Stone 13th Anniversary Ale

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Stone never lets me down. This one is what american hops are all about. Color is dark and taste is almost all hops? Finish is dry as hell. Over the top hops like Stone does it. Must try! Cellar for a year or two and it will probably do a 180 and turn into a bitter malt bomb. Thank you STONE!

22ox bottle poured into a tulip. Aroma is of sharp citrus and resin with some roasted malt. The appearance id dead on, with a beautiful dark amber color with an ample tank head that leaves serious lacing. The taste is pure Stone....that being a hop bomb, but nicely balanced. This is like Double Bastard in many ways, but a little more refined. There is a nice warming from the alcohol, too. Perfect for autumn. Palate is full body, creamy texture with lively carbonation and a wonderful bitter finish. Overall, this beer is pure joy. Love Stone, and this is up at the top of the list.

Bottle from notes. I get bitter pine hops, burnt malt, caramel and loads of dark fermented fruits. I want more.

Spectacular! Hops made me cough and pleased me! I knew this would be fab when I poured this beautiful deep red ale. Can’t wait for my next.

22 oz. – The Wine Source. Deep ruby brown, thick creamy lightly tanned head. Aromatic fresh sprucey pine, grapefruit, and melon notes ride a thick undercurrent of molasses and toffee throughout. Tongue numbing wet pine needle and citric hop assault blend effortlessly on whirlpools of caramelized heath bar. Full bodied, medium carbonation, lasting bittersweet finish. Happy 13th, Stone! This is one intense beast…

Sybaritic auburn ale lolls seductively underneath, boldly straddled by a wanton blonde foam mane. A harem of hops whirls from the glass… daring pine, graceful grapefruit, sassy citrus… followed by flirtatious caramel and buxom barley... plus provocative glimpses of darting dark fruits and dusky deepest chocolate. Naughty malt binds my tongue in silken flavor, and sealing the knot with a stewed fruit kiss, fondles my taste buds as an athletic hop dominatrix spanks me with vigorous relish. A creamy palate befits the hedonistic excesses, and provides a zaftig counterpoint to the vampish carnality of biting lupulin. I bask in the lingering bittersweet afterglow, a musky memory of earth and spice. An unabashedly brazen brew, tantalizing and masterful, a gratifying challenge of indulgence and prowess.

Insanely fragrant hop aroma,people across the room could smell the hopping seconds after I opened it,that piney citrus hop just kept blowing out of there,with some minor hints of caramel cake,taste not surprisingly was one of the most bitter beers I’ve ever experienced, a muddled toffee and caramel slightly evident,a little alcohol tingling your nostrils in the swallow. I thought this to be fantastic,one of the major new highlights of 2009,for class A hopheads only

Stone Brewing Company--Stone 13--Thirteenth Anniversary Ale--2009 Release-22 oz. Bottle--9.50% ABV--90+IBU’s. (4.55 / 5.0) Red Ale--Imperial--Thin lace tan head. Clear dark ruby shiny obsidian color. Rich toasted pine fig floral hop front. Cloying rich medium sweet roasted plum fig toffee smooth creamy malty body. Dry rich bittter hop spice balanced crusty end. Complex big hoppy malty Red. Sampled 1/17/2010 & 10/4/2009. $7.00 Each.

Bottle from store in Chula Vista: Poured with a thick development of frothy foamed head while the color was a deep shade of mahogany. Hoppy is the aroma with a background of pine and sweet caramelized malts that seem so harmonized in balance with each other. The flavor is rich and sweet with thick molasses syrup like touch caramel malt and strong presence of bitter hops and light citrus. This anniversary is a pure example of the unknown style I would classify as imperial red ale meets American strong ale if that makes sense to anyone.

The catch all catagory of American Strong Ale. All those beers that don’t quite fit into the other catagories. This is a great beer. Looks dark, but tastes light. Had a strong hops finish for me. Seemed to get stronger as I drank. Great brew!!