Stone 10th Anniversary IPA

Pours thick and light amber, a bit hazy(chill haze) with a thin head. Toasted and caramel malt, resinous hop aroma with a note of mango. Heavy body holding flavors of tutti fruti, pineapple, and alcohol. Warming finish. Nice beer.

Bottle. Syrupy orange color with a thin white head. Nice aroma, super flora, sweaty hops (that’s right, sweaty), serious candy sugar, grassy, alcohol, and some fruitiness that I can’t put my finger on (mango, pineapple, maybe? not the run of the mill citrus so much). Really pleasant flavor too. Big hops, warming alcohol, creamy, great bitterness, orange zest. Good crisp carbonation, thick, creamy. A really good IIPA, and a benchmark of the class. Not the best IIPA I’ve had (see Yulesmith...), but its close.

Woah! I should never count out those folks at stone brewing. This is a seriously good beer! The aroma is abundant with citrus, pine and is that peach, passion fruit, honeydew, I have no idea what the hell it actually is but its damn enticing! The pour is a classic golden IPA pour that appears sappy but is much more dry to the taste. The palate is a thick body with soft, long, and bitter in texture...sounds like I’m describing a porno but I’m not. This is just one of the best reasonably priced imperial IPA’s I’ve ever tasted. Bravo!

Pours to a nice hazy orange/copper body with a huge creamy off-white head. Ultra-slow disapation. Leaves a gorgeous lacing on my Stone Old Guardian glass. The aroma is fruity and piney. Tropical passion fruit and mangoes with lots of caramel malts. The flavor is nicely malty with lots of sweet liquid caramel. Lots of juicy fruits and some bitter piney hops. The palate is rich and malty feeling with resiny hop oil and is bitter.

clear amber body with no visible carbonation and tiny white head..aroma starts with sweet/tangy hops, herbs, alcohol, and apple...flavor is very biting and has the same "tang" experienced in the nose...strong bitter, piney hops dominate here as well...watery palate; one of the most over-rated beers ever!

Bomber #6 of 10. Great pine aroma and some floral notes. About half way though the first glass got a barnyard aroma but went away by finish. Darker orange body with decent head. Flavor had a good citrus peel flavor at the start. Body got little sweet and syrupy from middle to finish. Good citrus dry aftertaste on palate. Alcohol warming effect on the body but not overwhelming. Good Brew.

Bomber. Holy crap this is a big IIPA! Clear amber with an eggshell head. Nose is light citrus and strong herbal hop, almost acrid. The flavor is simply a cornucopia of hops - citrus, herbal, resiny pine - it’s all there, big time! Hot finish, from the hop and the alcohol. Oily, rough palate - this beer roughs you up on all counts. Wow!

Thanks to ( kenb ) for this great beer. Pours a medium amber/orange with nice head. Wonderful pineapple and grapefruit aroma. This is the first IPA I have had with that much pineapple aroma. It is a big thick sticky beer with a great 10% bite. AWESOME!!!!