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Stone 10th Anniversary IPA

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
5473.93/5.03.92/5.0Special10%94.2Snifter, Tulip
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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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 Cobra (1061), In a van, down by the river, Maryland, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/518/20
Sep 25, 2006  
22 oz. brown bomber bottle. Poured out a hazy orange color, with a thin sticky yellowish head. Aromas are of sweet malts, hops galore, toffee, caramel, slight yeastiness also. Flavors are of hops (duh!), sweet malts, earthy quality Slightly oaky in the flavors as well. Orange & citrus flavors in the hops. Alcohol is well hidden. Decent body, rich & thick. Slightly under-carbonated. Could use a years aging to make it blend together better. Decent take on the style. Worth every penny. ;>).


 freekyp (900), Thomasville, North Carolina, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 25, 2006  
The mother of all double IPAs, this plodding behemoth stinks of earthy piney hop character. Standing tall atop the murky amber body, the ample thick beige head sticks around a good long while and leaves it footprint amply on the glass. Sweet malt is in there too, but the bitter hop whallop on the end makes short work of this. The high alcohol content is VERY apparent. A second. Don’t even think about it.


 Oakes (8080), gone rambling, Vietnam
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 25, 2006  
Hazy dark amber. Woody, oxidized hops in the nose. Big chewy flavour, herbal, minty hop notes. Caramel, lots of alcohol. Quite a bit of bitterness and residual sweetness. A big bag of intense.


 Braudog (3753), Dayton, Ohio, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/104/519/20
Sep 24, 2006  
I immediately salivated when I saw this awesome painted bottle on a shelf in Colorado ... This poured dark, yet glimmeringly orange with a big rocky top. It gave a big fruity-malt aroma. Wow ... this is a chewy one ... almost liquid granola. Big earthy and leafy, full of hop oil. Big, big beer from a big, big brewer. Awesome.


 dhlesq (233), Thousand Oaks, California, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/105/518/20
Sep 24, 2006  
Aroma of pine, grapefruit, peach, apricot, and fresh flowers. Appears a deep golden color with a mountainous yellow creamy head that lasts. Flavor is grapefruit, pine resin, honey, and malt. Palate is medium thick and lovely. Overall, a phenomenal double IPA and even better than my expectations.


 MrRomero (1934), Nolanville, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Sep 24, 2006  
22oz bomber courtesy of Brock_Landers’ cooler: heading to the Florida State-Rice game, John cracked open this gem. Poured a crystal clear orange with a full tan head. Full hop aroma and lots of caramel. Flavor was mildly sweet with hops and caramel. Light citrus and pine as it warmed. Good beer.


 gputty (456), Virgina Beach, Virginia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Sep 24, 2006  
From bomber. Pours a deep, clear orange amber with frothy off white head. Massively hopped nose assaults your senses with sharp pine and grapefruit. Flavor follows with malt struggling in the background. Herbal hops with a little alcohol as well. Slightly thick palate with a medium bitter finish. A hop mountain! This is boarder line too much hops (which I never thought I’d say). I’ll lay one down to see what happens.


 FezMonkey (268), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/57/103/515/20
Sep 24, 2006  
Nice amber color with a medium sized lasting head with an orange tint. Wonderful grapefruit & floral aroma. Sweet hoppy flavor with some spice. Medium body and leave you with a clean palate.



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