 freekyp (898), Thomasville, North Carolina, USA
Sep 30, 2008 A massive DIPA but without the sickly sweetness that sometimes plagues the style. Extreme piney hop nose portends the Ruination that will assault your tastebuds. Very bitter with a long aggressive hop finish. Malt character is biscuity but does little to temper the tsunami of hops that follow. Pours a gorgeous light amber with THICK off-white head. Great heaps of sticky lacing. A very drinkable DIPA, Ruination hides its 7.7% content very well. Extreme, but well crafted as well.
LtDan (467), LA - Originally from South NJ!, California, USA
Sep 30, 2008 Semi clear gold with a fluffy head. Aromas of citrius, flowers and a small bit of pine. Tastes of resinous hops and citrus oils, refreshing for the mouthfeel, and overall pound for pound the best double IPA in the world.
taalhiker (179), Dayton, Ohio, USA
Sep 30, 2008 From bottle. Part of April Dayton Beertasting event.
Pours dense orange with a small off white head.
Aroma of citrus, hops.
Serious hops. Long finish.
pollardjt (26), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Sep 30, 2008 This IPA is like a kick in the face. Hops galore, bitterness abounds, it’s absolutely everything an IPA should be. Just make sure not to try and drink your yellow fizzy beer after tasting this. . . it’ll actually taste worse than before.
joefflin (66), USA
Sep 29, 2008 A decent IPA, nothing to outstanding, thought it was kind of average, but the bottle is sick.
Ansset13 (127), Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Sep 28, 2008 The pour is a nice medium amber, with a decent white head. This is an extremely aggressively hopped IPA, and one any hop junkie will appreciate. The nose is strongly citrus and pine, however is is also balanced with touches of caramel malty tones. The flavor is plenty bitter with hops and balanced with a mild sweetness, but the resinous hops stay on the palate for a long while. Yet anther great Stone creation.
Cory (16), , California, USA
Sep 28, 2008 Wow. Ruination is exactly right. Hints of citrus and pine but its hard to taste much past the hoppiness. Dry and fizzy accross the palate. Overall not my favorite Double IPA but still good.
mhelgason (495), Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Sep 27, 2008 22oz bottle. average fizzy/creamy white fizzy head into hazy orange body with some lacing present. aromas of moderate to strong hops (citrus and pine) and moderate caramel (well balanced aroma). Flavor is moderately bitter throughout with some light sweetness balancing everything out. sticky mouthfeel and moderate to long finish duration. Average carbonation. Okay this is a damn fine well-balanced imperial ipa.
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