Stone Mill (Organic) Pale Ale
Usually I don’t buy beer to cook with first and drink second, but I did it with this one. It made OUTSTANDING grilled clams, only because the beer flavor disappeared when the clams opened up, but it’s not quite so nice to drink.
This pale ale is almost trying to be an IPA, but fails. There is a lingering aftertaste that reminds you of drinking and overly steeped cup of tea. I think the brewer left the teabag in this stuff way too long. If you like the wake up in the morning, cotton mouthy taste that this stuff leaves behind, by all means swill a case of this stuff.
It starts out tasting OK, but then quickly goes down hill with the hoppy, gritty, tea-baggy after taste. OK, no jokes about tea-bagging, but Frosty, you know who you are. 
I’ll not be buying any more. I might not even finish the two that are left in the fridge. I think I’ll let the kitchen sink choke them down.
Hops-scotch 9:17 pm on July 15, 2008 Permalink
I was just about to write a review for this beer and then I noticed there already was one. I disagree with your review SwillJockey, sorry. I’m not a huge fan of super hoppy beers and this doesn’t have that cheek smash that a lot of Pale Ales and IPAs have.It’s not a great beer by any means, but I would maybe rate it a 4. Plus, it’s organic so it must be good for you. Either way I would pick this over Bud Lite, that’s for sure.