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Stone 9th Anniversary Ale

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Stone 9th Anniversary Ale - American Strong Ale

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94
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Formerly brewed at Stone Brewing Co.
Style: American Strong Ale

Escondido, California USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
4443.66/5.03.64/5.0Special7.8%69.2Snifter, Trappist glass
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Commercial Description:
As has been a tradition, we have “Anniversary-ized” a recipe from our history by cranking it up, making it stronger and more assertive. With this year’s Anniversary we decided to look back at a wheat beer that we released a couple of Spring/Summers a few years ago: Stone Heat Seeking Wheat. While it was a plenty tasty beer, we ultimately decided that it wasn’t that reflective of what Stone was all about, and we unceremoniously dropped it from our lineup. For the Stone 9th Anniversary Ale, we carried some of the characteristics from the Stone Heat Seeking Wheat --- clear, not hazy; hoppy, not yeasty; combining a delicious hop bitterness and wheat tartness --- and made some…well…adjustments.
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 hotstuff (3175), Indiana, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Mar 14, 2006  
Bottle marked September 2005. Medium sized white fizzy head that mostly diminished, decent lacing, minimal carbonation, mostly transparent with a slight haziness, and a yellow golden hue. Nose some light caramel notes, sweet, citrus, and hoppy. Flavor was sweet, light caramel notes, and hoppy. Tingly, hoppy palate. Medium body.


 RooftopRogue (423), Champaign, Illinois, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/105/517/20
Mar 7, 2006  
This beer introduces itself with an aroma consisting of hops, pine, and apple. It is an apricot colored solution with a thick cream colored head. This moderately heavy beer fills the mouth with a robust flavor of hops that turns mildly sweet before transforming into the apple taste that lingers.


 Ungstrup (14724), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Mar 5, 2006  
A hazy orange beer with a huge ligth orange head. The aroma is sweet hoppy, while the flavor is sweet hoppy, with light notes of caramel and alcohol, the alfa acids from the hops, even burn in the throat - nice if You like hops.


 Sammy (3934), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/517/20
Mar 2, 2006  
nice great head, mini-lace. Grapefruit aroma, pleasant. Easy drink, had this mellowed. Don’t feel the wheat, maybe a bit from a moderate hazy. head and lace to the end. Tropical and other fruit.Strong beer but double IPA. Medium mouthfeel;. Thanks Dr. Jay.


 pantani (1894), Salinas, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Mar 2, 2006  
Alcohol, bubblegum, wheat, citrus, pineapple in the aroma. no head, body is a nice amber. Hoppy, with plenty of citrus, along with brown sugar. Not your typical wheat beer, but nice.


droopy49 (97), Lancaster, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Feb 28, 2006  
22oz bottle poured a murky pale orange color with a foamy white head. Strong citrus scent in the aroma with some sweet malt notes. The flavor is initially hoppy and bitter. Mild malt flavor with hints of spices and pepper. Nice dry and tart finish. A very good wheat beer.


 Maxamillion (103), Glendora, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Feb 27, 2006  
Orangish color. Grapefruit and hops in aroma. Flavor resembles somewhat an ipa with wheat and more fruity notes to it. Pretty good but just came across slightly wierd somehow.


 presario (2953), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Feb 26, 2006  
Thin golden orange under a thick light bubble head. Good pale ale hop aroma. Light body. Nicely hopped. Almost champagne-like mixed with an IPA. Better than an under-malted IPA but as an over-hopped wheat it isn’t as nice as a good IPA. Kind of a mixed style.



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