Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Best known today for flavoured Mexican lager and abasement towards macro suitors, here Stone asks us to recall when they were tiresomely self-aggrandizing but on occasion made _very_ good beer. Can. Amber with a cream head. Rich toasty aroma with building pine, butterscotch and kumquat.Sweet, slightly toasty, some overt alcohol. Oily. Sweetness gradually reined with kumquat, pine, strong bitterness, hints of spices. Probably just shades the 25th Anniversary IIIPA.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Canned April 15th enjoy by August 13th 2022.

Pours a clear gold, not much to talk aboot in the foam department.

Smells extremely hoppy but with a big malty bite. Citrus, some pine, leans into some tropical fruit but not hugely.

Huge Citrus bitterness and the malty sweetness is almost as huge, call it in balance, I reckon. Alcohol is there in spades but it is not hard to deal with.
A little bit spicy, earthy, vegetal, short sips are best for me.

Sticky, somewhat juicy mouthfeel.

Kind of wearing on the palate but I enjoy it.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Another brew from the singles selection at Mr. T’s here in town. Stone tends to do DIPAs right especially when they are triples. The pour arrives an orange-amber with a nice head of light tan foam that slowly disperses. The nose shows promise for the upcoming taste, fruit, grain, malt and a bit of pine. A drink now, well, this is strong. A good jolt of hops, sweet malt, bread, some caramel and cedar. The sensation is substantial. There just is something about the old style I appreciate.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Fuck yeah, Stone. True hop vitriol. A giant, pungent, oily slap to the face. Grapefruit, orange marmalade, and dank, caramel and toasted bread, piney, piney bitterness. Can't get Ruination 'round these parts anymore, so I'm stocking up on Ruined Again.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Almost clear amber color and a nice white head. Lots of hops, bitter and overripe to decaying fruits

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle thanks to bursprak. Pours clear amber with a medium white head. Aromas of malt, resin, caramel, sweet orange, earthy hops. Taste of malt, caramel, earthy hops, citrus, orange, light floral notes, honey, resin.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Draft at Atomic Cowboy 7-29-16; previously at 4.5

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