Stone 3rd Anniversary IPA

Formerly brewed at Stone Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Escondido, California USA

This beer comes courtesy of Chris Quiroga at the welcome visitors gathering at Obriens. It would have been awesome to have tried this fresh, but simply to even have the opportunity to try this was awesome in its own right. This rare beer pours a golden color with a soapy white head which left a fairly long lasting layer of lacing. The aroma is hoppy but surprisingly sweet and caramel like. The flavor is caramelly and sweet with some hop residue here, but you can tell that this is well past its prime. Some orangey peel in the finish... you can tell this was awesome upon release...but even now its still shows some verve of its greatness.

Bottle found at bev mo in 2004?!...!?!?!?! I know.... It sounds crazy....Pours a hazy amber hue with a small white head. Aromas of raisins, pine and pepper. Flavors of old hops, maple, and is fairly malty.

thanks to cquiroga for sharing. Understandably, this IPA is past its prime, but it’s still nice. It tasted like a very mellow IPA. I’m sure that at it’s release, ’mellow’ wouldn’t be a word used to have described it.

Pours a hazy copper with a lacey white head. Semi-oxidized, toffee caramel aroma is completely bereft of any noticeable hops. Body has a decent malty thickness and complex palate. Virtually no hop flavor left, but still has a pleasant bitterness there. Many thanks to cquiroga for giving me a chance to try this very rare brew!

Sampled October 2004 - 5 years old
Huge thanks to cquiroga for sharing this gem. Murky, cloudy yellow body with a white head. The first thing that striked you is just how "aged" this smells and tastes... old, soft thumping feeling on the tongue from the hops, with a barley-wine like aroma and flavor, mostly because of the age. Oily and thick, chunky might be a good way to describe this. Light prickly feeling on the tongue, buttery with a mellow old pine, pear and peach.

Poured cloudy orange with a tan head. The aroma still had a slight floral notes. Taste still had some hop bite but of course no where near what it was. Slightly oxidized with a slight spiciness and a sweet bread taste. Still mildly bitter but more malt. Thanks Chris for breaking this out.

Hazy dull orange-gold body and a soapy white head. Oxidization is apparent but fruity malts come through plus some citrus and stone fruit qualities. Dry, woody finish. Damn good for an IPA that is obviously in the autumn of its existence. Thanks to cquiroga for excavating and sharing a bottle of this legendary fossil.

Stone vertical in DavidP’s room, GABF weekend... Cloudy golden color with a medium sized white head and nice lacing on the glass. Fruity, citrus, lots of malts, but still some hops, very musty aroma. Taste was oxidized and certainly past its prime at this point. Lots of tropical fruits (peaches), sweet woodiness, and also just a touch of bitterness. Big props to cquiroga for this and the 4th!