Stone Enjoy By Tangerine IPA

And more recently...

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This just in. In stores near me anyway

 

siiick!! stone is hit or miss for me, but always glad to try! didnt love the 4.20 IPA but I still wanna try the unfiltered and would definitely give this a chance!

 

yet another hoppy Smirnoff

 

Stone has always been smart and if they brew something that starts out as a one and done and it sells and the people seem to love it, they bring it back. Ruin10, Xocoveza, Lucky Bastard, and plenty of others. I think we absolutely will see Unfiltered again. Am I truly excited for this, not really. Will I purchase a 6 pack absolutely. Unfiltered is my favorite thus far also.

 

I don't think this will be another "hoppy smirnoff"... what does that even mean? I imagine they won't over fruit it and it will be most bitter rather than sweet. Maybe unfiltered looking a little but not milkshake style. I dunno I have to try it.
"Hoppy Smirnoff"?! Smh

 

It's been on their schedule for another turn in August. Tangerine has another two turns as well after this first one.

 

I agree with you. And the fact that we'll try it is why they will keep making variants!

Enjoy By Unfiltered was delicious and a very good IPA but I am not convinced I could tell the difference between it and Enjoy By blindfolded. My bottle looked nothing like an NE style IPA either. That's not a bad thing but I don't think Stone was copying that opaque IPA style because I have to assume they could make one if they wanted too.

 

I am in that same boat; the unfiltered version just tasted like regular old Enjoy By to me.

I had it on draft and it was a bit hazy but nowhere near murky/opaque.

All they did with this beer is 'skip' the filtering process they normally do when brewing Enjoy By. There is no doubt in my mind that they were attempting to obtain some 'buzz' on the popularity of the so called "New England" style IPA right now. As you mentioned they could indeed produce a so called "New England" style IPA but that beer would need to be re-branded since it would be a different beer from Enjoy By.

Cheers!

 

STOP MAKING IPAs WITH FRUIT ADDITIONS!

fruit flavors from hops not fruit puree

 

Two or three summers ago was the beginning of the "session IPA" thing. Founders All Day and Stone Go To and then suddenly every brewery had to have one. This summer looks like, led by Ballast Point, will be the summer of fruited ales. Every time I go to the store there's a new release by some brewery of a fruit added ipa, session or pale ale. We'll just have to see if they stick around like sessions did.

 

It doesn't mean anything, its just someone trying too hard to be pretentious.

 

They've done a bunch of fruited DIPA/IPAs and before it got super trendy over the past year or so.

 

I always find it amusing when people complain about a particular beer coming out. FYI not all beer is brewed based on your preference. You don't like it don't buy it, not post on a thread about a beer just to complain about it.

Stone has done a good job with variants and additions so I would gladly give this a try.

 

What!?! If BA's didn't complain about beers they have not even tasted the number of posts would decrease by 50%!!

Cheers!

 

How do you feel about this? I loved this brew.

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Never had it. I understand adding fruit to beer, I do. Just adding Fruit to an Already Fruity DIPA is like frying an Egg (over easy) and placing on top of an Omlete. Just seems pointless to me. Unless you can taste the Fruit and it doesn't over shadow the Base Beer. Then I might enjoy it and reconsider.

 

I thought it was an interesting brew as it crossed a few beer styles and in my opinion was successful in doing so.

 

I will try it if I cross it's path. I'm not one to turn down a beer. I have been disappointed in just about every Fruited IPA/DIPA I've had so far. While I favor some more, just overall they haven't hit that "Love" string on my heart. Will keep my eyes open though.

 

Totally understand, I feel the same way in that a lot of the fruited IPA/DIPA notes can be achieved by using hops alone or at least come damn close if done well.