Soaring Dragon
Stone Brewing

Poured out of a 12 oz can into one of my tulip glasses, this beer pours a clear, medium golden color with a slight copper/amber hue when the light hits it. Has lots of streams of little bubbles fairly rapidly and continually rising to the beer's surface. Has a nice, creamy looking white head that's about half an inch thick when first poured. Settles to a very thick ring lining the inside of the glass with some nice cluster swirls of film layer surface foam. Very nice lacing here too. Aromas of some biscuity malts, tea, and floral and piney hops are all nicely present here. The flavor profile is very similar, with some biscuity malts with a bit of caramel sweetness upfront that gives way to some piney and floral hop notes with a refined bitter character that's accompanied nicely by the tea notes. The tea really adds something and fits hand in hand with the malt and hop profiles excellently here. Has a crisp, slightly oily/resinous, also smooth, medium bodied mouthfeel with moderate carbonation. This one really coats the inside of my mouth too. Has a dry finish and aftertaste along with all the aforementioned flavors that really like to linger on my palate nicely after each sip. Stone does it again with another truly excellent Double IPA!

Eric

 

 

Bottle poured into a Stone Brewing Co pint glass

A: Pours slightly hazy golden amber with a frothy off white head that settles to a light layer and laces nicely.

S: Floral, grassy, slightly resinous herbal notes, citrus, stone fruit, underlying tropical fruit, bready malt, and a touch of caramel sweetness.

T: Floral, herbal, grassy, definitely getting a nice touch of tea, stone fruit, apricot and peach, citrus, lemon, orange, and a hint of grapefruit, tropical notes, papaya, pineapple, mango, and passion fruit, bready malt, and caramel sweetness.

M: Medium body, moderate carbonation.

O: I'm usually more of a coffee fan than tea so I wasn't sure how much I was gonna like this one, but I gotta say, everything comes together quite nicely. This is the kind of beer I've been wanting Stone to put out for the last few years. They get to satisfy their Loral obsession, but actually be somewhat adventurous with it.

Clear yellow brew with modest foam in the Chimay chalice. Sharp and alcohol tasting. Doesn't smell like much at first, but nose is earthy and perfumey. White tea is virtually tasteless in my experience, so the aromatics are important. There is some bitterness but hops are in the background.

Sweet and herbal flavors, even a little woody in the finish. Fruity hints of melon and canned peaches. This is quite sippable, though the candy taste gets a little tiresome. But an interesting concept in flavoring beer. From the 12 oz bottle.

 

12oz bottle, tulip, bottled 10/27/20.

Rather iced green tea-like appearance with a rushing whitish head.

Earthy and green like a garden. Definitely notes of tea. Herbal and floral.

Bitter orange oil, earl grey, green twig, lemongrass. It has a nice stiff orange pith bitterness.

Nice medium body leaning toward slick with scrubbing carbonation. It’s also dry.

West coast style with an interesting twist.

 

 

 

 

Poured into a tall clear pint glass. Beer has an deep amber color and is somewhat hazy. Decent retention and lacing, about a finger's worth of head.

Aroma: pretty sweet, tropical, and citrusy. Notes of pear, white grapes, melon, papaya, mango, pineapple, peach, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, honeysuckle, a little bit of vanilla, sweet caramel malt, and of course tea leaves.

Tea flavor is very faint and vague, otherwise primarily citrusy. Tasting some stone fruit and raspberries, and mainly tasting grapefruit and other citrus notes. There is a slight sweet presence from all the notes mentioned in the aroma, but isn't too prominent. Body is medium-light.

Pours a slightly hazed gold with a pinky of cream colored head. Above average head retention & lacing

S: Mango & leafy hops, grapefruit late

T: Mango, pine, grapefruit, dryness & leafy hops up front. More mango as this warms, cakeyness, leafy hops & a little white pepper as this warms. Finishes dry, with grapefruit, a & little spicy pepper

MF: Medium body, fairly firm carbonation, nice balance

An okay DIPA from a brewery that seems making just okay beers these days. I would happily drink this, but wouldn't seek it out

Gold with a chill haze, dense white head, good retention, nice lace
Peach, mango, a bit of dank aroma
Mango flavor, a bit of bread, a hint of tea
Medium bodied with good carbonation
I like it, not that much in the way of tea

 

 

EJB02/24/21. "Imperial India Pale Ale. w/ white tea." 8% ABV.

The white tea is reticent, but the hop profile is above decent.

High B- / WORTHY

 

different taste - not what i expected from a great brewery like this