Stone 3rd Anniversary IPA

Thanks Jason for sharing! Glad to have tried it, but I know it’s way past it’s prime since being released more than 8 years ago. It pours to a glowing coppery vibrant orange body with a thin wispy white head. The aroma is still hoppy buy has some light cheesy things going on. MrFacto says it’s Isovaleric acid. Very strange. The flavor is hoppy with some grassy bitter lingering hops. Surprisingly not that degraded (other than the Isovaleric acid) after 8+ years... The palate is decently bitter. Would have liked to see it in its prime.

Bottled, extra special thanks to Chris for the bottle! Poured clear coppery amber (at least initially) with a short cap of off-white head.. left a dusting and some looser bubbles around the edge. The aroma picked up sweet, warmer grapefruit with what seemed like sweet Amarillo hoppage.. some spicy notes and caramel as well. The flavor had lots of grapefruit and floral notes at the core, with spicy and floral bitterness surrounding.. drier grassy notes with a sweet finish. A tad shy of medium-bodied with very enjoyable spicy notes.. long, rather oxidized finish (as-expected), which I thought worked alright this far along. Very glad to have tried this!

4oz taster on tap at Stone Winter Storm ’06. Oh man oh man. You know you always wonder how long you can age an IPA. Well I would not recomend 7 years. Color was very light amber with small head. Not a huge aroma but grassy, grassy, grassy. Flavor was slightly sweet and none existent hops and wait whats that grass. When I asked for a clean glass, the bartender must of heard fresh grass. Very thin and unapealing. Taking into account the balls it takes to keep a keg of this for so long, I did not give them the score I think the beer desrves if considered fresh.

bottle. poured a nearly clear golden color. off-white foamy head, fairly long lasting. distinct smell of pine and something like grapefruit. very drinkable, but probably because of its age. still a good beer.

On draft at the Stone Winter Storm. Aroma was sweet; citrus hops, pine and fruit. Flavor was much of the same. Found it very complex, and unusual for an IPA. Mellow, smooth flavor, despite the complexity. Very good.