Enjoy By IPA - Stone Brewing Co.

TheBrewo

Michigan

4.53/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

This brew was served from the bottle (Enjoy By 12.21.12, Third Batch) at the Tap and Mallet Vertical Epic tasting event. It arrived in a tasting glass, showing a clean yellow golden. No head was noted, but spots of lacing were left dripping down the glass. Carbonation appeared average, and no haze or sediment was noted. The aroma was gritty as hell. The nose was filled with earthy hop bite, metallic and soured yeast, and sweet nectary hops of grapefruit and soap. With warmth came plastics and light booziness, mineral, and an enhancement of those paler, toastier malts. Peach sugars blended in as well, giving nice and syrupy depth to the vast array of hop varietals. Our first impression was that there was a huge hop variety through all the bitterness, but things were exquisitely juicy. The flavoring opened with dirt and grit of pine resin, mineral, booze, pale malts, and faint caramel sugariness. The middle came to a peak with softer pine, massive juiciness of citric flesh, more pale toast, and biting yeasty metallics. Citric hops washed through the finish, with juiciness of peaches, nectarines, apples, and flesh of grapefruit, mixing for an ultimate blend without any lingering or puckering extreme bitterness of hop. The aftertaste breathed of soap, pine, and grapefruit cleanliness, with spicy black pepper booze on the far back. The body was medium to full, and the carbonation was high. There was nice slurp, cream, smack, froth, and pop, with a slick coating. Pucker eventually came from the astringent, grapey dryness to the palate, in the absence of intense bittering from the gloriously juicy hops. The abv was fine, and the beer drank way easy.

Overall, the best thing about this brew was how everything was all about the hops. There was such a nice bite and grit to the opening act, with a beautifully balanced cleanliness of soap, pine, and massive citrus. Despite the variety, the depth of bitterness never really catches up with you, as the flavoring stays sweet, nectary, and insanely juicy throughout. This is one of the best Stone beers we’ve ever had.

Serving type: bottle

12-23-2012 14:27:36 | More by TheBrewo

UncleBuccs

Arizona

4.75/5  rDev +7.5%

06-19-2013 03:45:49 | More by UncleBuccs

BrewBoyR

Missouri

4.75/5  rDev +7.5%

06-19-2013 01:59:48 | More by BrewBoyR

Sokool

Washington

4.5/5  rDev +1.8%

06-18-2013 23:52:51 | More by Sokool

Eaglefan344

Missouri

5/5  rDev +13.1%

06-18-2013 23:27:47 | More by Eaglefan344

taylor714914

Pennsylvania

4.75/5  rDev +7.5%

06-18-2013 23:06:58 | More by taylor714914

Impfan

Washington

5/5  rDev +13.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

What can I say? Perfect Pilsner-like color* For those who would argue that it should be more appropriately copper colored... *The first officially designated American craft brewed IPA was Grant’s, and it contained Pilsener malts of this golden hue. The nose is an exquisite melange of grapefruit, Mandarin orange, tangerine, pinapple, mango, kiwi, and lemon/lime. The flavors follow suit, and the body is medium to full with just the right amount of malt backbone which is more of a textural thing, in this case, than a flavor enhancer. The hops are given free reign to truly shine here. The balance is nearly flawless, right through the long, dry finish which is crisp, and remarkably refreshing. Wow!

Serving type: bottle

06-18-2013 22:03:57 | More by Impfan

MMAJYK

Georgia

4/5  rDev -9.5%

06-18-2013 20:37:53 | More by MMAJYK

archey

California

4.75/5  rDev +7.5%

06-18-2013 18:45:40 | More by archey

sudsy2drunk

Indiana

4/5  rDev -9.5%

06-18-2013 18:27:46 | More by sudsy2drunk

Jacob007

New Hampshire

4.25/5  rDev -3.8%

06-18-2013 16:30:03 | More by Jacob007

headyhopzhead

Indiana

4.5/5  rDev +1.8%

06-18-2013 12:43:03 | More by headyhopzhead

acc88

Illinois

4/5  rDev -9.5%

06-18-2013 08:35:57 | More by acc88

RyV

California

5/5  rDev +13.1%

06-18-2013 06:01:09 | More by RyV

Jpirkle2715

California

4.75/5  rDev +7.5%

06-18-2013 01:55:25 | More by Jpirkle2715

Houser

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +1.8%

06-18-2013 00:14:00 | More by Houser

Hdredfern

Texas

4.75/5  rDev +7.5%

06-17-2013 20:32:02 | More by Hdredfern

Techichi

Texas

4.5/5  rDev +1.8%

06-17-2013 19:40:23 | More by Techichi

vbiliyar

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev -9.5%

06-17-2013 14:13:18 | More by vbiliyar

BeerRunner

Texas

4.5/5  rDev +1.8%

06-17-2013 03:06:19 | More by BeerRunner

OC_Beer_Fan

California

4.75/5  rDev +7.5%

06-16-2013 22:40:58 | More by OC_Beer_Fan

aeroparrot

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev -9.5%

06-16-2013 21:33:00 | More by aeroparrot

swinyeju

New Hampshire

4.75/5  rDev +7.5%

06-16-2013 15:46:20 | More by swinyeju

carlhaynes

Washington

3.5/5  rDev -20.8%

06-16-2013 06:12:30 | More by carlhaynes

dertyd

California

4.75/5  rDev +7.5%

06-16-2013 03:37:22 | More by dertyd