Stone 11.11.11 Vertical Epic Ale

Formerly brewed at Stone Brewing Co.
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Escondido, California USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Kind of a different Belgium strong with an odd finish. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

NOTE: I used the bar code reader and it came up 10.10.10, but this is actually 11.11.11! IÂ’m not sure what hit me! Good start... Flavorful throughout... Short on hops for a Stone.... Not sure how to describe the finish... Pleasant aftertaste, but it feels like the room temp went up about 10 degrees! I recommend you try it at least once! ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

drank 1/22/12 from notes. Good foamy head, amber red color, smell citris-y, taste is bitter but not strong despite 9.4! But it was too bitter for me.

Puts nice dark red with a small tan head. Aroma is sweet with some spice underneath. Lots of different taste. Bananas, chile, sour. All mesh well. Solid effort.

Pours orange-amber. Subtle spice aroma with hints of cinnamon. Sour mash up front with a complex lambic-esque finish.

Cloudy, orange appearance. Fruity. Slightly sour, finishes sweet. Quality brew. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

More cinnamon than chiles, but chiles definitely present in the slight bite at end of sip. This beer didn’t do much for me and was fairly unremarkable.

Got a growler from the South Park store. Heavy cinnamon flavor up front with the chili kick at the end. Oddly, each glass out of the growler seemed to get more spicy which killed the flavor and made it rather one-dimentional. It was fun to try but not something I would repeat.

Slight bronze, clear light tan head plenty lace. Belgian yeast meets mild cinnamon and back end pepper. Gabi. Similar taste, more Belgian yeast and slight caramel notes. Creamy medium. Body. Better than it sounded.

This beer...boy I tell ya. I tried it last year and it was good, nothing to write home about - typical Stone concoction. But now, trying it a year later, much closer to the one year aging mark, it is delicious. A thick but not oppressively heavy beer that leaves the lips to be licked for later if let to dry. The alcohol is hardly present, just a whisper in the background of the beautiful synchronous cacophony that is the collaboration between the malts, peppers, and hops. Extremely well balanced, the pepper flavor crawls into the middle of the taste without overtly calling attention to itself. Will say again >> Balanced. this dark coffee/slight ruby opalescence lends itself to my belly fully, and I fully appreciate the brewers at Stone for this delight. Cheers!