Stone 9th Anniversary Ale

(RETIRED)

	Percentile
	94
	overall

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
445	3.66/5.0	3.64/5.0	Special	7.8%	70.5	Snifter, Trappist glass

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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oldrtybastrd (1801), Morlautern, Germany/Great Falls, Montana, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	3/5	8/10	3/5	16/20

Jan 8, 2006

Pours a bright orangish amber color. Aromas of heavy grapefruit, pine, and a touch of ginger. Flavor of citrus, pine, and a nice bittersweetness on the finish. Thanks to dhrjericho for this one.

LiebeBier (791), Annapolis, Maryland, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Jan 5, 2006

This beer has a huge hop nose, big malty flavor, and bitter finish. Tasted like a cross between an IPA and a Strong Ale. Quite good.

Zeswaft (1000), Seattle, Washington, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	16/20

Jan 1, 2006

Honestly, this tastes a lot like all of the other Stone beers. This one is a little less good though. Maybe it has more malt, I don’t know.

Crit (2401), New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	7/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Jan 1, 2006

Deep gold,large lasting white head. Piney hop/light wheat nose. Wheat malt flavor with hops in abundance

csbosox (1079), Prairie Village, Kansas, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Jan 1, 2006

Thanks Tom! 22oz bottle served at the KC holiday tasting. Orange color, hazy head, sticky foam dots. Honey, orange, flowery aroma. Honey, citrus, pine, and bitteresh taste. Gumballhead-ish. Tasty.

tjthresh (1765), Greenfield, Indiana, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	12/20

Jan 1, 2006

22 ounce bottle. Pours Yellow with some orange highlights capped with a white frothy head. Huge hop aroma. Tons of clean hop bitterness with a soft wheat flavor. A touch astrigant with a long finish. Other than some wheat character, I’m not sure how this is much differant than the IPA.

CMUBEERMAN (415), Madison, Wisconsin, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	14/20

Dec 31, 2005 Updated: Jan 27, 2006

I liked it. You can taste the wheat, also strong on the hops like other stones. A little citrus/tartness comes through.

tiggmtl (4310), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

2.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.9	6/10	3/5	6/10	2/5	12/20

Dec 31, 2005

Dominant citrus hop signature - grapefruit, orange, pine, resin, spruce notes with some underlying malted wheat and sweet pale malts character. Hazy golden body is topped by a generous white head that recedes fairly rapidly to ring with some patchy lacing. Citrus hops battle with very strong alcohol and plenty of rough bitterness in the short, sharp, tangy flavour. Orange, grapefruit and pine-like spiciness linger on the tongue. Light body with fairly strong, large bubbled carbonation that dimples the tongue. Snifter. Just above fridge temperature. Bottle (Half Time, Sep-05).

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