In German it means a whale's...err, nevermind.

Sometimes you need a little vacay in the middle of a work week. Or a work day. I've been stressing out all day about making sure that I have everything together for the start of the crazy season for work (and to this point I still don't have it all 100% together) so when it came time for dinner I decided to go with some comfort food: a Domino's pizza and an IPA. Lucky for me I planned ahead and picked up one of the highest regarded beers around, the Stone India Pale Ale


I've been very eager to have a beer from Stone because they are from San Diego, CA. It just so happens that I too am from San Diego, CA. Because of this fact, and that these guys are known across the country for the beer they make, it was only a matter of time before one of them showed up on the blog here at CDR.

I do have to make this a shorter post based on the aforementioned time crunch (I need to be ready to lead a team of people all day long and leave my house by 630am at the very latest)....(it's 9pm right now), so I will get right into it. The word I would use to describe this IPA is bold. It has a ton of flavor. The bitterness is awesome, it has a combo of citrus and floral hops, and a medium molt profile. You know you are drinking a beer when you take a sip of this one. It doesn't just fade away like other beers tend to do.... this one stays for the party. Hell, it IS the party.

You can more than likely find this beer in whatever city you happen to be in right now. From the looks of it Stone distributes [across the country]. I would say the most notable brand they have is the Arrogant Bastard because of the name, but that one I will  have to evaluate at a later time. Today all I can say is that if you like IPAs then you will really like the one Stone brings to the table.

Stone Brewing
IPA
India Pale Ale
6.9% abv