09th Anniversary Ale
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale - American Special Out of Production|
Score
7.00
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As has been a tradition, we have “Anniversary-ized” a recipe from our history by cranking it up, making it stronger and more assertive. With this year’s anniversary we decided to look back at a wheat beer that we released a couple of spring/summers a few years ago: Stone Heat Seeking Wheat. While it was a plenty tasty beer, we ultimately decided that it wasn’t that reflective of what Stone was all about, and we unceremoniously dropped it from our lineup. For the Stone 9th Anniversary Ale, we carried some of the characteristics from the Stone Heat Seeking Wheat–clear, not hazy; hoppy, not yeasty; combining a delicious hop bitterness and wheat tartness–and made some…well…adjustments.
Lively carbonation and medium body make this beer feel refreshing. Hops lightly attack the tongue, yet the finish is very soft and clean. Dangerously delicious.
Lively carbonation and medium body make this beer feel refreshing. Hops lightly attack the tongue, yet the finish is very soft and clean. Dangerously delicious.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
22 ounce bomber Nose of hops, citrus, and a little yeast; slighly hazy orange-amber color with a thick, heavy lacing, long-lasting yellowish head; flavor is nice spicy hop bitterness which evoloves into a long lasting hoppy bitter finish.
Tried
on 25 Jul 2006
at 14:32
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle (Courtesy of Hogtownharry): Poured a clear golden color ale with a huge pure white creamy and foamy head with good lacing and retention. Aroma of citrus hops is quite dominant but also enjoyable. Taste is quite different from other beers I’ve tasted before and can be describe like a wheat Indian ale. Dominant citrusy hops over a light wheat base beer. Very interesting concept that could have been even more interesting if the beer had been less dominant on hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2006
at 09:26
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Golden color. Medium hoppy aroma. Medium malty body with a sharp bitterness. Quite usual now, no thrill…
Tried
on 12 Apr 2006
at 14:19
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A hazy orange beer with a huge ligth orange head. The aroma is sweet hoppy, while the flavor is sweet hoppy, with light notes of caramel and alcohol, the alfa acids from the hops, even burn in the throat - nice if You like hops.
Tried
on 05 Mar 2006
at 11:58
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
I thought I was drinking a simple, but good, pale ale. There is not much to this light orange beer besides the hops in the aroma and the bitter hops in the flavor. The 8th was better.
Tried
on 03 Feb 2006
at 16:16
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Hazy orange colour with an off-white head. Fruity and hoppy aroma. Malty flavor with a nice hoppiness. Dry and hoppy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2006
at 12:04
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(Bottle 65 cl) Slightly hazy, pale amber with a rich, yellowish head. Floral, fresh and hoppy nose. Fairly full-bodied but completely dominated by excellent aroma hops. Markedly bitter finish. 270106
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2006
at 08:18
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22oz bottle - This is an interesting beer. It definitely has the strong hops character that is a Stone signature. They’re very present right from the aroma onward. There’s a light citrus aroma and flavor too with some malty sweetness as it hits the tongue, followed by a hoppy finish. It’s fairly easy to drink and I didn’t really notice the almost 8% alcohol content.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2006
at 11:37
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Deep gold,large lasting white head. Piney hop/light wheat nose. Wheat malt flavor with hops in abundance
Tried
on 01 Jan 2006
at 17:55
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pretty hoppy aroma, peppery and resiny aroma. Over-hopped flavor, as the malts are weak due to the lightness of the wheat. This beer basically features a big hop juice character and a rather strong bitter finish. Definitely hop-centric and unbalanced.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2005
at 14:39