Since Day One, we've been abundantly forthright and fully transparent about our lust for hops. Stone Go To IPA delivers all the citrus, peach, melon and pine flavors of a much bigger IPA. To accomplish this, we employ hop bursting, wherein an irrational amount of hops is added during the final phase of the brewing process to bring out extreme flavors and aromas while also imparting a burst of desirably pleasant bitterness. Sit back with this everyday go-to IPA and bask along with us in the glory of the almighty hop.
Appearance: Pours light gold with a white-colored head of foam.
Aroma: The hop aromatics blow everything else out of the water. Intense peach, citrus and melon flavors dominate the aroma in the best possible way.
Taste: Hop flavors continue to dominate, but balanced by just enough malt to keep things reasonably in balance. But make no mistake, this beer is very, very hop-forward!
Palate: Dry and bitter. The finish makes you want to drink more.
Overall: This beer employs the “hop bursting” technique, a hopping technique where all or most of the bitterness in the beer comes from late hop additions in the brewhouse, like at the end of boil and in the whirlpool instead of the more traditional approach where most of the hop bitterness comes from earlier additions at the start of the kettle boil. The result is a beautifully aromatic beer with substantial, but somewhat mellow, bitterness. The hop bursting also enhances the flavor retention of the hops and, combined with the dry-hop, creates a very intense and complex hop flavor.
4. 8% alc. /vol.
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