Stone 10th Anniversary IPA

Bottle courtesy of DrJay on BA. Pours a rich amber color with a big offwhite head and some light lacing. Smell is malty with caramel like sweetness along with some sweet citrus. Little to no hop prensence left. Taste is caramel, alcohol, and candied orange peels. Somewhat surprised that the hops have basically entirely faded and that the alcohol is still this present. Decent, but not what it was intended to be any longer, I’m guessing.

Bottle @ the wolf tasting. Hazy orange with af film. Aroma is sweet, hoppy, peachy as well as the flavour.

Bomber. Pours hazy dark gold with very little head. Nose of old hops, skunkiness, old garbage cans, resins. I’m really afraid to taste this..here goes..Not fresh. Hop profile has smoothed out leaving a sweetness, very little malt profile, worn out hops. Very hard to get down. I’m getting tired of drinking these old IPA’s-I’m sure this beer was much better when fresh. This just doesn’t do it for me.

Oct. 2006 - Pink grapefruit. Pink grapefruit. Pink grapefruit. Pink grapefruit. How many times do I have to type this to make a "meaningful comment"? Very sweet grapefruit flavor with a lot of resinous flavor as well. Pretty hot alcohol burn as well. Can’t say I was a huge fan, but if you like huge hops, this is for you. Pass me the Ruination instead, please.

on tap -pours a light tan head and gold color. Aroma is medium malt-caramel apple, hint of spice. Taste is medium malt-caramel, apple (25% crystal malt? Or less with the one year of aging), secondary spicy hops. Smooth, mellow.

22oz bomber, tasted in Aug. 07. Pours a deep honey color with a reddish tint to it. Thin head of small bubbles that lingers through most of the glass. Smells very sweet, lots of hops in the nose. Some fruitiness in the nose, sweet citrus maybe. Tastes very sweet, with lots of syrupy hoppy flavors. Not at all bitter, unfortunately. Thick, thick, thick. Ok carbonation. On a side note the bottles have not held up nearly as well as the kegs on tap at the brewery.

On tap at 1702. Pours a clear amber color with almost no head. Light lacing. Aromas of sweet malts, and light hops. Smooth beer, but from my understanding it’s not as hopped up as it is when first released. Some light esters in the flavor, sweet malts, and some hops.

This bottled brew from JSquire at a rating party poured a small sized head of foamy fine to medium sized off-white colored bubbles that were mostly diminishing and left behind a transparent uncarbonated dark orange brown colored body and a poor lacing. The mild aroma was hoppy floral and malty. The mouth feel was very tingly at the start and at the finish. The strong flavor contained notes of hops and caramel. Delicious and one I would certainly like to have again.