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Stone 08.08.08 Vertical Epic Ale 3.7 590

Stone 08.08.08 Vertical Epic Ale

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Percentile
95
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
5903.71/5.03.7/5.0Special8.4%88.8Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
The Stone 08.08.08 Vertical Epic Ale is a Strong Golden Belgian style ale highly hopped with American hops (Ahtanum, Amarillo and Simcoe). The beer pours pale golden with a thick and creamy white head of foam. The aroma is full of depth: nuances of pepper, clove, and banana from the Belgian yeast strain, and the resiny citrus notes from the American hops blend together nicely to provide a complex aromatic character. The taste is spicy, hoppy and fruity, with a very dry and a pleasant bitter end. The bitterness lingers nicely, and provides a refreshing finish that leads you to want to drink more and more of this beer!
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 imadeadguy (378), back in NJ!, New Jersey, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 1, 2009  
Tap. Pour is lighter golden with a huge white head. Aromas of clove, cinnamon, bananna, and some yeast. Flavor is full of spice, sweet fruits, and yeast. Nice overall.


 Adam77 (409), Eastampton, New Jersey, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jun 1, 2009  
Poured hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma of spice and fruit. Pretty tasty. Spicy finish.


 GG (1661), NorCal, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
May 30, 2009  
Shared a bottle of this with my older brother. Don’t know why it took me this long to get the rating on here, but now I have. Aroma is extremely floral, spicy with a nice kick of fruity esters, tropical frutis. Flavor has a great hop profile, solid malt backbone, vanilla and cloves. Long bitter finish. I should be able to put together a nice veritcal in 2013.


 rmussman (905), California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
May 30, 2009  
Sampled one of the last of these I could find last year in October. Great brew like always. Nice and strong. Golden brown with thin lacey head. Pours with a big aroma and lots of sweet hops. Great brew as always.


 vtafro (477), , New Jersey, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/105/515/20
May 29, 2009  
On tap at Rattle’n’Hum. A Belgian styled ale hopped more like an American ale. SPicy and intricate. Different then most belgians was a nice change.


 Slipstream (780), USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
May 27, 2009  
On tap at Rattle’n’Hum. Fresh, floral hop aroma. A hoppy, big Belge and Yankee blend. Stone seems to like that mix of influences. Pretty dry and spicy with some esters. Hot, hoppy finish. Another very fine brew from Stone.


 phukktifano (159), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
May 27, 2009  
Pale clear gold with a thin white head. Aroma was fruit, hops and hay. Flavor was a bit spicy with a nice malt finish.


v8powered (66), , Nevada, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
May 25, 2009  
As always, the Vertical Epic line is a treat. This one has great flavors of select hops, corriander spices, pepper, and banana. It has quite a spice and some alcohol tones. I enjoyed drinking this but after a few beers, this one hit me hard. Great buzz!!



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