bb (18428) reviewed 08th Anniversary Ale from Stone Brewing 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Reddish brown beer with a big beige head. Rpasted malt aroma with a little nuttiness thrown in. Some citrus hops, but low on the threshold. Rich caramel, roasty malt flavors to go with a slight alcohol presence and some fruitiness. Dry finish. Basically a malty beer that gets a little tiring. I love Stone, but this doesn’t do it for me.
crit200 (5324) reviewed Smoked Porter from Stone Brewing 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Nearly black, with light brown lasting head. Nose is coffee, lightly roasted and light malt. Good roasted profile , with just a hint of smoke
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Sawyer's Triple from Stone Brewing 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
An amber beer with a small white disappearing head. The aroma contains notes of alcohol, peach, and fruit. While the falvor is sweet and dominated by alcohol and yeast.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
A hazy orange beer with a nice though disappearing white head. The aroma is sweet and very flowery. The flavor is soft and very flowery and with loads of yeast notes. A nice beer, but I’d expected more with three master brewmasters behind it.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Vertical Epic Ale 03.03.03 from Stone Brewing 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
bottle consumed 9/11/04. Well after finding a good deal more of these around town, I figured I may as well try one right now. Pours a rich chestnut brown, hints of amber and light pink highlights. Off-white head, mostly disipating. Aroma is wonderfully spicy, with notes of alcohol, yeast, and plenty of coriander. It almost smells like chicory, though that must be the roasted dark wheat. Adds a rich, licorice-like smell to it. Hints of over-ripe blackberries on the end. Anyways, the aroma is quite intense. Flavor is big too. This one, though it may be pretty thin in 8 years, should be at least interesting.. Tons of pepper, it clings to the palate and with the large amount of alcohol, this packs quite a wallop. Flavors are very wheaty; not altogether unlike a strong dunkelweizen. Plenty of earthiness, moderate belgian yeast apparency. At room temperature, it’s got too much alcohol, and actually not enough malt balance. Interesting though, I am not tasting much hops. I can feel the bitterness, but not the citrus flavor. It seems that it’s just too peppery/alcoholic right now, but the relative lack of malt concerns me. It starts out wonderfully rich and full, but as it sits, breathes and warms, it looses its body, gets dominated by alcohol and black pepper.
Silphium (4308) reviewed 08th Anniversary Ale from Stone Brewing 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Deep red-brown body, medium-thick light tan head. Nice earthy aroma with caramel and toast balancing classic grapefruit/pine hops. Pretty full-flavored body with chocolate, toast, caramel, plum, and a touch of grapiness mingling with piney hops and hints of citrus rind, finishing bitter and slightly astringent. After a few sips the finish really became rough; this beer is rather harsh around the edges with too much alcohol and bitterness in the finish. Otherwise it’s a nice brown ale.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed 08th Anniversary Ale from Stone Brewing 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours a dark amber-brown color with a medium light tan head. Thin and sticky lacing. The aroma is very roasted, sweet and malty. Rich-bodied and very toasty and dry, with a pleasantly sweet malt and nut flavor. Just a bit of hops make it well-balanced and nice to drink. The finish is toasted malt and caramel with a hint of bitterness. Overall this is an amped up Brown Ale that I could enjoy regularly.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Vertical Epic Ale 04.04.04 from Stone Brewing 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
This beer is a rich yellowish-gold color with a medium thick white head and fair lacing. The aroma is very kinetic - spice, yeast, banana and hops abound. Medium-bodied, with a flavor reminiscent of both a Belgian and a strong Hefe. Citrus, spice, hops and bananas all vie for attention. There is almost too much going on in the flavor. Spicy alcohol and sweet fruit and yeast in the finish. I liked this one substancially more than the 03.03.03, but I think it would improve a bit with more age.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle Pours dark brown.black with a frothy tan head. Aroma is terrific nice rich smokey coffee and dark pitted fruit. Very strong smoked flavor with extra hops as Stone’s description states. The higher ABV is noticeable as well as the coffee flavors and charcoal. Quite bitter actually. Feel is very rich and smooth, thanks to the extra malt. Finish is a bitter charcoal taste that lingers a long time.
BoiseBrewBlog (9108) reviewed Ruination IPA from Stone Brewing 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
22oz Bottle Pours a pale light orange, amber with a medium sized head that is very dense and creamy but eventually setled out leaving very thin but even lacing. Aroma is certianly hoppy but also strong grapefruit and other cirtus rinds. Tastes imediately very bitter and robust but full and heavy. My mouth feels like a big Hop bud. I think if I ate a Hersey bar right now, it would taste like Cascade Hops. The feel of this IPA is very nice. Smooth, heavy, just nice. No surprises on the trailer. An IPA with characteristics that put me off, and turn me on. Glad to have tried it. Stone is certianly not shy with their offerings.