Stone Ruination IPA

Brewed by Stone Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Escondido, California USA

I buy the bombers at a local store, and this is one of my favorite Stone brews. Most of the aroma is hops, with a thick lacing and a nice gold color. The taste is bitter with a blend of grapefruit, orange and pine. Get it -- you won’t regret it!

Served in a snifter from a tap at 3 Floyds, I could not detect much in the aroma besides hops. That changed with the first sip, as the solid malt back bone presented itself and tempered the citrus and pine notes. Pleasant to the palate, this is one of the few in this style of which I could enjoy a couple of snifters without turning my mouth into a desert. Not too sweet, as others tend to be.

Dark amber with a nice white head. Aroma is fruit,hops and bitter. Flavor is the same. Very nice beer.

From a 12oz bottle to a pint glass. Pours with 1 inch of thick white head and lots of lacing. Great straw/gold color looks great against the white head. Smell is of slight grapefruit and malt. Taste is overwhelmingly bitter and hoppy. Interesting blend of hop flavors grapefruit, pine, lime and pineapple with none dominating. If you like really hoppy IIPAs, you’ll like this one. I don’t. This didn’t have nearly the balance of malt that I prefer. Nonetheless a quality beer.

Strong pine and hop aroma with a crisp copper appearance... very smooth as the balance between hops and caramel is perfect... always a fan of imperial IPAs

12oz bottle from the liquor store in Tyngsborro, Mass. Pours a light amber-yellow body with an impressive inch and a half of off-white head. Smells intensely hoppy, like few beers I’ve had - citrus and pine most notably, with just a tinge of caramel malt in the background. Smells like smelling a packet of hops when homebrewing. Tastes like orange, grapefruit, pine, pith... Just the slightest hint of caramel malt, just enough to balance the flavor and make the beer obnoxiously bitter. Medium in body with ample effervescent carbonation, both of which help aid the drinkability. One sip most definitely invites another. Perhaps the best DIPAs I have ever had. An absolute must for any hop-head.

an in your face double ipa that is up to stone’s standards. slightly better than their standard ipa and worth the extra $

Stone says this is "bracingly bitter" but i dont know if i totally agree. It is bitter but i know i have tasted much more bitter. Goes down smooth, very hoppy. I love IPAs and this puts many IPAs to shame. Very good, like basically everything Stone does.