Stone 10th Anniversary IPA 3.92 548

Stone 10th Anniversary IPA

(RETIRED)

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	99
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Formerly brewed at Stone Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Escondido, California USA

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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
548	3.93/5.0	3.92/5.0	Special	10%	94.5	Snifter, Tulip

Commercial Description:
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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Sammy (4030), Toronto, Ontario, Canada

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	17/20

Dec 9, 2006

Wafting aroma greets me, a barleywine aroma in there. A great bubblyhead, lace in the glass is abundant. Its c-hoppy and it remiods me of a barleywine, some cross-style. Aggressive carbonation, and big in every way. Full mouthfeel and balanced not as bitter as expected from hop city.

MrBendo (1043), Swedesboro, New Jersey, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Dec 7, 2006 Updated: Jul 19, 2007

Bomber was a bonus gift. Pours hazy orange/copper with a large rocky head. Leaves fair lacing. Aroma of caramel malts, hay and flowery hops. Flavor is sweet caramel malt, peppery, earthy with pine/ resinous hops, figs and alcohol. Palate is rich and sticky. Finish is slightly astringent. A very complex brew. And very good. Thanks for the 100th, unclemattie.

Papsoe (15091), Frederiksberg, Denmark

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	8/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Dec 7, 2006

(Bottle 65 cl) Clear, dark amber with a small, off-white head. Very fresh grapefruity aroma. Medium body with very sweet caramel and some lightly medicinal notes. Bittersweet finish. A bit unusual. 011206

bluevegie (2213), Perth, Australia

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	8/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Dec 7, 2006

Thanks to Kook! Amber orange coloured body with an off-white head. Nose was promising but a bit let down by the taste, a little plastic and a bit of tinned pineapple, still I usually like my IIPA’s and this was went down easy.

Ungstrup (15337), Frederiksberg, Denmark

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Dec 6, 2006

An amber beer with a thin brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel and hops. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel.

fly (1332), austin, Tejas, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	16/20

Dec 5, 2006

My best guess is that if I rate this high, I’ll burn in hell. That sounds pretty cool. That and pissing people off. Actually suppose that people have to care about my opinion and therein lies a massive problem. So, I didn’t find it burning with alcohol. Perhaps hot with hops, but as I was not only prepared but wanting that at the moment I got what I was looking to find. Certainly not superb nor showcasing the elegant craftsmanship that I might wish, but altogether was a Friday night beer that hit the spot.

shp555 (1690), Atlanta, Georgia, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	4/5	6/10	4/5	16/20

Dec 5, 2006

Pours an amber orange color with big fluffy off white head. Very malty aroma with piney bitter hops. Mouthfeel is thick malt. Flavor is big malts and piney, grassy bitter hops. Big Bold IPA.

Emil (6074), Copenhagen, Denmark

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Dec 5, 2006

Bottle. Amber colour with a big white head. Malty, heavy hop, pine, citrus aroma and taste. Medium to full body with a sweet finish.

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