05th Anniversary IPA (20th Anniversary Encore Series)
(Batch of 05th Anniversary IPA)
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Special Out of Production|
Score
7.30
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Stone 5th Anniversary IPA was re-released as part of the 20th Anniversary Encore Series
The groundbreaking IPA lots of people said they had, but few actually did
No single day can contain something as momentous as our 20th anniversary here at Stone Brewing. So we’re celebrating this milestone over the course of an entire year by releasing some fan-favorite beers from our 20-year history, using their original recipes and bottle art, and looking back on some highlights from the past on our way into a future filled with continued creativity, passion and a helluva lot of fun. Join us!
Five years of progressively more aggressive hop-fueled exploration produced this precursor to Stone Ruination IPA. It originally hit palates in 2001 but still packs a wallop — loads of piney, resiny, citrusy aromatics and flavors.
Four Amazing Stone Anniversary IPAs in one pack
Experience our 20-year journey through a hoppy foursome of colossally flavorful, commemorative IPAs— three of which are only available in the Stone Anniversary IPA Collection. For anyone who has ever enjoyed a Stone, we could not have reached this milestone without you. To express our thanks, we rebrewed some of our favorite anniversary IPAs so you can travel back in time and relive three of our biggest anniversaries along with our brand-new Stone 20th Anniversary Citracado IPA. We’re glad to have you join us in celebrating twenty years of true craft, and a continued future filled with creativity, passion and groundbreaking beers!
The groundbreaking IPA lots of people said they had, but few actually did
No single day can contain something as momentous as our 20th anniversary here at Stone Brewing. So we’re celebrating this milestone over the course of an entire year by releasing some fan-favorite beers from our 20-year history, using their original recipes and bottle art, and looking back on some highlights from the past on our way into a future filled with continued creativity, passion and a helluva lot of fun. Join us!
Five years of progressively more aggressive hop-fueled exploration produced this precursor to Stone Ruination IPA. It originally hit palates in 2001 but still packs a wallop — loads of piney, resiny, citrusy aromatics and flavors.
Four Amazing Stone Anniversary IPAs in one pack
Experience our 20-year journey through a hoppy foursome of colossally flavorful, commemorative IPAs— three of which are only available in the Stone Anniversary IPA Collection. For anyone who has ever enjoyed a Stone, we could not have reached this milestone without you. To express our thanks, we rebrewed some of our favorite anniversary IPAs so you can travel back in time and relive three of our biggest anniversaries along with our brand-new Stone 20th Anniversary Citracado IPA. We’re glad to have you join us in celebrating twenty years of true craft, and a continued future filled with creativity, passion and groundbreaking beers!
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3.8/10
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Appearance 3
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 17
Not a home run for a Stone double. A well laced white had on a clear light amber body. Nose features malt, dank and fruity hops. Hops are a nice mix of grapefruit, floral and semi-astringent earthy tones, but not as juicy and fresh as some Stone products. The malt is chewy, caramel and biscuit. A touch of pepper in there somewhere. A nice mid-density body and mid to low carbonation. Meh.
Tried
on 23 Sep 2025
at 20:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22 oz bottle shared for Allagash’s Drink It Now Day. Thanks radagast83! Clear golden orange with off-white head. Aromas of citrus, floral notes, stone fruit. Tastes of citrus, floral notes, pine. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2017
at 21:36
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
(Tap) hazy, bright golden amber colour with a tall white head; aroma of tropical fruit, resin; intense, balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Nov 2016
at 19:05
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bomber via trade in Brussels, thanks Beercation. Orange, col blanc épais et crémeux. Arôme offre un bouquet plaisant et chargé en houblons type C. Agrumes et résineux à souhait plus petite douceur malt arrivant en rétro-nasal. Palais est malté, cara pale, houblonné avec un alcool réchauffant. Houblonné bien en évidence mais gardant une signature Stone axé un peu plus sur le malt et flagship des IPÄ il ya 15 ans. Note pêche et abricot et effervescence parfait moyenne-faible mettant en evidence les houblons.
Tried
on 21 Nov 2016
at 05:45
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thank you Sebletitje. Bomber sampled @ Sebletitje’s Farewell Tasting. Clear orange with a creamy off-white head. Nose is very mellow onion hop, pine, some biscuit malt, vague sugar even, pine oil, orange peel. Taste is easy orange peel, mandarin, very mild hay, low pine resin, easy dried mandarin peel, biscuit malt. Bit malty body-wise some mandarin peel. Very mellow by current standard, interesting to try this blast from the past. This must have been a harsh IPA back in the day, these days this barely even qualifies as an APA. Good but too mild for me, could have used more hop. Interesting look at how things used to be.
Tried
on 19 Nov 2016
at 04:26
7.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Stone 20th Anniversary Encore Series: 5th Anniversary IPA (by Stone Brewing):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
18/XI/16 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle @ Seb's Farewell Tasting (Eugene's place) - bottled: VIII/25/16 (2016-1318) Thanks to Sebletitje for sharing the bottle!
Clear orange beer, small aery head, almost non existing. Aroma: very resinous, hoppy, bit sweet, some caramel, malty touch, dank and sweet. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet start, pretty dank, resinous, lots of sweet caramel, malty, slightly fruity. Aftertaste: sweet touch, lovely bitterness. Nice one.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
18/XI/16 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle @ Seb's Farewell Tasting (Eugene's place) - bottled: VIII/25/16 (2016-1318) Thanks to Sebletitje for sharing the bottle!
Clear orange beer, small aery head, almost non existing. Aroma: very resinous, hoppy, bit sweet, some caramel, malty touch, dank and sweet. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet start, pretty dank, resinous, lots of sweet caramel, malty, slightly fruity. Aftertaste: sweet touch, lovely bitterness. Nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2016
at 16:12
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle shared Sebletitje @ Sebletitje’s Farewell tasting. Clear light orange color, medium sized off-white head. Aroma and flavor are malts, very hoppy, sticky hops, lightly fruity, resinous and piney bitter, firm heavy bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2016
at 13:14
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Orange with a white head. Aggressive hop profile overwhelmed the tastebuds leaving only the bitter remnants of a powerful IPA. Some sweetness in the finish. Could use a bit more finesse but it fit its era quite well.
Tried
on 10 Nov 2016
at 23:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft at Stone Brewing Richmond. Poured an clear amber-orange color with a small white head. Aroma was notes of pine, citrus. Light malts. Flavor was smooth, with some grassy notes. Alcohol is pretty well masked. Citrus and some grassy bitterness dominate this one. A maltier and hoppier version of their IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Nov 2016
at 09:18
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at the Red Cow North Loop. Pours a clear light orange with a tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has lots of bread, grain and grass with a bit of earthy bitter citrus backing. Flavor has bitter citrus and grass up front with a grain backbone.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Oct 2016
at 11:35