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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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 Dogbrick (2863), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Sep 18, 2005  
Hazy golden color with a thick and rocky off-white head. Thin and stringy lacing. Aroma of citrus, spice and hops. Light, zesty body with a crisp and peppery character. Grapefruit, hops and spice flavors dominate but there is a bit of sweet malt in the background too. The finish is spicy with more citrus. Pretty good hodgepodge style beer.


 DougShoemaker (2856), Toronto, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Nov 13, 2005  
Aroma is hoppy, with citrus notes and some good malt too, Light amber, pours a small head. Flavour is piney, citrus hops, with a fine malt backbone. Medium bodied, sticky, chewy, very bold offering. Terrific!


 Glouglouburp (2839), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
May 4, 2007  
A white ring of foam on top of a cloudy orange body. Nice soft mouthfeel, soft in a cotton-candy melts-in-your-mouth kind of way. Body is filled with soft slightly roasted malts. Generously hopped with aromatic hops providing only a light bitterness. Grapefruits and citrus flavours abound. No alcohol presence at all. The whole beer feels very soft and ends-up being highly drinkable. Its lack of punch will turn down many lovers of in-your-face beers but I for one could drink bottles after bottles of that stuff without ever getting sick of it. If all 9th anniversaries were that wonderful all 3rd graders would be riding new bikes.


 beerinmarch (2800), Washington, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Nov 24, 2006  
Pours a hazy gold with a solid white head. The wheat character is nice and as the hops have died down a bit from aging this shows more character. Now a much spicier yeasty finish blends with the wheat taste. Finish is drier then it used to be, much better now then when I first tried it.


 Aubrey (2777), Denver, Colorado, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Sep 27, 2005  
Mostly clear and deep golden. Lively carbonation with a smooth mouthfeel. Malts had notes of wheat, hay, light grains, and crackers. Mild sweetness gave off aromas of honey. Big, hoppy notes of pine, lime, flowers and Hubba Bubba bubble gum. Not quite enough sweetness to balance out the bitterness and sharp hop aromas, but I didn’t mind too much. I kind of liked the extreme hop edge.


 after4ever (2773), Brier, Washington, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/511/20
Jun 29, 2006  
Bomber. Pours fully orange with a bit of white filmy head. The nose is bready and wheaty. The attack is fairly neutral, but the mid palate does show a lot of sweet wheat and some sweet malt. The finish is long, dry, and bitter. Not sure what I was expecting, and this may or may not be a brand new type of beer, but it’s satisfying and tastes great. (I know, sounds like faint praise, given that they were probably aiming for more).


 riversideAK (2731), Shoreline, Washington, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/517/20
Mar 5, 2007  
First was the intense malt in your face. It was extremely sweet smelling, fruity, earthy. Some what like apple juice. Small amount of bitterness initially. Aroma was a pale translucent golden with a ton of yeast in the bottom. The beer was intensely sweet and earthy. As it warmed it got alot more hoppy, which was a nice surprise. Obviously this beer was a little older, as the bottle was labeled September of 2005, so I assume it was sweet due to the aging, but this was a real good beer.


 IrishBoy (2713), Bakersfield, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Jul 25, 2006  
22 ounce bomber Nose of hops, citrus, and a little yeast; slighly hazy orange-amber color with a thick, heavy lacing, long-lasting yellowish head; flavor is nice spicy hop bitterness which evoloves into a long lasting hoppy bitter finish.



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