Niner
Stoneface Brewing Co.

Drinking out of a large snifter.
Pours a slightly hazy dark orange with a full head.
Smells i]of tropical fruits - mangoes.
Nice think mouth feel.
Very fruity taste. Mangoes or passion fruit. No bitterness.

 

 

I got this in a tall-boy can.

Pours a clear golden color with a 2F head and heavy lacing.

( The first pour was clear. The second had all of the haze)

Smells of malt, piney hops and citrus.

Tastes of malt, resin, and grapefruit with a lightly bitter finish.

Medium light body and carbonation. Crisp, dry mouthfeel.

This is a very drinkable West Coast IPA. Among the bang-for-the-buck tall-boys, this is one of the best

From a 567 ml. can with a smudged March 2025 date stamped on the bottom

The pour is golden and heady with good retention.

The aroma expresses pine, pineapple, and dank qualities. Breaded malts in the background.

The feel is in the upper medium range.

The taste comes across as bold and slightly boozy with the same pine hoppy characteristic. It lingers on the palate. I rarely drink a new beer these days and this was basically same old NEIPA I've had dozens of times.

Poured into a 16 oz Snulip glass canned on 3/7/25. Pours an attractive slightly cloudy orange with a 2 finger sticky slightly off white head that leaves thick rings of lace with excellent retention. 4.5

Aroma is pine, peach, candied tangerine, apricot, and a healthy whiff of grapefruit rind. 4.5

Taste follows oily pine, peach, tangerine, apricot, and grapefruit not over the top, but wonderfully balanced. 4.5

Mouthfeel is rather big, soft carbonation, maybe a tad dry, and at 9.2% massive flavor but still nice drinkability. 4.75

Overall I miss loving a big old DIPA and this one is excellent. I will be getting this one again soon. 4.5

Poured from a can into a tulip glass
Appearance – The beer pours a hazed orange-golden color with a one finger head of just off-white foam. The head persists for quite a bit of time, with it slowly fading over time and leaving a good sum of streaky lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – the aroma is quite heavy of a tropical fruit smell, with guava and passionfruit being the strongest, but being accompanied by some mango and papaya as well. There is a bit of tangerine and grapefruit, along with a decent showing of a herbal smell. Rounding it all out is some malt with a bit of a bready and biscuit aroma.
Taste -The taste begins with a malty and sweet flavor with a strong bready showing mixed with lots of the tropical fruits that were in the nose. The heaviest of the tropical fruits is a tangerine flavor, joined by some papaya, mango, pineapple, and guava. There is some hop upfront as well, with flavors of grapefruit and herb there, but being rather light overall. As the taste advances the hop and sweet get a bit stronger, with some light pine and more of the tropical fruits coming onto the scene. There is a bit of peach and apricot, as well as a touch of graininess that come toward the end, leaving one with a rich and fruity taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – the body of the brew is creamy and thicker with a moderate carbonation level. Overall, the feel is good for the abv and style and makes for an easy, but still slower sipper.
Overall – A Nice double overall. A bit on the sweeter and maltier side, but still rather balanced.