Liberty Station 2nd Anniversary Mocha IPA
Stone Brewing

 

 

 

 

 

Draught pour at Kettner Street Store. Pours an amber color with a finger of white head. Nose is heavy chocolate and follows with a hint of coffee and hops. Taste starts bitter and finishes sweet. Runs the spectrum of the palate surprisingly well. Mouthfeel is a bit thin, carbonation solid, and the finish dry and slightly bitter. Excellent beer I'd happily buy again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

none of us in our tasting group have ever had a beer like this. mikkeller did some hoppy coffee stuff, but with the lactose sugar and all, this is a radically unique beer, and we all kind of dug it. pale in color, but it does looks like a little coffee has been blended in, as it has some darker shades to it under its big off white head. smells amazing, but way way way more coffee than ipa. there is cocoa there too, but the rich earthy coffee really drives it. the flavor starts sweet from the lactose, and rich with the java and chocolate, a cool combination in a pale beer, like some of those golden stouts that came around last year, but i am missing a lot of the ipa aspect. its bitter in the finish, but its not real hoppy in terms of its flavor. i dont get much hops in the nose either, and even though i dont really miss their presence, i was curious to see how they would taste with all these ingredients. the answer is that they dont taste like much because the coffee and cocoa overpower them. good bitter balanced finish though, and a well hidden alcohol strength amidst all this body. i love experimentation and beers that make me think or take me new places, and this definitely does that. well done from stone!

Wow! This is a great beer! Big bold coffee scent. Nice amount of mocha/coffee flavor initially, with a pleasant amount of hops at the finish. The beer has a nice creamy texture. This beer has a fairly high amount of alcohol, that is hidden very well. This is an incredibly well balanced beer, that I would love to have again.