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Stone 9th Anniversary Ale 3.64 444

Stone 9th Anniversary Ale

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4443.65/5.03.64/5.0Special7.8%71.5Snifter, 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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 Dorwart (1825), Robbinsville, New Jersey, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/514/20
May 13, 2006  
Decent sized white head of fine bubbles. Good carbonation. Nice hoppy aroma with a bit of iced tea in there. Little bit of sweetness. Color is a medium golden orange. Little sweet and very hoppy as is the norm for many stone brews. Little bit of sopme strange vegetable in there also. Slick oily finish with a big helping of hops and a lingering bitterness. Only slightly dry. Decent and not overly sweet or unsettling.


 Lumpy (1802), Carrollton, Texas, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Nov 8, 2005  
Bottle. Honey body with a very thick lasting foamy head. Very big spicy nose that reminds me of musk and sticky PNW hops. Great nose. Taste-salty, lots of medium to high bitterness, piney citric hops, black pepper, and lots of spice. Looks like an American Wheat, smells like an IIPA, tastes like a mild American Strong Ale. Overall, this is excellent. I am surprised that this isn’t rated much higher.


 oldrtybastrd (1801), Morlautern, Germany/Great Falls, Montana, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
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.


 YourDarkLord (1800), Urbana, Illinois, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 22, 2005  
Golden orange body under a frothy off-white head. Nice lacing as it goes down and dancing bubbles in the body. Aroma is hoppy/citrus, spices, pine, floral notes. Nice, robust feel in the mouth with gentle carbonation. The flavor was a refreshing hoppy/malt mix, some alcohol hints. A good beer but not among Stone’s best.


 illinismitty (1799), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Sep 13, 2006  
Bottle. I was not going to drink tonight, but I saw this in the fridge and said WTF, why not? Pours a hazy golden orange with a white head. Yeasty aroma of dough, grapefruit, pear, spice. As it warms, more alcohol comes out in the nose. Nice mouthfeel and bold malty backbone. Flavor of wheat malt, belgian yeast, citrus, spice. Semi- dry and bitter herbal finish with some chalkiness that diminishes as it warms. The alcohol is detectable, but blends in to compliment the beer. Some warming on the windpipe. Not too bad. Wife liked it better than the 10th.


 JCB (1785), Durham, North Carolina, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 6, 2006  
Pretty interesting effort to soup up the wheat with a strong hop infusion, a touch of ruination as it were. Nice look and aroma, very quaffable. Fine and mellow but not too memorable by Stone’s standards.


 rudolf (1782), Buffalo, New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/514/20
Oct 11, 2005  
Lemon, resiny hops, wheat, fruits - strawberry & more. A bit of alcohol and spice too. Slightly cloudy gold with a craggy head. Resiny hops with odd corriander spicing. Medium/light toasted malt. Slightly astringent wheaty belgian w. American hop finish. Great heavy mouthfeel - not over carbonated. Interesting but I won’t get it again.


 ryan (1781), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Nov 8, 2005    Updated: Oct 10, 2007
Pours dark yellow, orange tinted with a big white head, mostly lasting. Aroma is loaded with pine and citrus hops with earthy, musty notes.. The flavor is grapefruit and citrus, good amount of sweet maltiness. Finish is long bitter and dry. This is good stuff.



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