Ruination IPA
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.82
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So called because of its truly "ruinous" effect on your palate, this massive hop monster will change forever your preconceptions of what defines good beer. This is Stone IPA's big brother, and we mean BIG. We essentially began with our already-awesome Stone IPA, threw in an extra-large helping of malt, and added a lot more hops. And then some more. And then even more, resulting in a vibrant blast of citrusy bitterness that hits you on the first sip. Just one taste and you'll know why we call this indelicate jewel "A liquid poem to the glory of the hop!"
One of the first regularly brewed and bottled imperial IPAs.
One of the first regularly brewed and bottled imperial IPAs.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Golden color. Aroma of hop and pine mostly. Taste is very bitter, with lots of pite, and some dry grassy hop. Dry mouthfeel. Good strong dipa.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2015
at 18:17
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sad to see this one retired after years of enjoying it. Massive hops and slight alcohol warmth. Clear golden with full white head. Moderate bitterness is nicely restrained. There may be some Stone beers I enjoy a little more, but this is always tasty.
Tried
on 01 May 2015
at 00:21
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Taniguchi. I am sure I had this but lost my review when the app crashed taking 1000 reviews with it >_< Anyways, enjoy this while you can folks as it is being retired. It pours a copper gold with a creamy off-white head and a big hop bouquet which gives lemony citrus and floral notes with a touch of candy-ish sweet malts in the background. Geez 8.2% this is a big beer with a full mouthfeel and a sandpapery raspy carbonation tht scrapes your tongue clean with a lemon & pine hoppiness before hugging you with some sweet malty caramel. Yum. There’s a reason it is a classic and part of that is it is perfectly balanced and damn smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2015
at 08:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Tap @Brewdog Sheperds Bush. Cloudy amber, frothy offwhite head. Fruity, resin aroma. Caramel malty flavour with piney bitterness and orange. Slightly creamy mouthfeel, long dry finish. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Apr 2015
at 11:23
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
Keg at BrewDog Camden. Dark gold, almost copper. Small white head. Intense pine aroma. A bit of caramel. Bitter hoppy taste, rolling around the tongue to a slightly more bitter finish. Long, harsh bitter aftertaste. Big syrupy mouthfeel. Mmmm. A gorgeous and intense IPA.
Tried
on 06 Apr 2015
at 11:10
8/10
Tried
on 21 Mar 2015
at 18:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap@Craft Beer Co, Covent Garden, London - fuzzy amber/orange pour with good white head. Sweet malty and fruity aroma and taste, grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, caramel malts, toffee, some herbal hop spice, bitter finish. Lovely.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Mar 2015
at 18:15
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at watering hole. Golden Amber with a modest head. Big pine needle and resin aromas with grapefruit as well. Tastes sweet and bitter. Big caramel malts balance out the bitterness of the hops. Creamy and sticky mouthfeel. Nice carbonation. Long bitter finish that lingers and tingles.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Mar 2015
at 00:43
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours golden, nose is peach, citrus, pine, taste is similar fruit, very bitter, juicy, dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2015
at 01:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Klare dunkel goldgelbe Farbe, fingerbreite weiße Schaumkrone. Geruch sehr malzig, reife Früchte, hopfig, leicht harzig. Geschmack kräftig malzig, harzig, Pfirsisch, sehr hopfig, bitter, gut!
Tried
on 26 Feb 2015
at 14:56