Stone / Ecliptic / Wicked Weed Points Unknown IPA
It seemed no single beer could adequately convey the collective talents of Portland, Oregon brewing legend and Ecliptic Brewing founder John Harris; Luke and Walt Dickinson, the brewmaster duo behind North Carolina’s Wicked Weed Brewing; and Stone Brewmaster Mitch Steele. So, this veritable triad of power opted to brew TWO beers. The first was a traditional Belgian-style tripel aged four months in oak barrels that originally housed red wine, then tequila. It was then blended at a one-fourth to three-fourths ratio with a freshly brewed West Coast double IPA to create this beer. A variety of diverse flavors coalesce into something more unique than any one beer our trio could have conceived.
3.7
382 reviews
Escondido, United States
Community reviews
red copper pour. Aroma tequila, red wine, grassy hops buttery tripel. peppery kick of hops, cactus like vegetal flavors, buttery. A very rare beer that represents tequila barrels the right way! I don’t even like tequila and I thought this was great!
Bottle from Wine Emporium 280216. This is a beer that holds its alcohol very well. I did not expect this beer to be as smooth and easy drinking as it was. Well done to all involved in this brew.
Pours a cloudy amber colour with an off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, citrus, caramel and hops. Taste is medium sweet leading to a hoppy finish
Tasted on tap at Apppetito in Palm Springs Cali. It poured a slightly hazy orangish hue, with a frothy white head and plentiful lacing. Subtle aroma of hops, malt, and alcohol. Taste of hops, malt, oranges, and grapefruit along with some other stuff that worked pretty well together, but not a clear winner in the Stone IPA line. Still a refreshing brew that’s worth a taste.
660ml bottle from Drygate. Hazy orange amber, not much head. Peach aroma. Strong sweet resin vanilla hop flavour. Seet hopy alcohol aftertaste. Too strong for me.
Sweet hoppy yeastness in the aroma. Cloudy orange color with a medium tan head. Bitter beginning with a strong sour finish.
Bottle share at Kenny’s 20K. Thanks to Fergus for this one. As ’Stone Points Unknown IPA’, 9.5%. Clear orange, still, small foamy off-white head, dotted lacing. Aroma is toffee, orange and tangerine, red apple. Body is medium, smooth, soft carbonation. Taste is dry and papery up front, flowery, some tangerine, woody finish. Alright.
Bottle. Moderate grain for the malt, orange and grapefruit peel for the hops, light dough and soap for the yeast, with honey, solvent, and dried apricot in the background. Head is small, frothy, off-white with fair lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color is murky medium amber/orange. Flavor starts moderately sweet and lightly to moderately acidic, then finishes moderately bittersweet. Palate is on the fuller side of medium, oily, with a soft to lively carbonation. A little bite-y in spots but this DIPA has an aroma that deserves high marks.
Poured from a bottle to a snifter.
3.5 A: Murky copper color. One and a half fingers of frothy beige head. Retention is about average and a 1/2 finger of interrupted lacing is left.
3.75 S: Really interesting beer. It confuses the senses. First I smell a tripel with peachy fruits, spicy peppery yeast, and candi sugar. Then an asceptic tequila enters the mix adding woodiness and vanilla. I could just be imagining that I’m picking up some vinous red wine given my prior knowledge of the beer, but I swear it’s there. Finally, the floral and citrusy hoppiness of the DIPA shows up. Malts are a hodgepodge of biscuit and graham cracker, and a touch of breadiness from the yeast.
3.5 T: The taste is a bit less wild than the nose. It tastes more like a DIPA that weird stuff was done to. Moderate bitterness. Big floral hoppiness with orange, mango, and papaya citrus fruits. Again crackery and biscuit malts. The tequila comes through with surprising strength. The tripel is a bit subdued compared to the big hops, but still getting peppery and clove spiciness, peach, candi sugar, nectarine, and some apple.
3.5 M: Heavier medium body. Good moderate carbonation. Light creaminess and a bit chewy. Smooth enough with a bitter and boozy tequila finish.
3.0 D: It’s an interesting beer. I don’t know that I’d ever want to drink it again, but it was worth the pickup.
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DavoleBomb, Sep 08, 2015
Pours copper with a frothy head. The aroma is like red grapes and port which I wasn’t expecting from a pale beer. The flavour is bizarre but nice. It’s like a mild port has been blended with an IPA. I’m definitely liking it.
Bottle at Madmitch 20k tasting. Clear dark gold lasting white head. Big hoppy aroma. Good hops throughout. Lovely. Grapefruit. Good beer.
I love that Stone makes IPAs faster than I can rate them. 22 Oz bottle poured. Bright cloudy orange in color with a wavy foam head. Ruby red like aroma with a big splash of fruit. Tropical fruit. Candy sweetness. Drinks nice. A little weird, but nothing bad here. Fun IPA.
Bottle from Steamworks Liquor Store, Vancouver
bottled 04/23/15, 4 months old
Pours a beautifully bright amber color, hazy, with generous persistent head. The aroma is both hoppy and malty, a bit spicy. Full bodied, with a good malt background, the hop is still powerful, although it was probably fresher earlier, and it has a light umami presence.
Bold, very good.
[ bottle ][ 1.5oz ][ @Tasting ][ $ ? ][ schnapps flute ][ 12.20.15 ]
transparent copper-gold, large bubbled white head. Heavy soap bitter nose, washed out co2 bitterness. Heavy papery wax profile, super slick with orange and soap bitterness dominating.
Some light citrus and a hell of a lot of malt in here. Not sure the whole mixture works quite as well as a lambic mix. Lots of barrels, some misguided tripel vibe and some IPA stuff. Not the greatest Stone I’ve had.
Bottle courtesy of maniac, thanks! Clear golden amber color. Fruity aroma. Taste is bittersweet sticky piney fruit and resin. Tasty.
Wow that’s impressive. Raw and boozy like a farmhouse ale. Lots of bitterness in the grapefruit, citrus hops notes. A little sweetness and balance from the malt. Don’t need more than one bottle.
Bomber, bottled on 04/23/15. Opaque orange, thinner off-white foam. Aroma is boozy, grapefruity. Strong and old boozy taste, citric grapefruit, forestry, B-yeast, mild semi-sweet c-malts. Softer carbonation, medium-full bodied, well hopped. More ASA than DIPA. Be nice to try a fresh one. DNFL (Definitely Not For Lagerboys)
A wonderful beer to sit and wash the day away. Even if you don’t like IPA’S this one is sure to mellow you out
It was really good -no doubt about that. The biggest downside to this beer is that it’s a somewhat typical Stone IPA. It’s really good with a nice piney and hoppy aroma. Smooth and sweet body, light to medium fruits. Slightly alcoholic finish.
Bottle at Antenna America, Yokohama. Clear golden/amber - white head. Fruity hoppy. Wooden aroma. Light vanilla. Herbal. Nice light spicy. Sweet notes. Nice bitterness. Ok.
From a bottle. Typical Belgian aroma but with a wicked hop punch and resin finish, fantastic.
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy orange color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy aroma with weak spicy yeasty hints. Fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter yeasty flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty citrus hoppy bitter finish.
Orange pour with white head and lace. Aroma is orange zest, bread, and yeast. Flavor is semi sweet malt and bready. A nice touch of abv warmth. A touch of Belgian yeast like character. A very solid bitter finish. Some floral notes as well. Sneaky nice beer
Bottle. The look is slight haze, orange golden in color, with an off white head. The smell is fruit, slight yeast, hops, more fruits, grass, more fruits, florals, and more fruits. The taste is along the same line as the taste. It was good but for some reason the bitterness and fruit just got a little maah in there. But definitely a decently good beer.
22 oz bottle. Amber color with a decent off-white head. Aroma is of mango, orange, dank, and pine. Taste is of mango, tangerine, some starfruit, caramel, dank, and pine.
It’s amusing that after years of pearl clutching about freshness and the evils of the so-called grey market this official import brewed in April was bought unrefrigerated at Dan’s.
Bottle. Clear pale amber with a white head. Aroma of toffee, light dough, prunes, oak. Sweet with an earthy and woody bitter note than runs right through it (and makes it). Light toffee, wood, dried fruit, a little vaguely Belgian yeast. Woody and a little herbal at the end - At first you wonder whether there’s a little sourness creeping in, but OK, that’s a tequila note. Alcohol is clearly present but not crudely so. Still a bit on the sweet side really, but there’s plenty going on and it mostly works together. Pretty good, but not an IPA (now).
Aromas of hops minor tequila and lime. Light white head and golden orange body. Flavors of fresh hops, piney citrus and some minor apricot and light spice. Juicy on the palate
Personally I don’t get much aroma from this beer. The body is smooth and oily. Hoppy, citrussy, piney, some tropical notes.
Amber with a thick, white, lasting head - a beautiful looking beer. Caramel & grapes on the nose. Full bodied mouthfeel with a lot of sweetness balanced by woody hop bitterness & only a hint of Belgium yeast. This is an exceptional beer.
Rated by BrewTom