Thursday, September 6, 2012

Stone Cali-Belgie

Stone Cali-Belgie - 6.9% - IPA (sort of)

I had this sucker-fish a long time ago but don't recall writing a review.  I had it again the other night at Local Habit and then stopped by the Stone South Park store on the way home from the North Park Market (which isn't a fun market).  I wanted to get my friend an Enjoy By IPA but they were out, so I grabbed this gem for $4.25.  What a steal.



I don't know if I can describe it better than Stone does, but I'll give it a shot because I'm awesome.  It's basically a California IPA with Belgian yeast.  And it tastes exactly like you would imagine, pouring one part a solid (not amazing, just solid) west coast style IPA in a glass and one part Belgian (I had to educate myself on that one.  You say Belgian beer not Belgium.  The example was you wouldn't say you like England beer, you would say English.)  white.  It has a perfect balance of hops with the nice smooth, lemon vanilla flavours often found in a Belgian white.  The aroma puts out very strong yeast notes.  It's a really enjoyable summer beer - but who are we kidding, any beer is good in summertime, but you know what I mean.  Cheers mates, if you see it give it a shot, you won't be disappointed, I'm not.

I really enjoyed this one.  Maybe I'm a high grader by this is definitely a Gandalf, 5/5.


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