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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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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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 BückDich (4789), McCall, Idaho, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 8, 2005  
Golden color, lots of lacing, puffy head. Nose of fragrant hops and lots of creamy malts, some funky hop notes. The flavor is smooth, balanced, a bit much bitterness and, uh, "californianess" to it. Decent body and mouthfeel though. Good!


 bombshelter (349), Washington, Washington DC, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/518/20
Oct 8, 2005  
bottle from liquor store down the street. this is excellent: laced white head, big hoppy aroma, and some warming booziness. easy to drink, which is not something you expect out of stone. nice medium body, flavor is a smooth blend of malts with a nice hop bitterness and flavor.


 hopscotch (5440), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 8, 2005  
Bottle… Clear, light golden ale with a small, creamy, off-white head. Pine, orange blossom honey and white pepper nose. Beautifully unbalanced flavor. Bitter with big time grapefruit rind. Medium to full-bodied and bone dry with lively carbonation. Along the lines of Bear Republic’s Hop Rod Rye or Smuttynose’s Big A IPA. A new style perhaps… Extreme Wheat? Very nice offering from Stone.


 Darkover (1308), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Oct 7, 2005  
Light orange color with a huge beige head. Strong aroma of citrus hops and grapefruit. Flavor is tangy and tart, with plenty of citrus hops and some wheat.


 jefcon (997), Arlington, Virginia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Oct 7, 2005  
Yellow and orange in teh glass, with a gorgeous head and lots of lacing. The nose on this beer is excellent: grapefruit, lemon, banana, orange, all the fuity esters are there. There is also a hint of malt underneath the beer -- hazelnut and brown sugar. Tasting is just as solid. Plenty of fruit on the tongue -- tart and lively, with a bittering finish. Palate is neutral. Lots of bubbles, but so-so weight and a shorter finish.


 dwyerpg (2519), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/102/58/104/516/20
Oct 7, 2005  
A hoppy but mellow aroma. A less than satisfying yellow color. This hits hard, its like an IPA mixed with a strong ale. Another solid Stone offering.


 kramer (2407), Sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Oct 4, 2005  
22 oz bottle. Pours a light copper with a white fizzy head. Aroma of strong citrusy hops, wheat, grass, and grapefruit. Flavor is a nice balance of hoppiness and wheat. A very different beer, along the lines of maybe a double IPA but without the malty backbone. Alcohol definately makes itself known in the finish. Finish is clean with hop bitterness lingering on for some time. I also detect a bit of a lemon pledge taste. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with lively carbonation and an oily texture. This really is an unclassifiable beer. Overall I do like it, an interesting beer from an interesting brewery.


 cvillebeer (134), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/515/20
Oct 4, 2005  
First, a tasty beer. Since it has no real category, I can’t really take points off for that I suppose... The wheat aspect of it is hidden, so it comes across as a hoppy pale ale. Very delicious, but what is wheaty about it? It compares to Gumball Head in every way. The hop flavors are different, but otherwise it is a hoppy American wheat beer. Not yeasty, but hoppy.



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