 MartinT (5050), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
May 6, 2007 My Bottom Line:
Caramel-covered biscuits and citrusy, piney hoppiness starkly seize the palate, as alcohol heats up the back end alongside the rigid hop bitterness. This is an intense and wealthy strong ale, no doubt.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam tops the clear honeyed amber.
-Fruity honey adds to the caramel malt sweetness.
-Mouthfeel is chewy and well fed, and the soft carbonation makes it obvious.
-Lots of flavors speeding about, but I’m not sure they’re cohesive yet.
Bottle.
TheEpeeist (1442), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
May 5, 2007 22 oz bottle. Clear brown orange with a yellow-white head. Leaves some patches. Melon and mandarins with toffee behind. Concentrated caramel sweetness gives way to bitter greens and alcohol. Subtle carb; thinner body than tastes suggests. Finishes with banana and medicinal almond croissant.
badlizard (2339), Berkeley, California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
May 3, 2007 Double dry hopped version on tap at Stone. Clear orange amber with long lasting thick foamy white head. Aroma of pine, raisin, fruit, malt, and alcohol as advertised. Robust full body palate with an overwhelming bitterness. The malt and alcohol tastes balance out the bitterness quite well and it finishes with bitter floral hops lingering long in the mouth - this last feature is seemingly a Stone trademark. Decent overall.
riversideAK (2670), Shoreline, Washington, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
May 1, 2007 Updated: Feb 25, 2008For some reason I really didnt like this one. I wanted to, and I tried like 5 times. I guess I was too excited and it did not live up to my own hype. Alot of tropical fruit in the nose and the flavor. I didnt get alot of the bitter hoppiness that I expected. Very heavy and full. It was even hard to finish for me.
Re rate: On tap at Stone, aged one year. Mellowed out alcohol and became very well balanced and pretty enjoyable.
SuzyGreenberg (1324), Seattle, Washington, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Apr 28, 2007 22 oz. bottle - pours orange with thick and lasting head; strong malt and fruit aromas with lots of lacing; heavy on the malts too, so a distinct and strong taste
theisti (1654), Leawood, Kansas, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 27, 2007 Updated: Jul 10, 2007Bomber. Somewhat cloudy orange yellow pour with a big white head and quite a bit of settling. Really nice to look at it. Aroma is dry grass, sopping wet citrus and malt. The malt is the initial taste, rounds out to the citrus and a bit of alcohol in the finish. Great beer, too bad it was a one time deal. This is not as crisp / clean as Ruination, but it is certainly more complex.
bager (2121), Copenhagen N, Denmark
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 2/5 | 14/20 |
Apr 23, 2007 Bottled. Almost clear pale amber coloured with a small head. Malty with notes of alcohol, hops, spices, hops and pine. A bit too sharp.
kyzr (1122), Belgrade, Montana, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 20, 2007 Thanks to kramer17801 for this bottle! Oh my, what a nose. Candied orange with alcohol. Amber pour with huge frothy crown. Flavor is rather sweet, the hops are there, but malt is more powerful. Body is full, with a nice thick finish! Loved it!
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