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Stone Ruination IPA

Stone Ruination IPA - Imperial/Double IPA

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 Percentile 
100
overall
Brewed by Stone Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial/Double IPA

Escondido, California USA

bottled
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on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
20974.05/5.04.05/5.07.7%98.1Snifter, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
So called because of the immediate ruinous effect on your palate. 100+ IBUs. Bracingly bitter. Thick, pungent hop aroma. We would say that no hops were injured in the brewing of this beer, but that would be a massive lie. In fact, the words "Stone Ruination IPA" are what older hop vines use to cause little hop vines to quiver with fright and lose sleep at night . We at Stone honor the brutal massacre of countless hops with this "Liquid poem to the glory of the hop!" Paganism at its best!
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 angrypirate06 (678), Texas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Mar 25, 2009  
Pours a small head with a goldish yellow color. Strong floral hop aroma. Taste is hoppy with a bit of soap up front, but not as bitter as I expected. My roommate, bman1113vr says it’s not the best bottle he’s had, thinks it’s not fresh and lots of the hops have faded.


 Cavie (1299), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Mar 25, 2009  
Hazy yellow. Lightly hopped aroma. Taste is definitely hoppy with a finish that is drying. Had the finish been better it would have improved.


 ben4321 (946), Rockville, Maryland, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Mar 24, 2009  
Original rating:
Location: Sept 2008, bottle from Norm’s

Overall Impression: Really tasty IPA. Hoppy beer with a nice piney flavor. Enjoyed this one a lot. Stone is a seriously good brew house.

Updated rating to cover all categories:
Location: 3/24/09, 6 pack of 12 oz bottles from Gilly’s, poured this one into one of those Sam Adams bubble glasses

Aroma: Really great nose, smell is all Pine, grass, earth, with plenty of hops, and just a touch of citrus
Appearance: Good looking clear orange beer, thin head
Flavor: Basically a hops explosion on the tongue, earthy hops, a little floral, just a touch of sweet
Palate: Wonderful palate, medium body, with a great mouthfeel that really enhances the beer
Overall Impression: I love this one, an incredible IPA, right up there with the best I’ve ever tried. Strong, hoppy beer that translates well across the tongue.


 Dastrn (115), Warsaw, Indiana, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 23, 2009  
orange-gold with a small, thin head the nose was orange, sweet-grass, pineapple taste was gorgeously hoppy! 90 IBUs? 100? It’s a veritable hop explosion! Crisp mouthfeel hides what malts are there and emphasizes the hops even more. What a beer! Almost too bitter to drink, and yet I can’t stop sipping!


beerlud (22), Pennsylvania, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/104/516/20
Mar 23, 2009  
Pours a very light orange. Big floral and citrus hops, and honey on the nose! Perfectly rounded nose! Very clean and crisp. Flavor holds to the citrus floral hops, pepper, and a bitterness that subdues the malts. Very easy to drink!


 jrmac (210), USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Mar 22, 2009  
Damn good IPA. Pours from the bomber a nice golden color with a nice white foam. On the nose it is hops and citrus. On the palate it is citrus hop bitterness and subdued malt. All in all A great summer beer.


 peter48er (127), Liverpool, Merseyside, England
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Mar 22, 2009  
12 fl oz bottle purchased via Beers of Europe. Pours a golden/yellow colour with a thin white head which lasted halfway down the glass. Full on hops in both the arroma & the tase, with a balancing sweetness which makes tihis emminently drinkable. A really good example of the style of which I am becoming a strong fan, the more of these USA craft IPAs I drimk.


 TheSponge (269), Lynnwood, Washington, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Mar 22, 2009  
22 oz. bottle purchased at Food Emporium in Everett, WA. Pours a beautiful orange/yellow color. Flavor: Grapefruit, strong hops, and pine. One again, I’m a big fan of IPAs and this one is pure awesome.



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