Stone Ruination IPA

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

22 oz. bottle purchased at Food Emporium in Everett, WA. Pours a beautiful orange/yellow color. Flavor: Grapefruit, strong hops, and pine. One again, I’m a big fan of IPAs and this one is pure awesome.

22oz bottle. Pours a clear orange body with a finger-width, white head that dissipates quickly and remains perfectly laced. Gorgeous! Maybe one of the sexiest beers I have ever seen come out of a bottle. WOW! Aroma is bright, fruity, and earthy. Mild spicing reminiscent of Belgian stong ales (also means a light, but enjoyeable boozy characteristic). Crisp ginger to go along with the plentiful amount of floral citrus and noticeable crystal malts. Very perfume-like. Flavor is very earthy. Not distinctly grassy or piney, but flowery...resembling the nectar a hummingbird would crave. Lots of intense floral qualities. If I was ever to eat a flower, I think it would taste similar to this. Big hop flavor with not sharp, but intense bitterness. Any fruit aside from a bitter citrus that attempts to enter into the flavor mixture is immediately dominated. I can only compare it to Shaq boxing out a midget. The midget stands no chance. As this warms, more and more mild caramel creeps into the mix and balances the dominating hops quite nicely. The palate is very crisp and medium bodied while finishing quite dry. Lots of lingering bitterness. Overall, they weren’t kidding when they claimed an assault on the palate. A very interesting beer all-around...uniquely spiced aroma, beautiful pour, numbing flavor, and crisp body make for quite the experience. 100% satisfied with California’s over the top IPA’s so far.

Pours a straw like golden hue with a thin tight head, Pungent citrus aroma, Flavour was a balance of sweetish malt that was well balanced with bitterness, Huge Citrus flavour with a touch of pine hiding in there. Awsome beer one I could drink quite alot of!!! untill I fell over!!

Bottle. Poured a clear orange with a thin white head. Aroma is strong hops, pine and citrus. Flavor is sweet with big hops, grapefruit, and grass. Not much presence of malt definitely dominated by the hops. Medium bodied, finish is pleasently bitter. Good.

Testing including Ruination, Double Simcoe, and DF 90min. Pours clear pale orange w/ no head (Kinda Ugly). Aroma is very nice of citrus, grapefruit, floral hops and some sweet malt. Taste of the same. Just like their regular IPA is very balanced this is very light but balanced for a DIPA. Highest drinkability and has a certain finesse about the taste. This is going to be my 1st place winner b/c of the way the flavors work together instead of "fighting" each other like the other two.

en coatepeque gracias a ramenend, nos la bebimos en la tarde con los bichos jugando y es buena, bastante hoppy

Very bitter but overall very drinkable. I found it to be well-balanced between bitter and sweet, really, though, yeah, it might not be a suitable beer for those that don’t like strong IPAs. The hopping was perfect. This may be my new favorite beer.

This is my first rating so please go easy on me guys and gals. The instant aroma for me was very earthy. Coloring is a light amber with a surpsingly bitter taste. The robust flavor is quite hoppy and a distinct after taste that lingers. I enjoyed this beer greatly for trying it for the first time and not knowing quite what to expect.