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Stone 07.07.07 Vertical Epic Ale

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Stone 07.07.07 Vertical Epic Ale

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A Belgian Strong Ale formerly brewed by
Stone Brewing Co.

Escondido, California USA

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5323.55/5.03.55/5.0Special8.4%69.4 Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler P  Stats

Commercial Description:
In this year's edition we took our inspiration from two Belgian styles: Saisons and Golden Triples. As such, the Stone 07.07.07 Vertical Epic has a deep, deep golden hue and the flavor is spicy, fruity, complex and refreshing. We used four different malts, and a subtle, yet distinct, blend of Glacier and Crystal hops to get just the right balance. Then, for the complexity, we added in some exotic spices --- including ginger, cardamom, grapefruit peel, lemon peel and orange peel (the latter three acknowledging our Southern California home) --- and a special Belgian yeast strain. All in all this is yet another case of us drawing from classic Belgian influences and cavalierly making it our own...San Diego style!

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 ontario102 (794), Boise, Idaho, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/512/20

Oct 27, 2007  
Cloves, cardamom, ginger and floral aroma; sweet and spicy, simple malt profile; somewhat yeasty and perfumey; tart, acidic finish. Don’t care for it much.

 skoisirius (450), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Aug 19, 2008  
22 oz bottle tasted sometime around the end of July 2007. I rememberjust not being too WOWed by this one. No where in there did I find saisonish type flavors hitting my tongue. Now that I’ve recently had the 888...it almost seems like the 777 was practice for this years. Have not had aged yet.


thickfreakness (52), Austin, Texas, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/54/104/510/20
Aug 18, 2008  
Tasted on 5/1/08. Poured this one into a Unibroue tulip. It has a nice white head and the color is what I would imagine from a wit/trippel hybrid. The smell is expected from a wit with a little bit of punch. I realize this is 10 months old already but I just don’t really like this taste. I think I’m tasting some ginger and it just really isn’t pleasant to me. I also taste clove and spicy belgian yeast but the ginger taste is just ruining this for me. Overall this is my least favorite of all the Stone beers I have had.


 biznizness (687), Mooresville, North Carolina, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Aug 17, 2008  
Bottle from City Beer in San Francisco. I’ll be honest, this wasn’t all that good. Kind of a belgian blonde that just wasn’t tight enough. Ah well, can’t win ’em all. And, I had to leave the very cool bottle in San Fran because it wouldn’t fit in our bags.


brokephibroke (34), , Colorado, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/102/513/20
Aug 15, 2008  
Pours straw gold with a thick, diminishing rootbeer like head. Ginger, citrus yeasty bubblegum like aroma. Taste is not so good - bitter a bit, flowery a bit with ginger a bit. Palate is unremarkable, Not a good effort from one of my favorite brewers....


 kyzr (909), Bozeman, Montana, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Aug 14, 2008  
Nice bright gold pour with smaller white head. Bready and yeasty sweet nose. Flavor is much the same, really sweet almost like candy. The alcohol is high, but not really noticed, can really sneak up on you.




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