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Stone 9th Anniversary Ale

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4453.66/5.03.64/5.0Special7.8%70.5Snifter, 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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 PhillyBeer2112 (2086), Orange Park, Florida, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Dec 31, 2005  
Pretty hoppy aroma, peppery and resiny aroma. Over-hopped flavor, as the malts are weak due to the lightness of the wheat. This beer basically features a big hop juice character and a rather strong bitter finish. Definitely hop-centric and unbalanced.


 Jeppe (2638), Ølbutikken, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 30, 2005  
Foamy well lasting white head, slightly hazy golden body. Fresh dominating hoppy and light spicy aroma with a tone of alcohol. Dry biding hoppy flavor with notes of white pepper, grass and spices. Sharp. A bit unbalanced, but nice and interesting.


 hopdog (5549), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Dec 30, 2005  
22oz bottle. Poured a medium to deep golden color with a large sized off white head. Lots of small particles with nice lacing left on the glass. Aromas of strong pine, light peppery spice, and citrus. Tastes of oranges, pine, light spices and some caramel sweetness. Medium alcohol taste in the finish. Aroma reminded me of an IPA although the taste was more balanced than the straight forward hop aromas.


pfhyde (38), Davis, California, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/514/20
Dec 27, 2005  
This is a great buy--7.8% ABV for 1 Pt. 6 Fl. Oz. of consistently tasty, Belgium style ale. If you want the fizz of Belgium, but can’t afford the real deal, give this a shot. It comes across as subpar at first, but believe me, it’s worth a second (third, fourth) try. (Oh, and make sure you look up all the words on the bottle description in the Oxford English Dictionary--they’re great fun.)


 kms399 (267), plymouth, Minnesota, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/515/20
Dec 23, 2005  
bottle thanks to secret santa. pours a nice golden color. nice head. no lacing. aroma is citrus hops and malt very sweet smelling. taste is hops malt and orange. smooth and very refreshing. damn good


 WISEGUY572 (1245), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Dec 22, 2005  
Room filling aroma of orange and floral hops. Beautiful bright and crystal clear orange with a huge, firm white head that vanishes, leaving lacing on the side of the glass. Sweet orange taste, not much malt, but a long and ver bitter finish should keep any kid from confusing this for some sweet orange drink. Description says it’s a wheat beer. I don’t get any haze or other tell tales of a wheat beer. Originally I gave it a 14 overall, but it started to grow on me. Not quite like Ruination ... but a striaghtforward hop meister from Stone.


 blankboy (3201), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Dec 22, 2005  
Bottle shared with HogTownHarry, GregClow, jerc & tupalev -- courtesy of GregClow. Pours a clear golden-orange with an average size white head. Nice lacing. Very nice aroma of citrus and piney hops with some malt backing it up. The flavour follows the aroma and is quite tasty I must say. Medium bodied and creamy. Not as awesome as some of Stone’s other beers but still very good.


 zathrus13 (1296), Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Dec 21, 2005  
Thanks to johnny Flake for this bottle. Pours yellow/orange, with a white head. Aromas are hops, citrus (mostly orange), and malt. Flavors are citrus, pine, malt, and fruit.



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