Stone Ruination IPA

Brewed by Stone Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Escondido, California USA

12oz bottle from the liquor store in Tyngsborro, Mass. Pours a light amber-yellow body with an impressive inch and a half of off-white head. Smells intensely hoppy, like few beers I’ve had - citrus and pine most notably, with just a tinge of caramel malt in the background. Smells like smelling a packet of hops when homebrewing. Tastes like orange, grapefruit, pine, pith... Just the slightest hint of caramel malt, just enough to balance the flavor and make the beer obnoxiously bitter. Medium in body with ample effervescent carbonation, both of which help aid the drinkability. One sip most definitely invites another. Perhaps the best DIPAs I have ever had. An absolute must for any hop-head.

an in your face double ipa that is up to stone’s standards. slightly better than their standard ipa and worth the extra $

Stone says this is "bracingly bitter" but i dont know if i totally agree. It is bitter but i know i have tasted much more bitter. Goes down smooth, very hoppy. I love IPAs and this puts many IPAs to shame. Very good, like basically everything Stone does.

Looked forward to this. Lovely drink for a warm day, and refreshing on the day after the night before. Pours true golden with a slight haze, small white head that laces around the sides. Aroma is fantastic, classic Stone bouquet. Can’t quite put my finger on it but it’s as if there’s an earthiness to the hops. The aroma is big with grapefruit to the fore, some tart passion fruit, vanilla and some orange peel, then a glue like note, essentially a very powerful resin aroma, some classic wet concrete/minerality. Flavour is as big as you’ expect, power-house hops but somehow quite controlled, it coats the palate but doesn’t really hit hard until it reaches the back of the tongue into the throat, then loads sour/bitter grapefruit, unripe grape skin, splash of resin,good fruitiness, quite tropical. Palate is mid-full bodied for the style, carbonation is just right. All in al a great brew for the hop heads, but I think one bottle from time to time is all you need as it is all about the hops and lives up to it’s Ruination name. Thumbs up!

Picked up at Rileys in madison on recent trip pour was hazy at first, orange with off white head aromas of hops,flowers,clover and citrus taste is full of hop biting bitterness that makes you want to comb your tounge, with a slight malt presence just not enough for my likeings but truely a good IPA

For the hopheads indeed... double/imperial IPA? Hardly. Whereas the malt presence is noticable and alright, it’s basically just a BOOT TO THE HEAD of hops. Pretty tasty, but nothing compared to fantastically balanced DIPAs.

imported to NZ and not in optimal shape. not bad though, the hops have subdued a bit I think, especially in the aroma. The flavour is still very pungent and the bitterness is big, but not devastating.

Tap @ The Shepherd & The Knucklehead Pub. Light golden pour with white head. Floral hoppy aroma. Got to love 100IBU+ ipas, malt need not apply for IIPAs IMO. Another solid beer from stone.