Tangerine Express Hazy IPA / タンジェリンエクスプレス

スタイル	IPA - Hazy IPA / ヘイジーIPA
ABV	6.7%
IBU	75.0

4.2★★★★☆

口にしたら気分は常夏の楽園。タンジェリン、パイナップルの旨みがたっぷり詰まったフルーティーでホッピーなIPA。2016年9月にStone Pilot Series: 611 Tangerine Expressとしてドラフトのみで限定醸造されたものが新定番商品として登場。
　ただ単に果汁を投入するといった、フルーツを使用したビールにありがちな子供じみたやり方ではなく、タンジェリンピューレをふんだんに使用し、繊細な柑橘類の味わいと、鮮明でクリスプな苦味を演出。味わいのまとめ役としてパイナップルも投入（注）。本物の果実を使用することのみによって引き出される味わいを実現。
　グラスからは明るい黄金色の液色が顔を覗かせ、ジューシーでトロピカルな活き活きとした香りが弾け飛ぶ。味わいは主にタンジェリン、その背後にほんのりとパイナップルも感じられ、ホップ由来のシトラスや松、dankさ（注2）も感じられる。ミディアムボディーでドライなフィニッシュ。
　ビール造りに一切の妥協を許さないStone。当然“フルーツジュースのような味のビールが飲みたい”といったお子ちゃま舌の声など一切相手にしておらず、“IPAと名乗るものは如何なる場合においてもIPAらしい味わいであれ”という彼らの信念を曲げることなくこのビールを生み出したのである。

2020年5月に「Tangerine Express “Hazy” IPA」へと名称が変更されました。Stone曰く、このビールには最初から濁りが入っていたため、今回ビールの名前をその実態に合わせたとのこと。また、それに伴いパッケージが変更になっています。

注1) こちらはタンジェリンの風味を引き立てるためのバックボーンとして僅かな量のみ投入されており、“何も説明されずに飲んだ場合は気づかないだろう”とのこと
注2) ビールの香りや味わいの表現の一つで、マリファナのような独特なニュアンスを表す。

An India pale ale packed with whole tangerine & pineapple

Imagine the tropical haze of a lazy afternoon- into-evening. Your official duties for the day have been to maybe take a hike to a secluded waterfall, perhaps grill something, definitely chill with plenty of sand between your toes…and crack a phenomenal beer to complete the experience. Check, check, check again and…pfffft…check.

WELCOME TO OUR VACATION TRANSPORTATION EXPRESS!

This ain’t no just-add-juice approach. This one is for adults. We use bountiful whole tangerine purée, which brings pithy, crisp bitterness to the citrus flavor. In addition to the complexities of the tangerine — the likes of which you can only get by using the whole fruit — we judiciously employ just a hint of whole pineapple for a backnote (you’d likely not even pick it out of the mix if we didn’t tell you it was there). We’re not looking for a sweet concoction to appease the “I want my beer to taste like fruit juice” crowd. This is Stone. We like our IPAs to taste like IPAs. Big, bold and not for kids.

ABOUT THIS BEER

RELEASE DATE
January 30, 2017

WHEN TO ENJOY
Drink fresh

TASTING NOTES

FEATURED HOPS
Citra®,Centennial,Sterling,Azacca,Mosaic®

FLAVOR PROFILE
Citrusy, Fruity, Hoppy

PALATE
Crisp, clean, and refreshingly bitter.

SPECIAL INGREDIENTS
Tangerine & pineapple puree

APPEARANCE
Light golden with slight haze.

AROMA
Bright, fresh fruit aromas of pineapple and tangerine combine with citrus and tropical aromas from the hops.

OVERALL
Working with fruit can be amazing and so using amazing quality fruit is key to achieving that wonderful freshness. The high-end pureed fruit selected here blends exceptionally well with the aroma and flavors from the hops, creating a multi-layered IPA that also has fresh hoppy dankness and bitterness that superbly rounds out this beer.

MORE ABOUT THIS BEER

From time to time we are able to produce small batches of beer for special events. In this case Steve Gonzalez, Stone’s Senior Manager of Small Batch Brewing & Innovation, worked with Jake Karley, Director of Beverages & Special Projects, P.J. Whelihan’s Pub & Restaurant in the Philadelphia/South New Jersey area to come up with this original beer for the 2016 Craft Brewers Conference in Philadelphia.

“Together they landed on a beer that is really hoppy but at the same time has incredible fruit flavor, which was achieved by using high-quality, whole fruit. When I tasted it with our co-founder, Greg Koch, and other members of our leadership and sales team, we loved it so much so that we went back to San Diego to hatch the plan for a future nationwide release. Greg was particularly adamant that this beer should be in our year-round lineup and personally championed it through the process. I love that it’s a great hoppy beer but has just the right amount of fresh fruit with a complex, pithy quality to balance it out.”

-Jeremy Moynier, Senior Innovation Brewing Manager

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