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Kyle Hollingsworth / Keri Kelli / Stone Collective Distortion IPA

Stone Brewing Company
Escondido, CA, United States of America


Vital Statistics

Release: Limited Single
ABV: 9.3%

From the brewer

We all enjoy turning things up to 11, and that is represented in this collaborative offering, an imperial India pale ale ably backed by Nugget, Comet and Calypso hops, and amplified care of a healthy dry-hopping with Vic's Secret, a new Australian hop, adding citrus and tropical fruit oomph. To give this modern masterpiece some soulful, classic character, we traced the roots of brewing to the days when Old World herbs were used to spice beers, adding in coriander and, a first for us, elderberries. To stand up to that sumptuous spice and blaring bitterness, we added golden naked oats, which are lightly roasted and add body and enhanced mouthfeel to the brew like a steady, unbreakable backbeat to an incendiary jam solo. Sit back, crank the volume and get lost in this operatic incarnation of genres combined in the name of invention.

Average Scores

Overall: 75 (logged 1 time)
Bottle: 75 (logged 1 time)

Who's been drinking this

The berries complemented the hops to give the hop's fruitiness a slight berry leaning. Not bitter.
Bottle at Vancouver