Stone Ruination IPA

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

Bomber - Poured a very nice orange-amber in color with a small white head that quickly faded. Somewhat low in carbonation overall. Aroma is quite strong of hops... flowers and pine... with just a hint of sweet malt underneath. Flavor is (whoa!) very strong of hops and nicely bitter. Some malt does come through to attempt to balance the strong hop, but it does not hold up very well and that is no problem for a beer that is clearly targeted at hop lovers (like me). For those of us that actively seek out hoppy brews, this beer is a hop head’s dream ... Loved it!!!

Bottle shared @ Ölrepubliken. Pours hazy reddish yellow with a fluffy with head that leaves some trace on the glass while dissipating. Smell is fresh and hoppy with grapefruit, lemon peal, peaches, caramel, apricots, plums, pine, wood and grass. Taste is malty sweet and bitter with caramel, pine, grapefruit, grass and plums. Mouthfeel is medium bodied (on the thin side). Finish is slightly sweet and quite bitter with lots of citrus.

Wow What a perfect IPA. Poured into a pint glass. Beautiful aroma of hops. Full refreshing taste. Not as bitter as I was expecting. A truly exceptional IPA.

golden amber color, aroma is sweet floral hops, flavor is sweet hops up front and with very balanced malty finish, great DIPA

Aroma is hoppy citrus with a bit of stickiness to it as well as some caramel malt notes. Taste is more of the hoppy citrus with quite a bit of grapefruity bitterness. Very refreshing. Contrary to what the description says, I feel that this beer did not "ruin" the palate at all. In fact, I felt that this was one of the most well-rounded IPAs I have ever tasted, with a nice caramel-like malt aftertaste. This was, however, at a cask tasting so the batch may have been slightly varied.

Bottle at Bishops Arms, Bellmansgatan, February 2012. Orange with a medium fluffy head. Aroma of pine and citrus, on the sweet side. The taste was hoppy with a good bitterness. Very drinkable and rather balanced. A nice DIPA.

Pours a hazy yellow, but the symphony of bold hops in the smell tell you to prepare for an assault. Starts out with a bit of orange marmalade before the hops attack. Tons of pine and grapefruit, but just enough lightly toasted malt to give it some backbone. So bitter you’ll pucker and might even get goosebumps. A punisher, this. But there is enough complexity here that it’s not just a one note hops bludgeoning. But it’s a 100+ IBU from Stone. What else would you expect?

Nästan orange öl med ett ljusgult skum. Doftar härligt av citrus, med tonvikt på grape. Den grapefruktliknande beskan drar härligt i munnen. En mycket god IPA.

Simply outstanding stuff, one of the best IPAs out there. Great hops, tons of bitterness, excellent malt balance, oily but not overpoweringly so. Body is medium with perfect carbonation and a great bitter finish. Well worth the price.