Stone Brewing Delicious Ipa 6-Pk

Description

A citrusy India pale ale with Lemondrop & El Dorado hops7.7% ABVWhile our beers are many and diverse, yet unified by overarching boldness, India pale ales are our undeniable bread and butter. The result is an intensely citrusy, beautifully bitter beer is worthy of the simple-yet-lordly title of Stone Delicious IPA. Lemondrop and El Dorado hops combine to bring on a magnificent lemon candy-like flavor thats balanced by hop spice. Its unlike anything weve tasted in nearly two decades of IPA experimentation, and another lupulin-laced creation were excited to present to hopheads everywhere.TASTING NOTESAPPEARANCEPours deep gold with a white-colored head.AROMASpicy, herbal and citrusy hop aromatics balanced with light-toasted malt. The spiciness is reminiscent of lemongrass.TASTEThe hop flavors really explode with a dominant flavor that reminds many on the brewing team of a lemon Starburst candy!PALATEMedium body with a bitter, dry finish.OVERALLWe went through many iterations of this beer at our Stone Brewing World Bistro & GardensLiberty Station restaurant and brewery, using several hop recipes until we had that Aha! moment tasting a beer that I had asked Liberty Station Brewing Manager Kris Ketcham to brew. It was a single-hop beer called the Lost City of Liquid Gold, using 100 percent El Dorado, a new hop from Yakima, Washington. This beer gave us the last piece to the puzzle on the formulation for Stone Delicious IPA. We changed the dry hop to 100 percent El Dorado, and we achieved magnificent lemon candy and spicy hop flavors that are fun and unique.