Stone Enjoy 12.21.12 IPA:
Hello all and let me start this off by asking a question to y’all: How many of you have ever had a beer that had an expiration date?  Now I know there is a lot of beers out there that have a “good by” dates but those are usually laser printed on the bottle and not painted on like the date (and name) of Stones short-time beer, Enjoy By 12.21.12 IPA.  This beer that Stone states they went through great links to get this beer on the market by Novemeber 19-20, 2012 so drinkers had a month to get this into their system before it went all bad or exploding on you (or whatever non pasteurized beer does).  The beer pours a nice cloudy golden color with a stark white head that leaves little lacing and a citrus nose of piney hops.  The beer’s initial taste is hop heavy (of course) that moves to a bready citrus mid tongue and a nice mellow skunk back end.  The aftertaste is a good blend of all the flavors found in the sip and it doesn’t linger too long.  The beer is (was) marketed as a freshly hopped beer and it’s level of flavors make it refreshingly different from most IPA though it still is a West Coast IPA so it doesn’t have the bite I prefer but still, it’s pretty tasty.