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Stone 10th Anniversary IPA 3.92 548

Stone 10th Anniversary IPA

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5483.93/5.03.92/5.0Special10%94.5Snifter, Tulip
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Stone 10th Anniversary IPA harkens back to our earlier Anniversary Ales, with abundant hopping at many stages of the brewing process. Appropriately, the aroma is over-the-top, with pronounced piney and resiny hop flavors combined with tropical fruit esters and more subtle notes of toasted malts and alcohol. Our Stone 10th Anniversary Ale weighs in at 10% alcohol by volume (perfect for a 10th anniversary beer), and has a little more color and malt character than our other IPAs. In addition to using the new Summit hop variety in the brewhouse to provide the powerful bitterness, we went back through our records and found some of our favorite hops over the years, and used them to flavor this brew, including Chinook, Crystal, and large doses of Simcoe in the dry-hop to provide a huge, complex, piney, fruity and floral hop character. This is a colossal beer, big in every sense: hoppy, malty, rich, and strong! Right up our alley.
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 SoLan (1426), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/515/20
Sep 17, 2007  
Orange/copper and small, frothy white head. All hops with some lightly sweet malt in the background- citrus rind, citrus flesh, venomous resin, floral sweetness. Full/medium body, balanced carbonation, syrupy. Satisfies the hop fix.


 RblWthACoz (963), Brooklyn, New York, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/518/20
Sep 10, 2007  
Pours a clear gold with an amber tone to it. Big head with strong lacing. Holy hops, Batman! Extremely hoppy flavor and sweet to boot. Smooths out as you go on. Leaves a sweet and almost citric flavor on your tongue. Feel is good and it is extremely drinkable and gets even more so as you go on. A beautifully crafted beer that I am very glad I was able to try on tap.


 kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Sep 1, 2007    Updated: Feb 12, 2008
Date: 09/02/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

amber with a slight haze, whispy white head, sweet pine aroma, lots of sticky pine flavor, nice balancing lasting bitterness
-------- /> Date: 10/21/2006
Mode: bottle
Score: iii to ii+

clear red, pours with a nice cream head that quietly settles down, traces of drippy lace, picking up sweet citrus along with the pine aroma, upon warming it pick up lots of hot alcohol, best cold
-------- /> Date: 12/01/2006
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
Words: double dry hopped version from the Stone Bistro

thick creamy head and tons of lace, the hop flavor is very smooth and balanced from beginning to end,
-------- /> Date: 09/08/2007
Mode: bottle
Words: cellar party

no alcohol showing up, otherwise has not changed after a year of cold storage,
-------- /> Date: 02/10/2008
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Score: 3.3 to 3.5

picking up some really nice fruityness in the aroma and flavor, still sweet crystal and lots of hops, cold storage works,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4


 sneagrams3 (1759), St. Louis, Missouri, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Aug 31, 2007  
The Dan JOurnal #104. Tasted 8/14/07. 22oz bomber. Filtered with an amber hue. Spiraling off-white head. Fruity citrus cinnamon sugar aromas. Mild burn and medium effervescence. Caramle and grassy flavors. Toasty and sticky. Spicy and syrupy.


 MadMan (497), Tempe, Arizona, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 30, 2007  
Draft at brewery, plus growler fill after. This one is clear and amber with small head. Aroma is hoppy, with grapefruit, medicine, pine. Flavors are malty with fairly high bitterness and fair amount of alcohol. Lingering sweetness in the finish but not outdone by the bitterness and resinous hops that linger and stick to the tongue. I had thought I’d rated this multiple times until I was checking some notes. This was more barley wine than IPA but good none the less.


 radiomgb (2056), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Aug 24, 2007  
Golden-amber in colour, lingering thin beige head, light lacing. The aroma is insanely f’n hoppy, lots of pine, cedar and spruce, the sweet caramel malts try to balance out the hops. The flavour is again ridiculously hoppy, very sweet, lots of oranges and pine, creamy, some caramel malts, light alcohol. Very bitter hoppy mouthfeel, medium/large body, high carbonation. Finishes very long, very hoppy, some alcohol warmth. This has more balance than I was expecting but its still boarderline too much.

650ml bottle obtained in a trade with <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?U target=blank>JCB, thanks Jason.
Opened on April 21, 2007.


 KingpinIPA (842), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/517/20
Aug 14, 2007  
Bottle via Weeheavy. Copper color. Smell of hops, brown sugar, malt, grapefruit, pine, flowers and caramel. Taste of caramel, brown sugar, malt, hops, alcohol, honey. grapefruit and burnt toast. Not that hoppy but extreamly sweet. A ton of caramel and brown sugar notes.


 bdigital (590), Ft Wayne, Indiana, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Aug 5, 2007  
Burnt orange color, a bit cloudy. Pineapple, mango, and other citrus in the nose. Big floral hop characteristics and sweet cane sugar as well. Hops are front and center on this one but not overdone. A bit sweet, slightly tart and very well balanced. Would love to have again.



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