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Stone 10th Anniversary IPA

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Stone 10th Anniversary IPA - Imperial/Double IPA

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Formerly brewed at Stone Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial/Double IPA

Escondido, California USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
5473.93/5.03.92/5.0Special10%94.3Snifter, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
Stone 10th Anniversary IPA harkens back to our earlier Anniversary Ales, with abundant hopping at many stages of the brewing process. Appropriately, the aroma is over-the-top, with pronounced piney and resiny hop flavors combined with tropical fruit esters and more subtle notes of toasted malts and alcohol. Our Stone 10th Anniversary Ale weighs in at 10% alcohol by volume (perfect for a 10th anniversary beer), and has a little more color and malt character than our other IPAs. In addition to using the new Summit hop variety in the brewhouse to provide the powerful bitterness, we went back through our records and found some of our favorite hops over the years, and used them to flavor this brew, including Chinook, Crystal, and large doses of Simcoe in the dry-hop to provide a huge, complex, piney, fruity and floral hop character. This is a colossal beer, big in every sense: hoppy, malty, rich, and strong! Right up our alley.
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 00cobraR (1096), Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/516/20
Feb 27, 2007  
Pours out a nice deep amber color with a medium tan head. Aroma is very hoppy, with nice grassy, citrus undertones. Flavor just fills your mouth with a hoppy smack in the face with a nice grassy finish. WOW this is a great brew.


 brewblackhole (1367), Muskego, Wisconsin, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Feb 25, 2007  
Part of the hop heaven West Coast package from awaisansen,,aroma is very aggresive hopping, sharp overpowering, lots going on here,almost to much sort of becomes muddled,pine is the predominant fragrance,taste is biscuity malt with that whole slew of all kind of hop taste,grassy hops piney hops, malt is there but keeps getting lost ,alcohol presence became huge,and along with the huge hop bitternessreally nailed you with a sharpness in the finish. This may be one of the first brews I would consider overhopped,maybe I’m not worthy


 michael-pollack (2603), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/517/20
Feb 24, 2007  
Druaght: Floral hop aroma. Poured copper/amber in color with a medium-sized white head that lasted throughout. Hazy. Sparkling. Great lacing. Flavor was all hops. Tasted of pine, alcohol, and resin. Also a hint of mint in there. Medium body. Dryish texture. Lively carbonation. Overall, alcohol flavor a little too strong.


 NicerInPerson (337), North of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/515/20
Feb 21, 2007  
The aroma was citrusy and malty with a strong estery presence. Grapefruit and a resiny, piney and citrusy hop led the charge backed up by a strong presence of caramel and a lightly nutty aromatic. The amber beer was clear with an off-white lasting head which retreated quickly but laced the glass. The flavor was malty with a strong malt backbone and a substantial bittering that was piney, resinous and citrusy, but not overdone or intrusive. the flavor was estery and fruity, but pleasantly so. The malt and hops were well achieved leading to a strong balance in the 10% ABV flavor. On the palate the body was just full, not viscous, but on the creamy side for mouthfeel with a moderate level of carbonation. Overall a very nice and smooth Double IPA. 22 ounce bottle.


 ThomasE (5179), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Feb 20, 2007  
Copper colour with an off white head. Malty, caramel and alcohol sweet aroma with some hoppy fruity notes. Caramel sweet flavor balanced with a hoppy fruity note. Dry finish with notes of pine needles.


 garmonbozia (225), Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/517/20
Feb 17, 2007  
Bottle from Sprinkle at Crwon liqour. Thanks bro. Very smooth velvety texture. Pours a nice cloudy orange with a froathy cram head that goes away fast. Smell of malt, hops and caramel. Taste is somewhat muscky with a sweet biscuity hops. Some very nice lacing going on though. Thick coats of froathy head seemed to just stick to the glass. Over all a nice beer.


 smhncabot (310), Cabot, Arkansas, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/104/517/20
Feb 16, 2007  
i came, i saw, i drank. i love hops, hops love me. biscuit malt and citrus hops this is tasty. namaste bitches.


 xmarcnolanx (789), Kirkwood, Missouri, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Feb 16, 2007  
Wow. It tastes like the brewery. It is very redolent of their malt profile for most of their beers, has a nice hopping. Initially, there is not much bitterness or viscosity, however, it transforms into a monster. After a beer or two it tastes like a sweet, citrusy form of heaven. Fantastic.



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