Stone 10th Anniversary IPA

Formerly brewed at Stone Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Escondido, California USA

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.

Slightly hazed copper color with a modest aged paper colored head. Grapefruit tossed with brown sugar and lightly glazed. HInts of pine and resin, but way too much sweet nose coating sugar to help. I’m finding it hard to take the first sip, thinking I may go in diabetic shock. Malty flavors with tons of over-ripe fruit parading about. Apricots, plums, prunes, dark candi and raisins are present in the start and fade slightly to alcohol and a light toasted malt flavor. Complex as it may be, too overpowering to enjoy in a full sip. Green hops burps bring a return of the burn in the finish and linger. Pepper and alcohol bite in the finish. Linger, while still a slight burn on the tongue, has only a modicum of intensity. I’m left waiting for more, but it all seems to strike hard in the front and middle and leave little to carry anything beyond. Young, perhaps. Perhaps just a bit too unbalance for my taste. I’m likely just not worthy.

Poured amber with creamy off white head. Strong aroma of hops, citrus, and a little pine. Flavor was way off from the aroma. No hops present in the taste. Extremely malty and full of alcohol.

Pours a reddish-orange color with a noticeable white head. Aroma is a hoppy feast for the senses. Taste however is almost entirely malt with barely any hop characteristics. Didn’t taste like an IPA; I’ve had far better than this from Stone.

Great hop aroma, thats about it, way too sweet and cloying. Not to my liking of an IPA. I enjoy their regular IPA much better

Brown bottle, 1 pint and 6 ounces, gift from Boutip (thank you); eye: burnt orange with orangey reflections, beige head that disappears rapidly, clear, slight effervescence, a bit of lacing; nose: attack of caramelized malt and edgy hops, citrusy, sweet; mouth: hops, caramelized malt, orange rind, grapefruit, hops and caramel remain present throughout the sip, alcohol warmth, finale in hops with some caramel and orange rind, medium astringency, syrupy, quite bitter and sweet, medium body, not much carbonation; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 1 pinte et 6 onces, cadeau de boutip (merci!); œil : orange brûlé avec des reflets orangés, mousse beige qui disparaît assez rapidement, claire, très légère effervescence, un peu de dentelle; nez : attaque de malt caramélisé et de houblon tranchant, citrique, sucrée; bouche : houblon, malt caramélisé, zeste d’orange, pamplemousse, le houblon et le caramel demeurent présents tout au long de chaque gorgée, chaleur de l’alcool, finale en houblon avec un peu de caramel et de zeste d’orange, astringence moyenne, sirupeux, assez amère et sucrée, corps moyen, peu carbonatée; en résumé : bien

22 ounce bottle from Table & Vine, Northampton MA (January 2007) consumed a little below cellar temperature from a Chouffe tulip. Near-opaque dirty/cloudy orangish-rust-brown, with a well-developed and ages-lasting off-white lightly frothy head that laces beautifully....based on my last few tastings, Stone’s got the appearance thing down, anyway.....strongly pungent aroma, resinous, wet hops and light farmy qualities, overripe apricots and grapefruits with a bit caramel overlay; it doesn’t all quite gel but close enough to be fun....the body is (no surprise here) extremely sweet though a strong and piercing bitterness runs throughout as well; there is a faint smoky quality to the malts, and alcohol gets fairly prominent as the liquid swirls in the mouth, with a biting peppery, boozy finish....carbonation is moderate, mouthfeel is strongly syrupy and more than a little cloying....this suffers some of the same faults as the Avery Maharaja I had last night, though it’s got a more interesting and cleaner hop profile and it’s a bit more drinkable; still, I’m glad I only got the one bottle as it doesn’t seem like the kind of thing that aging will improve, and I’m not sure I’ll even finish this one. A juicy, somewhat tasty mess that doesn’t quite work.

Deep balmy mahogany tone with a mild whitish head. Very sweet and alcoholic on both the nose and the finish. Almost too sweet for my preference. Heat from alcohol emanates as immense bitterness lingers with malted spine for minutes after each taste. This is definitely an anniversary beer, for drinking it more than once every ten years would ruin a person’s taste buds and liver. Quite interesting still.