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Stone Sublimely Self Righteous Ale

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8663.97/5.03.96/5.08.7%97.6Snifter, Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
We re brewers whose substantial mettle and idiomatic approach to brewing allows us to consistently create works of art such as this justifiably self righteous ale. Its bitterness hits our sweet spot. Its blackness lightens our hearts. Its liquid dichotomy pulls it all together in this sublimely sacrosanct ale. Yes, we damn well know our stuff here at Stone, and it would be irresponsible of us not to acknowledge how remarkable this heavenly creation of ours is. Thus the name we are compelled to give it ... Stone Sublimely Self Righteous Ale ... serves as a reminder of just how good we are, in both liquid and verbal form. We re certainly not perfect. Too often, we allow our modesty to get the best of us as we re simply not inclined towards senseless braggadocio. When youre good, youre good. And when you do something great, the least you can do is acknowledge it. Others benefit from knowing. In this case, we find that we are compelled to point out how amazing this beer is that we rightly call the Stone Sublimely Self Righteous Ale. First brewed in 2007 as Stone 11th Anniversary Ale, this beer was an instant hit. With us. Other folks with great taste loved it too, but we were focused on how much we liked it, and we felt it was truly sublime. That euphoria didnt last long though, as it was soon replaced with the grim reality that when we sold out of it there wouldnt be any more. For Us. And that was simply unacceptable. So, we are now blessing ourselves, and you the enlightened, with this beer on a full time basis.. Thusly, you may now revel in your own self righteousness as you see fit with this glorious example of ours. You are genuinely welcome, as it is our pleasure.
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 skoisirius (574), Seattle, Washington, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Aug 19, 2008  
22 oz bottle around its release date and around July 20th, 2008. Ahhhh, I love it when beers are this good. This pours a silky looking black with lots of carbonation leading to a nice tar looking retentive head. Some of my fondest beer aroma memories come from allowing my nose to open up to the sweet yet bitter and roasty notes of the aroma that comes blasting off this one. Its like a blended of hoppy banana almost...absolutely amazing! The flavor continues to impress bringing a thick malt coating to the palate before balancing it out with tons of roasted malt mixed with a HUGE hop blast! You can reeeeally tell this one is dry-hopped, even a year on it didn’t take away from the bliss! Almost liquoricey in the finish...this beer is just that GOOD. Now I just need to find more! Hahahaha...


 JMFG (1514), Florida, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Aug 15, 2008  
Bottle from Secret Santa. Dark chestnut brown with a 1 cm thick off-white head. Nice mix of rich peppery grapefruit rind hops and sweet dark bready malts. Taste is definitely hop forward, even after a year. Citric hop bite with a hint of caramel and toast. Strikes an interesting and tasty balance.

Also tried @ RBSG, on cask with wet simcoe hops (my score still reflects the bottle), which kicked in a robust hop aroma, and tipped the scales to the hop side, but still worked wonderfully.


 SQNfan (591), Wheaton, Illinois, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Aug 13, 2008  
This was deep brown in color with a fluffy tan to brown head that retained better than I would have thought. The nose gives off aromas of citrus, chocolate, dark caramel and spice. In the mouth it is medium-bodied and comes off light on its feet. There are nice dark roasted malt and coffee flavors in the mouth that finish with some enjoyable bitterness.


cgort (52), mission viejo, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/518/20
Aug 9, 2008  
This beer was great! It pours a dark color with tan head. Sweet hop smells. Perfect balance of flavors. Overall great.


 bigtaster (184), Grand Rapids, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/516/20
Aug 8, 2008    Updated: Aug 12, 2008
Pours black with beige head. Bitter hop aroma with big roasted malt. Nice smooth taste with a warming mouth feel. Hits with smooth bitter surge digging in throughout the experience. Some dark roast flavors also prevail with smoke and light java. Thought it was going to be a reiteration of double bastard but It isn’t. Great beer!


 drjay44 (781), Salida, Colorado, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Aug 6, 2008    Updated: Sep 26, 2009
Pours a darkish long lasting head, multiple layers in the nose, wonderful dark color, excellent heavy mouth feel, good complex bitterness on the lingering finish. Reminds me of some iterations of a Russian Imperial Stout.


 blklab2007 (961), Connecticut, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/517/20
Aug 5, 2008  
22 oz bottle labeled September 2007 poured into a trappist glass has a dark brown color with a half inch tan head that fell to a ring in the glass. aroma is full of dark thick malts with a back round sweet citrus hop that has held up well for a year old bottle. brown sugar, honey, and dark fruit round things out. mouth feel is a medium heavy with a bit of carbonation. flavor hits up the bittering hops as well as citrus. plenty of dark malt with brown sugar sweetness and light roast. finish has some alcohol heat and some lingering hop bitters. this is a dark malted beer combined with a sweet hop beer and the flavors all blend well.


 mcmd (138), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/59/104/518/20
Aug 5, 2008    Updated: Jun 17, 2009
A rerate after opening a Sept 07 original 11th anniversary. Pours a dark dark reddish brown almost black with a nice thick tan head - looks like a porter or stout. But no its definitely an IPA, the aroma is incredible sweet roasted malt, caramel, dark chocolate, and tons of fruity hops (grapefruit, apples) - a surprise given the appearance. Flavor is bitter dark chocolate, dark brown sugar, dark fruit, and tons of fruity hops throughout to balance it out in the finish. This is an amazing beer...Has aged very well, will wait another year to open my last of the original - but thank you Stone for making it a regular!



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