Stone to release Go To IPA (Session IPA)

The more low alcohol bright hoppy offerings to choose from, the better.

 

. . . because sometimes you want less alcohol.

 

Founders is coming out with the All Day 15pk cans(no typo) at the $17.99 price point, gotta pass on the Stone! Might give it a try, but will not be a go to....hahah

 

My first thought as well...excited nonetheless.

 

Because god forbid you just forgo an alcoholic beverage for once, or drink less. I guess I'd rather drink one real IPA than 2 glasses of hop water

 

It will retail at the same price as the other stone 4/6 packs unfortunately.

So you think Stone only looks at Cali beers?

Because comparing price/value is complaining now? It's a known fact that you guys are getting screwed by your stone distributors in MN. Which sucks don't get me wrong.

 

Don't get me started on Enjoy by. It's $15 a bottle here outside Philly.

 

To each their own. Personally I loved the idea of a table beer, something that's light enough that you can drink a few glasses of easily with food, without feeling hideously full. Myself, I gravitate towards Belgian styles along those lines, but I'd love to try out food pairings for a well-done IPA that is legitimately sessionable and could serve as a table beer. (All Day was a bit disappointing for me, in that I found it to be sessionable in terms of alcohol content but not flavor, being disproportionately bitter/too light on hop flavor for its size.)

 

Or, you know, people have different palates and want different things sometimes. Can't really call this beer "hop water" without tasting it even if the other sessionable IPAs you have tried taste like that.

 

I don't disagree with you. I've just been horribly disappointed by every "session" IPA I've ever come across. They taste like a watered down IPA and cost the same as a "real" one. There are plenty of other style-appropriate low ABV offerings out there; I don't need a poorly executed IPA when I can grab a pale ale, pilsner, hefe, porter, etc. I'd love for someone to brew a good one, but until then it won't be something I seek out.

 

Same here—I looooooooved Jester King's Noble Prince, and would fork over $9 for a bottle again. For sure. Maybe not every week, but again for sure. And I haven't had a really convincing "session IPA" yet, but I'd love for someone to nail it, so who knows. Maybe Stone's the one!

 

I'd gladly seek this out depending on the price point.

 

interested.

want to know the hop varietals used. sorry if i'm failing at reading here. hope it's like chinook amarillo or something. amarillo and citra. centennial and citra. amarillo and simcoe. something like that. or fuck it, summit and simcoe; session stinker.

 

Levitation is around $12 a six here. Not sure why. Other Stone beers are not so much.

Enjoy

 

What pale ales are those? I live in PA and struggle to find good pales that I like. Headwater is great on tap, never found a bottle I liked.


Enjoy

 

I am really exited for this, since I loved there San Diego Session ale.

 

Neither were in quotes

 

Excited to have this as a golf beer. Will taste it head-to-head with Levitation and compare.

 

Session IPA Peter Ballantine must be rolling in his grave!

 

Session IPA taste like pale ales to me
Gooooooo capitalism