Stone 13th Anniversary Ale

Brewed by Stone Brewing Co.
Style: American Strong Ale
Escondido, California USA

On tap. Courtesy of DrBill. Beautiful warm reddish brown with a creamy, beige head. Fantastic spicy aroma hops in the nose. Full-bodied with a very solid malt base of roasted malts, burned caramel and nuts. Intensely perfumy aroma hops in the finish. Very delicious. 070709

From tap at the Stone Bistro. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Distinct hoppy, sharp and very aromatic nose. Smooth fruity, light hoppy sharpness and with a smooth malt base. Crisp and fruity with a solid fruity hoppy flavoured finish. Lovely.

Bottle 65cl. @ LCRBM09 - Low Countries RateBeer Meeting V, Kulminator, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Clear medium to dark amber color with a small, virtually none appearance, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, moderate to light heavy hoppy, citrus - orange. Flavor is light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. [20090905]

Name: 13th Anniversary Red Ale
Date: June 30, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brick Store Pub
Appearance: dark red, fine beige head, lots of drippy lace
Aroma: huge sweet piney aroma, lots of citrus, breadyness
Body: creamy body
Flavor: big sweet malt flavor, caramel sweetness, plenty of sweet pine, touch of yeasty bread, juicy grapefruit rind leaves a lingering earthy bitterness
Overall: juicy fruit red ale

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***+/4

Date: July 10, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip
Appearance: clear dark red, fine beige head, sudsy lace
Aroma: sweet dark caramel aroma, lots of earthy hops, touch of peppery alcohol
Flavor: rich sweet dark caramel flavor, lots of earthy hops, hot caramel with a peppery character

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

10/31/09, 22oz bottle. Hazy cola-brown body topped by small beige head. Aroma is moderately sweet, pine, caramel/chocolate, some grapefruit, alcohol. Taste is moderately sweet, pine, chocolate, grapefruit, some caramel, alcohol. Sticky medium-full body, light resin. 7/3/8/4/15 9/26/09, 22oz bottle. Hazy dark red-brown body with medium beige head. Aroma is moderately sweet, pine, some spice. Taste is moderately sweet, pine, chocolate, some caramel, grapefruit. Medium-full body, light acidity, fairly smooth. 7/3/8/4/15

A Mes rate: bottle BIG thanks to Greg.
Very dark amber with a thin off white film topping. Clearly Stone on the nose. Huge hoppy bigness, some faint but delightful petrol / ethanol in a "oh fuck this is gonna get me drunk" type way. Lots of caramel in the flavour but balanced beautifully with the big bitterness. Surprisingly straight forward. But it’s not a bad thing. It’s just all rather effortless. Big and powerful yet somewhat soft and elegant. Great beer.

22oz bottle. Poured a deep reddish brown color with a very large sized off white head. Aromas of pine, floral hoppiness, caramel, and citrus. Tastes of caramel, toffee, pine, citrus, floral, with some toasted nuttiness. Medium alcohol burn in the finish.

Bottle thanks to greg for sharing in the rake. Alround rating: Big caramalt body, loads of piney resinous hop with a good bitterness balancing more than dominating as the body is pritty big.