Savory bottle-conditioned strong ale contrasts sweet yeast elegance and candied barleywine interaction against cork-like grape-skinned dryness. Lemon-soured grapefruit stronghold gets raw honey surge fortifying wheat-backed inertia. Clove spicing drifts into floral hop sharpness complementing addictive white grape finish.
STOUDT’S ABBEY DOUBLE ALE
Serene prune-clouded bottle-conditioned ale with awakening carbolic spritz. Sweet-spiced malting, dry pureed raisin and subtle barleywine illusions fortify moderate-bodied essence. But silken texture abruptly softens what would otherwise be fuller, richer finish. Not as luxuriously resonating as famous Abbey-styled Belgian ales tryingly replicated.
STONEY’S BEER
Cheap sugary cornmeal theme and soured maize nosing infiltrate barley-hay base of canned medium-bodied yellow pils. Alongside sticky malt mouthfeel, fizzy carbolic nature, and phenol hop wisp, very reminiscent of bland, tinny, scarcely efficient ’60s American macrobrews such as the original Rheingold, Pabst Blue Ribbon, and dozens of lesser defunct generic local brands. In bottled version, astringent sourness, overt fizz, and insufficient head decrease value further, leaving severe acridity and parched throat.
STONEY’S LIGHT PILSNER
Mildest maize and straw wheat astringency barely registers for watery carbolic bantamweight. Inconsequential.
STONEY CREEK VANILLA PORTER
Now brewed by Atwater Block, superior full-bodied milkshake-like treat perfect for creamy dessert snack. Aromatic chocolate nut cake greeting saturates Starbuck’s vanilla latte illusion as crisp charred hop assertion intensifies lovely vanilla bean surge, ice coffee undertones, and long lasting fudge finish. Sweet!
STONEY CREEK DOUBLE CHOCOLATE ALE
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.