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Points Unknown IPA
Stone Brewing
- From:
- Stone Brewing
- California, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 9.5%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.9 | pDev: 9.23%
- Reviews:
- 165
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 06, 2020
- Added:
- May 11, 2015
- Wants:
- 32
- Gots:
- 274
Collaboration with Ecliptic Brewing & Wicked Weed Brewing
It seemed no single beer could adequately convey the collective talents of Portland, Oregon brewing legend and Ecliptic Brewing founder John Harris; Luke and Walt Dickinson, the brewmaster duo behind North Carolina’s Wicked Weed Brewing; and Stone Brewmaster Mitch Steele. So, this veritable triad of power opted to brew TWO beers. The first was a traditional Belgian-style tripel aged four months in oak barrels that originally housed red wine, then tequila. It was then blended at a one-fourth to three-fourths ratio with a freshly brewed West Coast double IPA to create this beer. A variety of diverse flavors coalesce into something more unique than any one beer our trio could have conceived.
It seemed no single beer could adequately convey the collective talents of Portland, Oregon brewing legend and Ecliptic Brewing founder John Harris; Luke and Walt Dickinson, the brewmaster duo behind North Carolina’s Wicked Weed Brewing; and Stone Brewmaster Mitch Steele. So, this veritable triad of power opted to brew TWO beers. The first was a traditional Belgian-style tripel aged four months in oak barrels that originally housed red wine, then tequila. It was then blended at a one-fourth to three-fourths ratio with a freshly brewed West Coast double IPA to create this beer. A variety of diverse flavors coalesce into something more unique than any one beer our trio could have conceived.
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Ratings by InspectorBob:
Rated by InspectorBob from New Jersey
3.77/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Jun 18, 2015
3.77/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Jun 18, 2015
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by GarrettB from Colorado
3.37/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
3.37/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
May 12th, 2015 - There's a lot of hands on board making this beer, and I'm worried it's going to be a brew designed by committee. And in a way it is, expressing a chimerical variety of flavors The color is a deep, grade A maple syrup color, and the aroma is danker than the lot behind a dispensary with a nose scrunching hit of body odor. But the flavor has a deep sweetness with chestnut, almond butter and toasted sesames in its core. There's chicken, too, shoyu flavored and savory. It's a confusing array of flavors, but as usual with some of these experimental brews, it's delicious in the confines of a 4 oz taster.
May 16, 2018Rated by HopsAreDaMan from Missouri
4/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I really enjoyed this beer; it was plenty hoppy, and nicely sweet. Definitely a re-buy.
Oct 02, 2016Reviewed by macrosmatic from Florida
3.38/5 rDev -13.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.38/5 rDev -13.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Reviewed from (very long-standing) notes. Poured from 22 oz. bottle into an unmarked pint glass.
A: Very hazy gold, with a two-finger off-white head with fairly good retention. Average visible carbonation.
S: Surprisingly low here – caramel malts with grassy, herbal, and fruity hops.
T: Bready malts with a fair amount of caramel flavor. Some ethanol sweetness, and grassy and citrus rind bitterness. A lesser amount of tropical fruit hops as well. The flavors fade into residual alpha and rind bitterness with just a touch of sweetness from the malts.
M: Medium-bodied, low carbonation sensation. It seems boozy - more than the fairly average listed ABV would suggest.
O: Not anything special at all. Really a little disappointed, especially with the breweries involved. It's certainly not undrinkable, but I won't have another anytime soon.
Sep 19, 2016A: Very hazy gold, with a two-finger off-white head with fairly good retention. Average visible carbonation.
S: Surprisingly low here – caramel malts with grassy, herbal, and fruity hops.
T: Bready malts with a fair amount of caramel flavor. Some ethanol sweetness, and grassy and citrus rind bitterness. A lesser amount of tropical fruit hops as well. The flavors fade into residual alpha and rind bitterness with just a touch of sweetness from the malts.
M: Medium-bodied, low carbonation sensation. It seems boozy - more than the fairly average listed ABV would suggest.
O: Not anything special at all. Really a little disappointed, especially with the breweries involved. It's certainly not undrinkable, but I won't have another anytime soon.
Points Unknown IPA from Stone Brewing
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
853 ratings
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