19th Anniversary Thunderstruck IPA
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Special Out of Production|
Score
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Our 19th anniversary release brings the boom, delivering it to the palate in a voluminous, hop-driven thunderclap. This double IPA owes its considerable oomph to a quartet of Australian hops—Topaz and Galaxy, plus two newcomers, Ella and Vic Secret, that scored impressively in test batches. We’re also applying the all-Aussie theme to the malt bill, which is composed entirely of an Australian variety called Fairview. The beer’s striking tropical fruit, citrus and peach hop flavors and slightly resinous and aromatically dank earthiness are sure to electrify your senses.
Stone 19th Anniversary Thunderstruck IPA
A Double IPA with 100% Australian Hops
We have many special beers planned for release to celebrate our 20 years of brewing, so let this serve as the first course to what will be an undoubtedly epic feast for craft beer enthusiasts, with particular thanks to those who've been with us for the long haul and helped us attain such longevity. Consider this the first of many Thank-Yous...for years to come!
Stone 19th Anniversary Thunderstruck IPA
A Double IPA with 100% Australian Hops
We have many special beers planned for release to celebrate our 20 years of brewing, so let this serve as the first course to what will be an undoubtedly epic feast for craft beer enthusiasts, with particular thanks to those who've been with us for the long haul and helped us attain such longevity. Consider this the first of many Thank-Yous...for years to come!
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4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 3
Overall 17
Happy anniversary! The Australian malts and hops had me thinking this would be an easy floral IPA. Not. The nose leads with dank hops with grapefruit. The head is a fluffy almost pure white. The taste profile features a complex hop mixture - tropical fruit, grapefruit and grapefruit rind, lemon and other dank, heavy hops. The malt is soft cereal and biscuits. Nice fresh tastes and challenging balances.
Tried
on 23 Sep 2025
at 20:01
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught @ birch + barley. Clear dark amber pour smallish head. A resinous hop bomb with some fruits. Pretty enjoyable though.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:34
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
6-10-23 Grand Prev 4.3 as 19th Anniv. Highland 8-21-15
Tried
on 05 Dec 2019
at 01:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Thanks Davido. Aroma is dank, earthy, resin. Taste is dry, bit yeasty, citrus, grapefruit, sticky maltiness. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:03
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dégustée au printemps 2016 (De mes notes). .
Tried
on 21 Aug 2017
at 23:12
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
$8.99 bomber from Market Street Wine Shop, Downtown. Pours hazy peach-orange with a giant soap-suds-like off-white head. Aroma of citrus hops, peach, orange, tangerine, pineapple. Flavor is peach juice, pineapple, grapefruit peel, orange. My goodness it’s complex and delicious!
Tried
on 17 Oct 2016
at 18:03
8/10
Tried
on 20 Jul 2016
at 16:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap@Bishops Arms (Gustav Adolfs), Malmö (09/07/2016) - pours dark gold with a white head. Aroma and taste comprises sweet tropical fruits, prominent grapefruit, tangerine, citrus peel, with good malty backbone, caramel, pine needles, bitter finish. Lovely stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jul 2016
at 09:53
8/10
Tried
on 23 May 2016
at 06:06
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
How: Draught.
Where: The Bishops Arms Vasagatan, Stockholm.
Appearance: Hazy dark golden colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Citrus, pine, hops, grapefruit, caramel.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Citrus, pine, hops, caramel, grapefruit.
Where: The Bishops Arms Vasagatan, Stockholm.
Appearance: Hazy dark golden colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Citrus, pine, hops, grapefruit, caramel.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Citrus, pine, hops, caramel, grapefruit.
Tried
on 07 May 2016
at 06:58