Stone Enjoy By 4.20.15 IPA

Brewed By: Stone Brewing Co. in Escondido, California

Purchased: 12oz bottle from a 6-pack bought at Bottles & Cans in Chicago, IL; 2015 (Enjoy By 4/20/2015)

Style/ABV: American Imperial IPA, 9.4% 
Reported IBUs: ?

It's hard to believe it has been a whole year since I drank Stone's Enjoy by 4/20/14 IPA. About Stone:

Stone Brewing are one of the more prominent breweries in the American craft brewing scene. They were founded in 1996 in San Marcos, California, and moved to Escondido, California where they recently expanded their operations. Stone was founded by Steve Wagner and Greg Koch. Koch has a reputation among the craft beer community for voicing his opinion, not putting up with shit, and standing behind his beer. Also...farking woot and fizzy yellow beer is for bitches. 

4/20 BLAZE IT LIKE TONY MAGOO

The 2015 4/20 Enjoy By is a dark orange or deep gold color, depending on the light you have. This one looks clear/filtered in the glass, but my hunch is this is conditioned and Stone just knows how to get clear looking beer. There's lacing and a white head and all that crap as well.

You are here for the dank aroma and the hops and this delivers. This drops dank/phat hops that veer into hemp, pink peppercorns, bubblegum, intense resin, pine, and some nice citrus. This has that thick, Ruinition malt base, with caramel and sugars galore. And this drops some peach ring candies, ala my favorite Revolution beer of 2014, the Unsessionable IPA. 

This is dank but not a lot has changed since last year. This is still a blissfully straightforward West Coast Imperial IPA. This blasts your palate with massive amounts of sugar, resinous hop oils, guava, orange, candy citrus, grass, kumquats, and hemp.

This is still super drinkable at 9.4%, with a well-carbed medium-body and good depth and complexity. This doesn't do anything far out of the Stone wheelhouse, but you appreciate that it exists. This leans towards the sweet, dank hops, and Stone pretty much delivers.

Rating: Above-Average (4.0/5.0 Untappd)

I'm still stickign with my Strong Above-Average. If you see the Enjoy By beers, pick them up. Especially around 4/20. 

Random Thought: MMM IPAs.