Vertical Epic Ale 06.06.06
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Series Out of Production|
Score
7.33
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In this year’s edition, you’ll notice a deep, rich aroma of toasty malts, anise, Belgian yeast spiciness, and a hint of cedar. The toasty, dark and roasty malt flavors combine with a soft palate - courtesy of specialty dark wheat and barley malts. The body is fairly light for a beer with such a high gravity. There is a pleasant, lingering bitterness, so you know it’s part of the Stone family. This ale was brewed with a specialty Belgian yeast that we’re really liking here at Stone...it’s the same one we used for brewing the Stone 03.03.03 Vertical Epic Ale. And as with the Stone 05.05.05 Vertical Epic Ale, all the spicy, deep, and wonderfully funky aromas and flavor characteristics in this beer come as a result of nothing more than malt, hops, water and yeast!
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9.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Great aroma of dark malts, a little roasty, with some really nice deep earthy fruity aromas with a touch of yeast. The flavor is full bodied, and rich. Lots more of the earthy dark fruits, with a big dose of raisins, and plums. A superb example of the style, this has aged very very well.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:02
Kinda tastes like a dubbel
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2021
at 21:35
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Covid-19 cellar raid... this has been sitting undisturbed in my fieldstone cellar for 14 years... Pours dark mahogany into a Trappist glass. Tan micro head with excellent retention recedes leaving sheet lacing... looks pretty good given the age. Fig and date aromas. Thick with raisin and date with very slight oxidation upfront turning to dark chocolate in the lasting finish. Smooth and delicious... aged well
Tried
on 10 Apr 2020
at 21:24
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2020
at 12:55
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared. Pours clearish dark reddish with a small offwhite head. Aromas of dust, malt, dark fruits, toffee. Taste is malty, sweet, dark fruits, belgian fruity esters, light bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:55
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft on 12/12/12. Brown color. Aroma of cloves, chocolate, coffee. Lots of cloves in the taste as well. Not bad
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Aug 2014
at 08:14
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to Rick. Pours a cloudy brown with no head. The aroma is strong figs, cedar, dark fruits. Thin mouthfeel with strong booze, caramel, dark fruits, cedar, good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2014
at 14:03
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Dark Brown body with light brown head - sweet malt aroma with caramel - Sweet malt body with some caramel in it , hardly any bitterness - Sweet malt finish that lasts for some time - This was quite good considering the age
Tried
on 20 Nov 2013
at 12:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle sampled at RBSG. From notes. Dark fermented fruits and loads of caramel. Like most of the VEs, this brew has probably lost some potentcy over the years, but its still great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2013
at 23:02
10/10
Tried
on 21 May 2013
at 21:57