Shameless Amount of Hops
Stone Brewing

Pours a very nice hazy golden color.
Aroma has generous hop hints
Taste has abundant hop flavors and a nice balanced bitterness
A medium bodied well carbonated beer
A well crafted IIPA

 

 

 

 

 

It's a close to perfect pour that emptied the contents of a pint can into a clear glass liter mug. There's an appropriate head, just off white in color. The beer is brightly amber with a golden tint, but on the translucent side for this being a hazy DIPA. Although much less than pungent, there are citrus, berry and even a little pine notes for the nose. Like the aroma, the taste doesn't overly impress with hops. It drinks nicely enough, just a little milder than expected. So it's not really hazy, nor real hoppy, but it is really good. There's a wonderful malt backbone, the kind that was once an integral part of any IPA, back in the day. More accurately, it's not lacking hops, it's lacking a bitter bite from them. But there is a definite hop taste that is moderately bitter, moderately earthy and dryly clean. There's no glass lacing and the head didn't sustain. But the mouthfeel is superb; rich, full and smooth. So much so, you may double-check to be sure you read the 8.4% ABV on the label correctly. This once nearly perfect brewery has had a few misfires lately, but this isn't one of them. It's excellent, even if it was somewhat misleading.

 

Canned on: 10-9-23

A - Dark medium gold colored pour with moderate, soapy dense white lacing.

S - Sweet citrus, grapefruit, orange, tangerine. Very fruity and aromatic when first poured but loses "steam" after it sits in the glass for several minutes. The initial pour was really impressive on the nose.

T - The overall experience is earthy citrus from start to finish. Grapefruit, citrus, tangerine, passion fruit, papaya, and finishes on the sweeter side with lingering earthy citrus.

M - Big medium body that's soft and smooth that leaves a layer of citrus earthiness lining the mouth.

O - Rock solid (but prefer Enjoy By) compared to this. Still, definitely worth a try.