Stone Ishii, bard Green tea IPA

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  1. totoropanda

    totoropanda Initiate (0) Apr 12, 2012 New Jersey

    Big fan of tea.. so always wanted to try this.. information? when it was last release? Will it release again? and is it worth getting now and what would it take to get it?
    Thanks
    Dan
     
  2. afrokaze

    afrokaze Pooh-Bah (1,962) Jun 12, 2009 Oregon
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    If I remember correctly it came out around the holidays last year, was only sold in loose 12oz bottles. No idea if it'll come out again but I really enjoyed it, it was around 9% but wasn't boozy at all. At this point the hops are wayyy over the hill so I wouldn't try to get any, but it wasn't very hard to find at all so shelf locals would probably work.
     
  3. Pahn

    Pahn Initiate (0) Dec 2, 2009 New York

    i liked it, but i doubt it's anything more than a shadow of what it's supposed to be at this point. who knows though, maybe tea-infused beer ages well (shrug).

    what it would take to get it is anybody's guess. my guess is: someone who lives near a store with very old stock. it's possible someone else bought a bunch and didn't get around to drinking them, or that someone strangely decided to cellar it. (shrug)
     
  4. chriltz

    chriltz Initiate (0) Mar 21, 2010 Illinois

    I have a bottle of this in the fridge that i bought last year and never got around to. I am almost afraid to open it...the bottle looks like a snow globe at this point.
     
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  5. mocktm

    mocktm Initiate (0) Jan 3, 2011 Virginia

    Thought it was awesome when I had it last summer. Would be curious to see how it tastes now; I say open it. Worst case scenario is that you pour it down the drain.
     
  6. queens1130

    queens1130 Initiate (0) Nov 21, 2008 California

    honestly i have a bottle that i forgot about in my kitchen cabinet. it hasn't been kept at cellar temp but it has been kept in the dark. if you shoot me a shipping label it's all yours. chriltz is right, it's a snowglobe indeed, might have to do with the tea tannins coming out, who knows..
     
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  7. Rob1110

    Rob1110 Initiate (0) Jul 7, 2012 Massachusetts

    I could definitely see the tea standing out much more now. The hops are probably completely gone but it may still be interesting. I remember liking it when it came out. I have one local store that seems to keep a lot of the stone collabs on the shelf for a while. I'll check next time I'm in there and shoot you a BM if I find any. Worst case scenario, if you want that fresh hop taste back, get some dried hops and french press the beer with them. It won't be quite the same but may bring that citrusy, hop taste back a bit.
     
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  8. UCLABrewN84

    UCLABrewN84 Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2010 California

    I am not too sure how well it will be at this point, but when it was fresh I thought it was one of the best Stone collaborations I have had to date.
     
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