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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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 davidflores99 (225), Long Beach, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/518/20
Nov 2, 2006  
Had some at the Stone Brew festival.....very tastey brew! Fruity/hoppy aroma. Flavor was malty, hoppy and strong, but put together well. Good stuff!


 JoeMcPhee (5030), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Nov 2, 2006  
22 oz bottle Deep amber coloured beer with a thin white head. Lovely hop aromas of grapefruit, pine resin and a bit of peppery alcohol as well. Sweet pale malt with a touch of caramel. Peachy/orangey aroma as well with a bit of cologne and spice as well. The flavour is quite boozy but there is a lovely spicy/orangey character that I find myself quite liking. It’s a very good brew, a bit too alcoholic IMHO and while all of the components are nice enough it doesn’t really distinguish itself all that much either. Bitterness is surprisingly


 Funknmilla (604), Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/520/20
Nov 2, 2006    Updated: Jan 25, 2007
Amber/copper color...fruity floral aroma..instantly creamy mouthfeel followed by a hoppy lingering finish...the head surely holds its own...its nice to drink a beer that leaves you wanting more...an individual whom will be un-named loved it so much they shat themselves.....


 starfireming (309), Richmond, Virginia, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/58/104/516/20
Nov 2, 2006  
Lovely amber colour, off white head. Fabulous aroma of complex hops with the flavour being a mighty blow of hoppiness. Da-amn.


 grant (792), Colorado Springs, CO, Colorado, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/512/20
Nov 2, 2006  
Courtesy of DYCSoccer17. Small amounts of head. Lightly cloudy rosy brown. Aroma of cherry jello, a somewhat unpleasant "cattiness," brown sugar and ethanol. EtOH figures prominently once again in the flavor, little malt character save perhaps a few graham crackers. A slight orangey hint. Finishes with strong bitterness which is a bit rougher than I care for.


stumpyiliz (3), USA
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5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Nov 2, 2006  
If this was available year round, i’d be just like Nicholas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas. But instead of a bottle of Vodka, I’d be chugging a bottle of Stone 10th Anniversary Ale. It has all the good characteristics of a good Imperial. Fruity aroma, Malty initial tastewith ressinny after taste. Tons of Cascade hops here. I will continually write Stone about this beer until they end up supplying it as a year round brew or seasonal Bomber. A recupe this good can not just be brewed once!!


Pancakes (5), Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, USA
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5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Nov 1, 2006  
hoppy - citrus, grapefruit, head - creamy, color - amber, finish - long, carbonation - soft


 GuilTTy (538), Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/516/20
Nov 1, 2006  
Thanks to a recent business trip to Pasadena, I had a chance to sample this and a few other Stone ales that aren’t available in NJ. This one pours a beautiful ruddy ruby with a moonscape khaki head and lacing that practically etched the glass. Big fruity and piney aroma with hints of pepper and alcohol. The flavor was classic Stone - aggressive hops with plenty of malt to reign them in. Grapefruit, brown sugar, candy apples, caramel and BIG hops swirl, dance and battle for attention from the first sip to the last. Typically creamy and full Stone mouthfeel and a long, moderately dry but complex finish with a somewhat bracing bite of alcohol. Happy 10th Anniversary to the Brewing Arrogance!



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