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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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 buckybeer (666), Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Nov 14, 2006  
Thanks to Irishboy for this one. pours a very hazy orange with a nice frothy head and thick sticky lacing. I got a big pineapple aroma and flavor along with some grapefruit and pine. A wonderful IPA. Thanks again Irishboy.


 jmuhops (663), Winchester, Virginia, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/103/517/20
Nov 8, 2005  
Pours clear gold-amber with a large, dense white head and some slow effervescence. Big west coast hop nose—citrusy and piney. The wheat comes through as a tart breadiness. The flavor begins as a wheat beer, especially if kept in the mouth for a few seconds—mellow wheat flavor and a subtle tartness. The finish is that of an IPA, and leaves the mouth quite dry. Innovative, excellent beer.


 beeryum (652), Norcross, Georgia, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 27, 2005  
Bottle. Hazy golden pour. This is like Gumball Head, but more hoppy, more body, a tad more alcohol. Hoppy citrus and pine aroma, with some banana and some esters. More of the same in flavor. Decent palate, and an easy drinker. The sad part of this beer to me is that I don’t see it keeping too well. Drink and enjoy while you have it - dont try to save it.


 madmitch76 (645), , Essex, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/513/20
Nov 14, 2009  
10th June 2008. Cloudy amber gold beer. Plenty of hops but offset by a barleywine amount of malt. When it was straight from the fridge actually thought it was a barleywine. Very drinkable.


 KUEric (635), Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Apr 18, 2006  
Pint Bottle: Pours a nice orange goladen color with a pretty little white head. Tastes wonderful. A hoppy APA is what is tastes like to me. Smells of hops, citrus, pine, and goodness. Tastes like it smells, good, and also some caramel, and some potent fruitiness.


 Quake1028 (633), Tampa, Florida, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/511/20
Mar 4, 2007  
Bottle shared at the O Town Throwdown. Pours a goldish amber color, small white head. Aroma of yeast, citrus, soap. Medium bodied. Finish is citrus, with some sourness present. Like my fellow UM fan gumby, I was not a huge fan of this brew.


 RagallachMC (631), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/512/20
Aug 17, 2006  
bomber. Aroma: Honey, grapefruit, slight pine, breadiness, sweet malt. Appearance: Amber and slightly hazed. Big, foamy, off-white head. Head diminished into a nice cap. Good lacing. Flavor: A nice sweet malt backbone with nice flavors of bread, caramel, and honey. Lots of complex hop flavors. grapefruit, resin, pine, floral, and grassiness. A slight alcohol flavor is noticed right before the finish. Finish has a nice bitterness to it. Palate: Medium bodied. moderate-high carbonation. Finish was dry. Slight alcohol warming left in rear of mouth. Overall: This was pretty good, but not as godd as I had hoped. I think alot of the subtleties of the wheat beer were overrun by an abundance of hop flavor. Not bad, but not great.


 BennyTicklez (621), USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Jan 21, 2007  
pours deep golden with lots of carbonation and a medium sized white head. Aroma is slight grain and bit grapefruit hops. Taste is the same. Big bitterness of citrus and grapefruit. Lighter than other stone anniversarys but probably my favorite of the ones I have tried.



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