Stone 10th Anniversary IPA

Gorgeous head and lacing, as well as a strong citrus and floral aroma. Hits ya right in the mouth!

Pours a peachy-amber hue, lightly hazy, with a tight and creamy white head. Pungent aroma of spruce and grapefruit at first, along with a surprisingly strong Danish wedding cookie element. Notes of light honey and apricots reinforce the malt and hops. There’s also a slightly spicy, maybe musky, feel to the aroma...like cumin, I think. Very sweet initially with bright acidity and it stays fairly sweet throughout. The bitterness is there, but it’s not as powerful as I was expecting. The taste is somewhat simple in comparison the the aroma, spruce and caramel seemingly dominate the affair. Slick and creamy body with lively pinpoint carbonation. It’s lacking the oomph of it’s brethren Ruination, is bulkier than many other more svelte DIPAs, and doesn’t quite reach the complexity of similar weight American strong ales. So there you have it.

I rocked a three liter bottle of this earlier with my housemates, and it was awesome. Rating from a 22 now. Lots of citrus in the aroma, with a touch of a pleasent flowery sweetness. Pours amberish, with a small off-white head. Flavor is lots of pine, some citrus, and some caramel flavors. Nice warming alcohol finish. I love all of the Stone IPA’s I’ve had. Nice beer.

wow, this was strong. The aroma is amazing. A citrus kick to the face, and some nice sweetness to it. OUTSTADING. BUT, the flavour is all pine, the citrus seems to drop off quite a bit, all i got was pine and booze. It got a little better as ir warmed up, and some sweetness came through. a Very nice DIPA, but a little too piney for my taste

Wow! This beer rocks the house, seriously. White super lacy head, orangey amber color, terrific flavor, and big time warmth...Get this if you can.

Translucent and honey copper in color with frozen cellophane for the head. Sweet, sugary marigolds get drenched with honey, along with papaya and petunias, to intertwine in the nose. Pine resin glaze goes over roots of grass stains waiting to ripen. Spruce juice and sweet, biscuity, golden dates waft rhythmically to seal the deal. Thick fluid settles into the mouth with a remarkable orange-vanilla-crème graham toffee composure, eliciting a growing cottony bitterness post-sip. Orange dream custard gets sprinkled with papaya enzyme, crumbled on top for building bitterness momentum in its wake. Soothing toffee melts with caramel drizzles over the maple orange candi shell. Supple carbonation lets the orange marmalade marigolds pipe the rhythm via candi-esque flavor hops, generating backdrop bitterness while they’re at it. Thick fluid keeps a candi-crusted clementine character and a bitter peach heart, bearing down through the finish as it was at the start. Thanks much for the bomber tpkenned!

Aroma is very sweet, with a hint of berries and apricots. Appearance is wonderful. Dark brown and orange combine to make a nice hue. Head is abundant but settles quickly. Mouthfeel is smooth with a nice sweet apricot/fruity taste. Flavor is excellent, full of hops and has a lingering pleasent taste. An excellent brew.

(Bottle, thanks Pelle) Pours light hazy amber red. Fruity, perfumy, light peppery hop aroma with grapefruit, some pine and floral notes. Undertones of caramel, nuts and dried fruits. Very fresh and clean nose. Light fruity and light alcoholy flavour with grapefruit, caramel and hints of toffee. Medium rasiny and medium sweet. Round and smooth mouthfeel. The afterbitterness is lightly acid-ish and citrusy. Clean and dry. Full body.