Lactic cocoa-powdered porter bursts forth with roasted chocolate malting, black coffee souring and maple molasses sweetening, picking up hazelnut and macadamia illusions for lofty dry mocha finish.
STONE COAST SUNSPLASH GOLDEN ALE
Reggae theme decorates canned version of blithe straw-hued yeast-sinewy tropical ale. Mango-kiwi-grapefruit-lemon deluge provides tangy summery liveliness sharpening tidy hop bitterness. Hints of grape esters, tea leaves, and resinous earth add to dry-bodied splendor.
STONE COAST SUNDAY RIVER LAGER
Dank golden-hued Dortmunder-styled pale lager suffers from fizzy diacetyl flow and ill-defined lemon-bruised peach-banana sourness compromising dry wheat backbone to piquant honeyed finish.
STONE COAST SUNDAY RIVER ALT
Fizzy carbolic hops permeate orange-spiced tang and delicate barley strand of watery soft-bodied amber alt. Moderate dry nut finish bitterly lingers.
(STONE COAST) SPARHAWK GOLDEN ALE
Now brewed by Stone Coast, safe clear-toned medium body relies on winsome malt sweetness and gentle hop tingle. Dank sour yellow-fruited resilience blankets dry breaded wheat base as parched fig-prune nuance swells against acidic lemongrass sensation.
STONE COAST KNUCKLEBALL BOCK
Coaxing amber-hazed medium body, mysteriously labeled a ‘bock,’ balances disparate sweet and sour tones with mixed results. Initially, mouth-puckering grape parch and bone dry gueuze tartness seem at odds with honey-dipped cracked wheat spine and subsequent tobacco-dried caramel chocolate finish. Soggy earthen wood tone and skimpy herbaceous scant waver.
STONE COAST 420 INDIA PALE ALE
Rightfully quaffed at High Times New York headquarters, this hemp-teased copper-toned IPA (celebrating international 4:20 time zone for getting high) brings sweet crystal malt succulence and bright red fruitiness (grape, quince, apricot) to demanding hop-fueled orange peel bitterness for heady elegance.
STONE CAT WINTER ALE
Originally brewed as a ‘black lager,’ this tends to be dryer, cleaner, and crisper than its antecedent while retaining damp tobacco leaf sweetness and hints of rye, rum, or caffeine. Increasing malt sweetness thickens medium-to-full-bodied finish.
STONE CAT WHEAT
Sunny pale body pushes wheat-soured barley biscuit frontage ahead of paltry peach-fuzzed banana fruiting to crisply clove-spiced lemony orange White Ale-like finish. Fizzy flowing autumnal soft enough for neophytes.
STONE CAT SCOTCH ALE
Aromatic fruit waft, frisky hop insurgence, and unspecific grain backup provide bittersweet template to malt-roasted barley-smoked moderation. Too transparent and tame, lacking distinction for its class.
STONE CAT PUMPKIN ALE
Acrid grape esters consume mild gourd frontage of darker-than-usual dry-bodied pumpkin-spiced wayfarer. In lieu of expected cinnamon-clove spicing, this robust mahogany autumn seasonal boasts charred hop depth, coarse walnut bounty, and abrupt vegetal earthiness. Emboldened toasted grain finish acquires tingly barleywine-burgundy nuance.
STONE CAT OCTOBERFEST
Munich-styled moderate-bodied festbier lacks expected autumnal spicing to timid wheat-grained backbone. Some acridity seeps into diacetyl finish, depleting muted fruitiness.