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Twelve-ounce six-pack cans will first be available throughout California in August, eventually rolling out nationally in January 2018. Stone Tangerine Express IPA has been nationally available in 22-ounce bottles and draft since February, 2017. It’s an express ticket to a beach hammock getaway with refreshing drink in hand, complete with punchy tropical fruit character and Stone’s signature bold hop bitterness. Eight different hops give this beer its marked dankness overtones and refreshing bitterness. Neither the hops nor the fruit dominate, yet together they create several complex fruit layers, which can only be achieved by brewing with the entire fruit. Stone’s brewers used whole tangerine puree to capture the essence of the bright flavors of the fruit with the addition of whole pineapple for a subtle, yet lingering tropical backnote. Stone Tangerine Express IPA pours light golden in color with an aroma that’s bright, juicy and tropical. There’s nothing quite like cracking into one of these cans and drinking in that complex tangerine aroma before the first sip.”Ĭans now make up 30 percent of Stone’s package sales and the brewery now offers four of its year-round core beers in cans as well as select special releases. Turns out our fans have loved it too, so that leaves us with the important task of making this beer as widely available as we can. “In this case our co-founder Greg Koch had fallen in love with an experimental batch of Stone Tangerine Express IPA and insisted we bring it to market. “We brew beers we like with hopes that our fans will like them too,” said Dominic Engels, Stone Brewing CEO. Six months later the hugely flavorful and aromatic Stone Tangerine Express IPA is making its debut in six-packs of 12-ounce cans. In February, Stone Brewing unleashed a juicy and tropical IPA brewed with whole tangerine and pineapple named Stone Tangerine Express IPA. I was expecting a real good tropical hop and real fruit combo that just seemed to fall a little short.ESCONDIDO, CA. It may have been my sample, but I would have liked bigger and bolder tangerine flavor. There is a low alcohol warmth on the exhale as well.Īll in all it’s a very good beer. The beer is medium bodied, and moderately carbonated with no hop derived astringency and mild creaminess. Unfortunately as it warms it also becomes sweeter. I don’t find much of the pineapple, but there are slight hints of it as the beer warms. The bitterness in the finish to me comes across a bit harsh and unpleasant, bordering harsh. The bitterness is medium-high, and the balance is leaning towards the bitterness with the fruit taking up a second. Most of the fruity flavor seems to come mostly from fruit additions more so than hops. The flavor is considerably more juicy than the aroma. The flavor is bready and lightly sweet caramel, just like the aroma. There was a beady and slightly sweet caramel-malt flavor as well. As the beer warmed, some tangerine crept out more. I don’t get a whole lot of tangerine or pineapple initially, but the sample was quite cold. There is fairly good retention and the lacing on the glass is nice. The beer pours a hazy orange color with an off-white head. This beer would not be considered specialty IPA (21B) because that category is reserved for variations of the IPA style (Session, Black IPA, Red IPA, etc.). This beer is going to be judged in the fruit beer category because it’s and example a classic style (21A) with fruit added. We’re not looking for a sweet concoction to appease the “I want my beer to taste like fruit juice” crowd. In addition to the complexities of the tangerine - the likes of which you can only get by using the whole fruit - we judiciously employ just a hint of whole pineapple for a backnote (you’d likely not even pick it out of the mix if we didn’t tell you it was there). We use bountiful whole tangerine purée, which brings pithy, crisp bitterness to the citrus flavor.

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Your official duties for the day have been to maybe take a hike to a secluded waterfall, perhaps grill something, definitely chill with plenty of sand between your toes…and crack a phenomenal beer to complete the experience. Imagine the tropical haze of a lazy afternoon- into-evening. An india pale ale packed with whole tangerine & pineapple and a tropical IPA that transports you to a hop-induced state.