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Stone 9th Anniversary Ale

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4453.66/5.03.64/5.0Special7.8%70.5Snifter, 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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 Gregis (1132), Shawnee, Kansas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 29, 2007  
Bottle from Crown #15 in Fishers, IN; shared with theisti. Pours a hazy, golden-orange with a creamy, off-white head. It has a sweet, malty, wheat nose with notes of citrus and pineapple. Medium-bodied with soft carbonation, a mildly bitter finish and a light hit of alcohol. The flavor is a solid, sweet wheat front with barley wine-like notes of big malt and fruit, only the fruits are the lighter notes present in the aroma. Very different, and a nice use of wheat malt in a bigger beer.


 theisti (1654), Leawood, Kansas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 29, 2007  
22 oz. bottle shared by Gregis. Pour is slightly hazy orange gold with a one inch head that fades quickly to pretty much nothing. Aroma is pineapple citrus with some rounded malt sweetness and a wheat background. Taste is nice, fairly muted with the nice citrus hop bitterness, malt and wheat backbone. Body has a nice Barley Wine mouth feel. Wheat throughout, really get the wheat body in the finish. Thanks for sharing this one Greg!


 sneagrams3 (1747), St. Louis, Missouri, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Nov 12, 2007  
The Dan Journal #133. Tasted 11/8/07. 22oz bomber. Golden murky with a honey tint. Tight white head. Bright citrus nose. Sugary sweet. Citrus and sugary caramel. Big burn. Sticky and delicious.


 johnadam2002 (529), Hainesport, New Jersey, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/515/20
Nov 2, 2007  
Poured hazy orange with fluffy white head. Aroma of citrus and alcohol. Surprising good hop flavor for being 2 years old. Citrus, candy, and wheat hints also present. Harsh alcohol finish but drinkable.


 shadey (1496), Rochester, New York, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Nov 1, 2007  
22oz bottle. Being that 11th anniversary has been released, I would say this is at least 2 years old. Poured into a brandy snifter the color is a melon orange with a very thin wispy head of white swirls. The aroma is sweet and interesting. There are hops there as well, resiny hops. Intriguing. The flavor is sweet, definitely aged in its smoothness. The wheat character is minor but detectable. The primary flavor is a candy sweetness that is barely cleaned up by the remaining hops. An interesting experiment and a tasty beer.


 rocbyter (911), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Oct 21, 2007  
Had this on tap at Mugs in Brooklyn. Strong malt and hop aroma. Cloudy pale orange color with a large white head due to the fact that we had the last of the keg, sorry. Creamy start finishing with a piney hop bitterness. A well balance strong ale.


 Cletus (5052), Connecticut, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/104/516/20
Oct 16, 2007  
Pours a hazy amber with a thin white head. Smells of nice sweet citrus, dough, some bananas, lots of resin. Tastes of creamy malt and citrus with some peppery splashes. This is holding up very well!


 beerbuzzmontreal (2911), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Sep 24, 2007  
Pours a hazy orange colo with a thin white head. Good aroma and flavor of citrusy hops with caramel malt and a bitter finish. The body is light and liquorous with soft carbonation.



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