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Stone 8th Anniversary Ale 3.74 465

Stone 8th Anniversary Ale

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4653.75/5.03.74/5.0Special7.8%81.1Snifter, Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
The Stone 8th Anniversary Ale is, like all previous Stone Anniversary Ales so far, an adaptation of a previous Stone Brewing Co release. This year we set out to make a “Anniversary-ized” version of Lee’s Mild, a 3.8% abv limited release beer from 1999. For this beer we used some of the same malts that we had used in the Lee’s Mild, added more hops, less water (to bring the alcohol content up), and found a tasty balance of toasty/roastyness from the malt and a subtle (by Stone standards!) hop presence. To add further complexity, oak chips were employed to round out the character and give the beer a bit of vanilla/bourbon influence from the wood.
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 Cornfield (4972), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 14, 2005  
This anniversary, the ale is a stoked-up mild. It does look like one, brown with orange highlights and a creamy tan head. The aroma is chocolatey and fruity, sweet malts, all accednted by some herbal hop scents. Medium-bodied, it has a solid malt flavor, anise and candy, chocolate, and some earthy hop bitterness. The alcohol is hidden until the finish when it lingers in the mouth and nostrils. Decent, but not exciting.


 mds (2112), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Jun 12, 2005  
bottle. sweet sugary and heavily malt-accented aroma. very sweet flavour with a lot of alcohol peeking it’s way through. well integrated.


 Jeppe (2638), Ølbutikken, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Jun 12, 2005  
A brown beer with an orange glow and a foamy tan head. Rather sweet aroma of chocolate and malt with notes of hay, yeast and smokey hints. Candied malt and liquorice flavor and a foamy mouthful. Tasty and very interesting, almost like liquid candy!


 Ungstrup (15414), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jun 10, 2005  
A hazy red-orange beer with a disappearing orange head. The aroma is sweet with notes of alcohol and lots of fruit - especially peach, but also some woody notes - reminds me of a sherry. The flavor is of anise, wood fruit - especially over ripe, cinnamon, and alcohol, that burns the mouth. The end is dry from a combination of wood and hops.


 Mads Langtved (2246), Copenhagen K, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jun 9, 2005    Updated: Feb 2, 2006
Dark / brown coloured. Fruity aroma. Flavour is quite hoppy. Malty and sweet finish. Quite nice beer with a good balance. Some vanilla is present throughout the beer.


 Tom Servo (424), Arlington, Virginia, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/105/518/20
Jun 8, 2005  
Nice nosy aroma, with the alcohol readily apparent. Coloring is a nice dark amber, appearing almost purple in the right light. Alcohol is nicely masked in the flavor, and the burnt/bitter feel gives it a nice sour mash feel. I don’t think Stone has disappointed me yet.


 madsberg (5062), Søborg, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/102/514/20
Jun 8, 2005  
Bottled: Burgundy coloured. Clear. Orange/yellow dense head. Smoked, sweet and light vineous aroma. Light hoppy, sweet and fruity (dades) flavour. Sharp somewhat onedimensional bitterness in the end. In my books the 7.th ann. was better. Thanks egajdzis for trading this to me.


 Hildigöltur (5109), København, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Jun 7, 2005  
Bottled. Dark amber coloured. Very malty aroma and flavour with lots of chocolate. Quite mild.



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