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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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 madcow75 (425), Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Oct 1, 2005  
22 oz bottle. Pours cloudy light orange color with medium white head. Aromas of citrus and grapefruit. Tastes like an IPA with citrus and grapefruit and little bit of graininess in the finish. I agree this is a lot like 3F Gumballhead. Very good. .


 RooftopRogue (423), Champaign, Illinois, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/105/517/20
Mar 7, 2006  
This beer introduces itself with an aroma consisting of hops, pine, and apple. It is an apricot colored solution with a thick cream colored head. This moderately heavy beer fills the mouth with a robust flavor of hops that turns mildly sweet before transforming into the apple taste that lingers.


 mkgrenwel (420), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/514/20
Sep 20, 2006  
This is OK. Looks great in the glass. Flavor is not as fantastic. Lots of hops. I thought I tasted amarillo, and the site’s notes confirm this. Full bodied. Spicy and peppery. Fruity in all sorts of ways. Pear sounds good, particularly with the alcohol. Lots of alcohol, actually, considering the abv. Somewhat similar to a tripel in certain characteristics. A little apple flavor in there as well. really just an OK beer. I like the fact that Stone is willing to try new things, but a high alcohol (or even a medium alcohol) wheat beer just doesn’t do it for me.


 Hairofthedog (419), San Diego, California, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/102/510/20
Oct 16, 2005  
The aroma was big and full of grain, citrus, and alcohol esters. The flavor was grainy, slight honey note and oranges. The beer poured an orangish brown color w/ slight head and lacing. The mouthfeel was light to medium bodied and no carbonation. sucked.


 CMUBEERMAN (415), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Dec 31, 2005    Updated: Jan 27, 2006
I liked it. You can taste the wheat, also strong on the hops like other stones. A little citrus/tartness comes through.


 ChazMania (414), Pasadena, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/517/20
Feb 6, 2006  
Orangey color, fruity aroma and a slighty fruity flavor which seems uncharacteristic for Stone. I have yet to have a bad Stone beer, I like them all. This one is good, but not in my top of the Stone arsenal. Lingering wheaty aftertaste and the alcohol flavor seems to be right at the top.


 Adam77 (407), Eastampton, New Jersey, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Apr 7, 2009  
Poured orange with a white head. Aroma of alcohol and lemons. Some hop flavor left but mostly oxidized. Some caramel.


 jmikolich (405), Athens, Ohio, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/514/20
Jun 6, 2007  
I dont see wheat here, from the 22oz bottle with around 1.5 years on it, but i do see a faded IPA/ Barleywine combo with some mix of hops with a very distinct sweetness pretty thick stuff, but im glad i waited til now to drink it.



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