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Stone 10th Anniversary IPA

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Stone 10th Anniversary IPA - Imperial/Double IPA

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99
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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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 Papsoe (14642), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 7, 2006  
(Bottle 65 cl) Clear, dark amber with a small, off-white head. Very fresh grapefruity aroma. Medium body with very sweet caramel and some lightly medicinal notes. Bittersweet finish. A bit unusual. 011206


 bluevegie (2169), Perth, Australia
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Dec 7, 2006  
Thanks to Kook! Amber orange coloured body with an off-white head. Nose was promising but a bit let down by the taste, a little plastic and a bit of tinned pineapple, still I usually like my IIPA’s and this was went down easy.


 Ungstrup (14758), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 6, 2006  
An amber beer with a thin brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel and hops. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel.


 fly (1331), austin, Tejas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Dec 5, 2006  
My best guess is that if I rate this high, I’ll burn in hell. That sounds pretty cool. That and pissing people off. Actually suppose that people have to care about my opinion and therein lies a massive problem. So, I didn’t find it burning with alcohol. Perhaps hot with hops, but as I was not only prepared but wanting that at the moment I got what I was looking to find. Certainly not superb nor showcasing the elegant craftsmanship that I might wish, but altogether was a Friday night beer that hit the spot.


 shp555 (1680), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/516/20
Dec 5, 2006  
Pours an amber orange color with big fluffy off white head. Very malty aroma with piney bitter hops. Mouthfeel is thick malt. Flavor is big malts and piney, grassy bitter hops. Big Bold IPA.


 Emil (6075), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Dec 5, 2006  
Bottle. Amber colour with a big white head. Malty, heavy hop, pine, citrus aroma and taste. Medium to full body with a sweet finish.


 blankboy (3165), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Dec 5, 2006  
Bottle shared with HogTownHarry, biegaman & mds -- courtesy of HogTownHarry. Pours a slightly hazy orange-amber with an average size lasting off-white head. Very nice aroma of caramel malt, spices and a big hop medley (citrus, pine and more). Flavour has big-time hops equally balanced with lots of caramel malt along with spices and fruit -- it’s delicious! Some alcohol present but for the most part it’s quite well hidden. Medium to full bodied. Fantastic, I loved it!


 snoot (277), Anaheim, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Dec 5, 2006  
Lots of malt backbone in this one. Pours very clear, decent head for the ABV, decent lacing, decent aroma. Decent flavor...alcohol is hidden very well...but at the end of the day, it doesn’t taste like a Stone beer to me. It’s too subtle, too gentle, too balanced. If you disliked other Stone beers, give this one a shot. It may be exactly what you’re looking for.



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