Yellow Rose
The Lone Pint Brewery

turfy from Texas

4.45/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5

One of my favorite beers but I’m surprised I’ve never reviewed it.

Look - It pours yellow gold with a slight haze. Head is bright white, about an inch high, and slowly abates into a fine film across the top throughout the drink. Nice clinging lace, too.
Smell - A lovely fruit aroma, reminding of pineapple, with maybe a hint of floral. Very nice.
Taste - Smooth fruity taste, mainly pineapple and some citrus. A nice bitterness zing that lingers just right.
Feel - About perfect. A mouthfeel right in the middle between light and heavy that matches with the balance of the single hop and malt.
Overall- Just a great beer that deserves its high ranking. I think the great balance and taste make it so desirable.

Apr 17, 2021

russpowell from Arkansas

4.56/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Pours a hazed gold with 2 fingers of pearl colored head. Stellar head retention and lacing

S: Bread, mango, pineapple

T: Follows the nose, dryness, lime up front. Powdery dryness and green, plus tangerines as this warms. Finishes Powdery dry with mango and grapefruit

MF: Medium body,restrained carbonation and great balance

Great take on the style, wish I had bought more

Mar 26, 2021

imnodoctorbut from Texas

4.51/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

pours an unfiltered-looking hazy straw pale yellow gold body with an excited white bubbling head with lower retention that leaves sticky sudsy lacing as it settles to a patchy thin cap with uneven halo

very floral grapefruit hop aroma with subtle earthy bittersweet trailing

taste is a soft earthy bittersweet hop that expands/blossoms into the sweeter side of grapefruit with shades of brighter fruits like pineapple and a healthy slice of malt backbone before trailing back into a earthy bittersweet finish

moderately high carbonation, medium bodied that feels mildly pillowy, with a pleasant clean dry finish that just seems to blossom and then linger

overall:
very clean but lush straightforward IPA - it is borderline simple but has such a beautiful balance of hop bitter, hop citrus sweet, subtle but present malt, and defined but not too aggressive of a finish. not much to look at, but is an absolutely full experience, and there are subtle nuances within the flavor profile and finish that make it a deeply rewarding sipper.

Oct 03, 2020

HillCountryFighter from Texas

4.92/5  rDev +11.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5

The American IPA pride of Texas, and it’s SOOOOO good! Getting harder and harder to find at our local groceries because people have figured it out. I grab a couple 4 x 16.9oz packs at HEB every time I find it.
Been drinking IPAs exclusively for 5-6 years. All Odell IPA’s > Sculpin, just to give y’all a palate personality of myself.
I usually buy Yellow Rose in bottles but Ive had it many times on tap at 54th street restaurant in Stone Oak; even better that way, obviously.
A hazy, very juicy IPA, smells of grapefruit and flowers... Similar grapefruit/strong fruity hops followed by such an easy, smooth finish, esp for an IPA. Non-ipa friends of mine love it...Each sip leaves you wanting the next. I pour it cold but it gets even better after it gently warms thru the round.
As with all hazy unfiltered ipa’s, the fresher the better. And unlike other poster’s descriptions say, Yellow Rose has had a born on date on every bottle since it’s inception, I had it within its first month of its release.
This Texas IPA is second best for my palate behind fresh Pliny....but being in TX, I can actually get Yellow Rose!! I know you west coasters never thought Texas could make an IPA like this...but here it is. My ipa folk: give it a try; you won’t be disappointed!
And Oregonians giving Yellow Rose in the twos for a rating (ie -37% from the standard dev

Aug 01, 2020

SierraNevallagash from Maine

4.24/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

16.9oz bottle - dates 5/21/2020 - poured into an IPA pint at 38°F.

*Note* - Drink this one fresh! It was significantly better several weeks ago.

Pours a slightly hazed rich raw honey golden colour, topped with three fingers of dense, rocky, bright white head with excellent retention, leaving thick streaks of lacing behind. Plentiful effervescence ia visible.

Nose: Delicate malts lend some graininess, some breadiness, and some toastiness is equal proportions, forming a simple base that lets those whole cone Mosaic hops absolutely sing. Notes of papaya, gooseberry, guava, pineapple, and white grapefruit form the fruity base bouquet, with accents of blueberry, melon, fresh grass, pine, allium, lemongrass, and a whisper of pink bubblegum from the yeast. Very clean and complete aroma.

Palate: The beer greets the palate with semi-sweet toasty malt, with tangerine, pineapple, allium, grapefruit, and a big leafy Mosaic note. Some almost Galaxy-like dusty overripe stone fruit notes of papaya, apricot, show up, along with a slight lemony note. The allium, grapefruit (pith), and leafiness build, taking on some resinous raw hop bitterness, which really defines the finish, drying out most of that residual malt sweetness.

Mouthfeel/Body: The beer is squarely medium-bodied across the board. The malt, with its classic West Coast inspiration, provides some weight in the form of sweetness which also lends a slightly smooth texture, though nothing like a New England-style or "hazy" IPA. The hop oils and resins really cling to the palate, lending additional smoothness, but also work to really dry that malt out nicely. Effervescence is pretty spot on and where it should be for the style and ABV. Just crisp enough to be refreshing.

Overall: This is a fantastic IPA, and it really highlights how much you can get out of so little. It's a simple beer, but there's an elegance in its simplicity, and between the quality of the malt, and the expressive nature of the hops, there still manages to be depth to explore. I draw many parallels between this, and Maine Beer Company beer - specifically Dinner. Both have similar malt bases, both have somewhat similar flavour profiles, and both sort of blur the stylistic lines (though this one leans closer to a WCIPA). The very nature and spirit itself is similar to Dinner. It's a balanced, colourful, and dialed-in beer, but above all else, it's uniquely it's own, and enjoyable to drink.

Jul 23, 2020

Crossbowy from Texas

4.67/5  rDev +5.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75

When I am in the mood for a malty IPA I love to reach for this one. Fortunately Lone Pint Brewery has not filtered this beer so expect a tasty cloudy IPA. While the hop citrus flavor comes through both in the bouquet and in the pallet but along with a full mouth of malt as well. Grapefruit mixed with a light orange twist is very quaffable. I used to buy out my local specs of all that it could get but fortunately it has increased it's inventory. I just wish they put this in cans. I know you die hard glass guys may shudder at this but when you are talking about massively stocking a beer fridge nothing beats stackable cans.

Jul 17, 2020

Sprattman from Louisiana

5/5  rDev +12.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Upon first tasting this juicy SMASH IPA, I was hooked and immediately ordered a full keg for my house, cleaned out the local Woodlands H-E-B of all inventory, and even when moving to Louisiana still went back to Texas to bring kegs of beer back. Simply a stunning beer.
Look of a Beautiful juicy IPA with perfect cloudiness
Smell is citrusy and pleasant
Taste of light grapefruit and clean juicy, hazy goodness.
Drinks smooth. Either out of large, custom bottle or off the tap. Best beer in the Lone Pint lineup.

Jul 16, 2020

jzeilinger from Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev -4.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Bottled on 04-05-21.

A - Medium hazy orange hue that's borderline opaque. The lacing on this beer is really impressive with a bright white, two fingered head!

S - Pungent / dank juicy citrus and pineapple, the aroma jumps out of the glass - Very nice!

T - Pineapple and grapefruit citrus are dominant with some residual blueberry, grapefruit rind, and spiciness on the back end. The fruitiness i agressive and delicious.

M - Big medium body with a dry finish.

O - This is a fantastic IPA that's worth every bit of its accolades. Much gratitude to Thakin_Hank for sending some of this up North to enjoy!!

Jun 08, 2020

CodyBasden from Texas

4.47/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75

Nice thick head full of tiny bubbles loads of lacing left on the glass with a fluffy cap hazy unfiltered gold with specs floating thick look with no streams of carbonation though, powerful smell of grapefruit blueberries and piney hops, bready yeasty flavor with not a lot of citrus that you smell maybe a tad bit of grapefruit that helps the bitterness just a hair, goes in the mouth smooth and juicy then goes down thick like a mouthful very low on the carbonation with a little bit of sticky molasses or sugar at the end not leaving you dry either

Apr 04, 2020

bilbobrewer from Oregon

2.79/5  rDev -37%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Purchased single 16.9 oz bottle for $5 in Austin, TX. Recommended by the beer dude in the grocery store.
Date on bottle is 01-08-20... big, obvious, easy to see. But no indication if this is bottled date or Best Before date....c'mon, folks!

Poured hazy...I hate hazies. It doesn't say that anywhere on the packaging (nor did the store dude mention it).
Head was minimal and degraded to a skim very quickly. Carbonation was poor....flat tasting.
Glass Lacing was good.
Beer tasted like a flat juice drink. For the money, a really bad beer sampling experience.

....a 98?! Ummm...objectively, a joke.

Jan 19, 2020

Hooded from Texas

4.9/5  rDev +10.6%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Notes from 12/27/2019.
Poured from a bottle into a Spiegelau IPA glass.
Look is golden hazy yellow with four fingers of white foam with excellent retention and superb lacing all the way down the glass. 5
Smell is strong. Aroma of mango, peach, pineapple, malt, and a hint of pine. The aroma is so strong that it's like juicy ripe fruit is waiting for you to take a bite. 5
Taste is mango, peach, pineapple, hops, and finishes with moderate and less potent bitterness than many IPAs. 4.75
Feel is medium, extremely creamy, with light tingling on the tongue. 5
Overall it is easy to drink and wonderful in so many ways. It's a beer that I question my memory of how amazing it is until I have another one. 5

Dec 31, 2019

Darkmagus82 from Texas

4.31/5  rDev -2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Poured from a bottle into a pint glass
Appearance – The brew pours a very hazy golden amber color with a thick and billowy white head of foam. The head has an amazing level of retention, very slowly fading over time to leave a ton of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma of the brew is strong of a citrus sweet aroma of tangerine and orange mixed with a bit of a bready aroma. Along with these smells comes a touch of tropical fruit smells of pineapple and mango as well as some light hints of blueberry and dough.
Taste – The taste of the beer is rather sweet and has lots of citrus orange tastes with a decent showing of tropical fruits of pineapple and mango and a strong showing of doughy taste. Along with these flavors comes a little bit of a grapefruit and herbal hop as well as a touch of blueberry and some light herbal hop. Toward the end of the taste the doughiness fades a little bit and leaves one with a nice clean and fruity taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is on the slightly thinner side with a carbonation level that is on the average side. For the nice fruity tastes and the medium hop the feel is nice and makes for a easy sipping brew.
Overall – A rather nice and very approachable and easy drinking brew. Very tasty and well worth a try if you get the opportunity.

Dec 20, 2019

tgiv

5/5  rDev +12.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Everyone from guests to checkout sales LOVES this brew
add to this love a prospering neighbor to Aggieland with a talent for quality, running against the masses' preferences for cheap in housing to dining fare,. KUDOS

FInally available in many local stores when used to be "should have been here yesterday, someone bought our entire stock"

You think you know good ale, then this backwoods juggernaut come along and teaches you what's for.

TO boot, the packaging and story of Yellow Rose adds to the mystique and fun of spending a fist of dollars on this generous, refined night's glory.

Sep 17, 2019

BigGold from Mississippi

4.03/5  rDev -9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Had poured from 16.9-oz. bottle, label stamped (apparently) bottled on “06/04/19,” into nonic pint.

The pilsner malt is a good choice to showcase the various subtle resin, citrus and floral aromas and flavors of the mosaic hops in this modest but well-designed beer.

Sep 15, 2019

MattDecker from Texas

4.16/5  rDev -6.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Look: a deep yellow hazy pour
Smell: hoppy, citrus, pineapple
Taste: very smooth! Hop bitter taste - but not the actual bitter kick (very interesting!), Juicy, citrus: orange/tangerine,
Feel: medium - goes great with the rest
Overall: I was expecting a typical hoppy IPA, but this surprised me. A like it! Doesn't anything "too much" and does most things better than average to straight up great

Aug 29, 2019

jakecattleco from California

4.56/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

2 week old bottle into an imperial tulip pint.

L: Slightly hazy golden yellow with 2 fingers of variable density frothy white head with great retention and left ringed lacing.

S: Tropical and earthy deliciousness, berries, pine, dank and subtle mango. Loved it!

T: Follows the nose well, adds some citrus dimension and subtle breadiness. Finishes with subtle acidity and moderate bitterness, lingers slightly on the palate. So good!

F: Low-medium bodied with moderate carbonation, slick on the tongue with slight tingling from acidity, slick on swallow.

O: Fn loved this beer! So many things I love in an IPA while keeping them balanced and not skewed in any one dimension. Would love to have access to this for my regular rotation.

Aug 04, 2019

superspak from Ohio

4.33/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

500 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 6/4/2019. Pours fairly hazy/cloudy deep golden amber/light orange color with a 2 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and pale malt notes; with big strength. Taste of huge mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and pale malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and fairly sticky/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 6.8%. Overall this is an amazing SMaSH IPA. All around incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and pale malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish; nicely soft feel, and not aggressive. Amazing 100% Mosaic profile. Extremely juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hops; with a perfectly balanced clean pils malt backbone. Minimal residual sweetness with lingering dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and amazing style example. Loved the hop profile as expected. A perfect showcase of mosaic all around.

Jul 05, 2019

lordofthewiens from New Mexico

4.43/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

The beer is a bright gold color with a little haze to it. There is a moderate white head that leaves a bit of lace.
Nice aroma, about equally divided between sweet malt and citrus, with a little bit of tropical fruit.
Caramel, grapefruit, a little orange, and a little pineapple for the taste.
Nice balance between the hops and the malt.
I would like more of these.

Jun 02, 2019

Atlas1 from Texas

4.51/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

Until today I didn't know that Mosaic hops were related to Simcoe, but that totally makes sense. I love both.

Poured into a stemless wine glass, the Yellow Rose appears an opaque dark yellow color with a beautiful 1.5-finger head. Good lace as the beer recedes. The nose on this beer is amazing. Bursting with fresh, citrusy hoppy goodness, this is one of the best smelling beers out there. Maybe it's just the four-pack I bought, but this is incredibly fresh. So nice. Taste follows suit, with a fresh, clean hoppiness and a juicy fruit feel. It's not overdoing anything, but rather gets everything it does just right. Mouthfeel is smooth and creamy.

This is an awesome beer. Four packs don't last long in my house. Just a really solid, delicious beer. Well done, Lone Pint.

May 23, 2019

ult_right from Texas

4.11/5  rDev -7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.75

Like most of the IPAs, this one opens with a strong scent of grapefruit. First taste reveals a mouth-wetting smoothness with underlying flavors of lingonberry and faint cherry, maybe a hint of cucumber. The cumin-esque spiciness comes out next, but fades into a general sensation like drinking lemonade, a bitter drink which reveals an inner sweetness. Good alcohol content -- don't let the nannies/hippies bully you into denying its value -- and pleasantly consistent flavor makes this an easy beer to consume in a comfortable social setting.

May 21, 2019

DoctorZombies from Florida

4.52/5  rDev +2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Deep gold that is slightly opaque on the top and clear on the bottom; huge rocky sea foam head; long cap retention with heavy lacing. Nose is skunky dank garlic hop (Mosaic); tropical fruit as it warms up a bit. Weedy dank bitter hops; mango, kiwi, melon; lite garlic middle; cracker clean malt base. Medium plus carbonation, medium full body; no astringency; Overall, a very solid, good tasting IPA; lite fruit/bitter hop linger, and light enough to drink more than one; I will definitely seek out more, especially in the 500ml format.

May 13, 2019

Benish from Wisconsin

4.19/5  rDev -5.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Poured a fleshy peach color beer with very little white head. The aromas were very fragrant with lemon and citrus. Slight resin. The taste was more heavy in the tropical fruits. Some passionfruit and grapefruit with very light malt. Flavor was very light and gentle on the paIate for a surprising 6.8% abv beer. Mouthfeel was light body, ample carbonation. Overall: a very simplistic light IPA. Wouldn’t have guess this being a above 6.0 ABV! It’s a nice hoppy interpretation without being too sweet.

Mar 26, 2019

dbrauneis from North Carolina

4.21/5  rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

A: Pours a hazy/cloudy medium to dark golden copper in color with moderate amounts of active visible carbonation rising along the edges of the glass and moderate honey + dark golden yellow + burnt orange + brassy colored highlights. The beer has a three finger tall dense sudsy foamy light beige head that slowly reduces to a large patch of thin film covering a little more than 75% of the surface of the beer surrounded by a large patch of very thin film and a thin ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Slightly stronger than moderate aromas of citrus/grapefruit zest, citrus/orange zest, tropical/mango, citrus/tangerine, tropical/pineapple, and berry (blueberry) hops over the top of moderate aromas of toasted + pale + caramel malts with a light amount of caramel sweetness.

T: Upfront there are moderate flavors of toasted + pale + caramel malts with a light amount of caramel sweetness. That is followed by slightly stronger than moderate flavors of citrus/grapefruit zest, citrus/orange zest, tropical/mango, citrus/tangerine, tropical/pineapple, and berry (blueberry) hops which impart a light amount of lingering bitterness.

M: Medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Slightly sticky with a hint of dryness in the finish.

O: Easy to drink with well hidden alcohol. Enjoyable and does a decent job of highlighting the Mosaic hop (which was not so commonly used when this beer first became available).

Mar 26, 2019

hoptheology from South Dakota

3.88/5  rDev -12.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Hey what'dya know - an old ass IPA packed in a BIF box. Gasp. Say it ain't so! Thanks for the disrespect. We're gonna try this anyways. Bottled on 11/4/18. Sierra Nevada Speigl glass.

Dark mustard yellow with a tall fluffy head of 3 fingers.

Bright citrus on the nose with notes of cantaloupe, berries, grass, and pale malt.

Flavor brings tons of grass, some onion, pine, slight blueberry, fading and caramelizing hops, slight urine, tea, and herbs.

Feel is crisp and creamy, with lingering resins and a good carbonation level.

Overall, the grassy and onion notes are harsh and not palatable. The tea and blueberry notes are interesting but overall it comes across very harsh, grassy, and mildewy. Maybe if I were sent a fresher example rather than two very old bottles (along with just enough garbage to barely meet the ounce minimum) I would have had a better experience, but this was ultimately not that great. Too bad. Stick to trading - the BIF community will rip you off and run away laughing. Three times now. Maybe I should have just sent a shitty box too? Beware - there's no accountability over there.

Mar 07, 2019

detgfrsh from Texas

4.23/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

On tap. Cloudy golden color with a half finger of white head. Smells of citrusy hops. Medium feel. Tastes of grapefruit with some light malt in the background. Well done.

Feb 03, 2019