Stone Ruination IPA

On tap at Coles, Buffalo. Appearance: Light orange with a small but lasting white head. Aroma: Pineapple, hops, pine needles, citrus and mango. Flavour: Awesome, pine. lemon, pineapple, hops, bitter, sugar. Wonderful.

This is just wonderful. I had moderately high expectations that were all but met. This pours a hazy orangish color with a nice big fluffy head that goes away a bit but that picture over there does the actual head of this beer little justice, there is some lace but nothing to get excited about. The aroma is at first floral and piney with some mild sweetness, but generally it’s a lot of good hops. About halfway through my glass I started to notice a really odd alcohol aroma, a really bad one that smelled of paint thinner and mildly distracted from the enjoyment of the beer, but I digress it is nothing that the taste didn’t make up for. I was surprised at how quickly I drank the glass of this, I mean to say that something this hoppy tends keep me drinking, I don’t know what exactly this means, but I think it means I am glad I just got a bomber, because I would be hurting from a six pack. Eh, whatever... this tastes pretty gosh darned good. it’s really tongue wrenchingly bitter, and I dig that, a lot of beers from this style have been disappointingly sweet. so I like the good bitterness of this one. Flavor is nicely complex with good apricot, and citrus fruity notes some orange & of course some grapefruit. Other delightful flavors include notes of wood, pine, and a sugary malt sweetness that is not quite enough to balance it out, but this isn’t all about balance now is it?

Not my favorite kind of beer. But still tastes like drinking potpourri liquid. If you like hoppy ass beer then drink this one.

Maybe my bottle wasn’t quite fresh enough but this came of as a tad too weak for me. It was damn tasty, well balanced and very easy to drink but lacking some brightness and more agressive hop character overall. Looking forward to a re-rate though.

12floz.....pours nice hoppy looking as most IPAs do. Excellent flavour, nice buoyant bouquet, Marigold, roses, summer pine hops, and winter mountain air. Slightly malty, and bitter, lip pucker bitter. California Cuties smack across the face this one does.

Bomber. Pours a bright yellow golden color with a large white head. This brew is all hops. Aroma is hoppy. Taste is very mildly malty sweetness, but very very hoppy. Great taste, great bite to finish clean. Great impy IPA

Hazy amber/gold with a good off-white head. Aroma is hops. Medium body, foamy mouthfeel. Briefy and faintly malty, then strongly hoppy with a very bitter finish and lingering bitter aftertaste.

in a bottle. very very hoppy. will leave your mouth burning from the hops. not too much flavor other than the overwhelming hops. don’t know if i could drink more than one of these.