meant to be a coconut IPA. it says it on the bottle. Even ignoring the hype where they were calling it pina colada beer or whatever it was.
At the same time, though, it's still a very tasty brew, and one that I could see drinking again, if I'm in the mood for a hop bomb IPA.
Sep 01, 2013
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Reviewed by Trooper92292 from Illinois

4.4/5  rDev +19.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
I was honestly surprised by this beer. An IPA mixed with just the right amount of alcohol. The coconut was sweet but not too sweet and it helped balanced the bitterness level of this IPA. The coconut flavor reminded me of something you would taste in Almond Joy, it's sweet but acceptable. This is a really fun beer and I recommend it. I hope they rerelease it in the future.
May 15, 2015
 
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Stone / Robert & Ryan / Rip Current - R&R Coconut IPA from Stone Brewing
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 1191 ratings