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Stone 9th Anniversary Ale

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9787
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Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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RATINGS: 477   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.64   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 234   ABV: 7.8%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
As has been a tradition, we have “Anniversary-ized” a recipe from our history by cranking it up, making it stronger and more assertive. With this year’s Anniversary we decided to look back at a wheat beer that we released a couple of Spring/Summers a few years ago: Stone Heat Seeking Wheat. While it was a plenty tasty beer, we ultimately decided that it wasn’t that reflective of what Stone was all about, and we unceremoniously dropped it from our lineup. For the Stone 9th Anniversary Ale, we carried some of the characteristics from the Stone Heat Seeking Wheat --- clear, not hazy; hoppy, not yeasty; combining a delicious hop bitterness and wheat tartness --- and made some…well…adjustments.


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3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
fonefan (29292) - VestJylland, DENMARK - JUN 13, 2007
Bottle. Unclear / murky medium particles orange color with a average fizzy fair lacing mostly lasting off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, heavy hoppy flowers / perfume / grapefruit, light yeasty. Initial flavor is moderate sweet, finish flavor is light sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily / syrupy, carbonation is soft.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Ungstrup (26267) - Citizen of the universe, DENMARK - MAR 5, 2006
A hazy orange beer with a huge ligth orange head. The aroma is sweet hoppy, while the flavor is sweet hoppy, with light notes of caramel and alcohol, the alfa acids from the hops, even burn in the throat - nice if You like hops.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
yespr (26040) - Copenhagen O, DENMARK - AUG 7, 2008
From tap at Stone Bistro. Pours hazy to cloudy yellow with a lacing white head. Mild fruity hops aroma. Flavour is grapefruity and smooth, not as sharp as this normally gets. Good balance to the malt too. Smooth and refreshing hoppy finish.

4.1
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Papsoe (25131) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - JAN 29, 2006
(Bottle 65 cl) Slightly hazy, pale amber with a rich, yellowish head. Floral, fresh and hoppy nose. Fairly full-bodied but completely dominated by excellent aroma hops. Markedly bitter finish. 270106

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
oh6gdx (18576) - Vasa, FINLAND - JUL 14, 2008
Bottled. Golden colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is tropical fruits, hops, some grass and alcohol. Flavour is hops, sweet malts, mild alcohol and then caramel malts with some grassy bitterness in the finish. Nice brew!

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
omhper (17472) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - JUL 16, 2008
Bottled at Petalax Beer Festival. Hazy golden, rich but brief head. Perfumy tropical fruit aroma. Sweet and soapy with medium to full body. Flavour of pine needles, bubbly esters and alcohol. A bit sweet with Belgian style fruit yyeastiness, Bready syrupy finish with long bitterness. Has that clean, biscuity streamlined typical Stone-style mouthfeel and a juicy concentrated flavour, even though the hop freshenss is lost in this one.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
joergen (17353) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - JAN 30, 2006
Bottle. Clear amber coloured with an off white head. Sweet aroma of malts, fruits and hops. Sweet flavour of malts, fruits, caramel and hops.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
anders37 (12756) - Malmö, SWEDEN - FEB 2, 2006
Bottle. Hazy orange colour with an off-white head. Fruity and hoppy aroma. Malty flavor with a nice hoppiness. Dry and hoppy finish.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 14/20
fiulijn (12179) - Malmö, DENMARK - APR 12, 2006
Golden color. Medium hoppy aroma. Medium malty body with a sharp bitterness. Quite usual now, no thrill…

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
bu11zeye (11111) - Frisco (Dallas), Texas, USA - OCT 25, 2005
(Bottle) Pours a lightly hazy golden body with a moderate yellowish beige head. Aroma of grapefruit, orange, florals, and a hint of pine. Flavor of breadiness and citrus. Bitter finish.


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