Stone 13th Anniversary Ale

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

As soon as I popped the cap I could smell hops. Always a good sign! Very frothy, slightly tan head. Cherry red body. Little haze. Unmistakable aroma of West Coast hops. Bottle is over six months old but the hops smell as fresh as if I’d bought the bottle two hours ago. Nicely hoppy pale ale. There’s a bit of a toffee-like flavor to it. Lots of hops linger in the aftertaste on the palate. Nice beer, but not something I’d necessarily want to consume more than once at a seating.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

medium statured tan head with good retention and solid lacing. Clear, copper, brown colored brew. Nose is big with citrusy hop notes along with caramelly notes as well. Full bodied, big and chewy. Solid carbonation and a real creamyness. Big malt and hop flavors crunched together well and probably more than most men can handle. Brash and in yer face, over the top goodness. Bitter and juicey finish. Nice one Stone, Happy Anniversary!

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Bottle: Poured a dark brown to almost light black. The head was thick and tan. Aroma was a blast of hops, but you could tell it was affected with a sweet malt balance. The taste was serious maltiness at first, but the hops blasted thru to take on the malt leaving your mouth warm. It felt like this beer was filled with a greater amount of alcohol then the 9.5% on the label.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Rated in Aug. 2009. Ratebeer rating #2500. Courtesy of sebletitje. Pours deep clear amber with nice tan head. The aroma is full of hops with sweet citrus moving into pine and grassiness and with some sweet maltiness in the background. The taste is much the same with a full base of malty goodness that gets crushed by a boat load of hops. I get pine and grassiness with some citrus in the back mixing with a modest level of malts and a thin layer of caramel. It doesn’t smell or taste like the hoppiest Stone brew. Maybe they meant happiest. IMO there are a couple I thought were hoppier. Maybe it’s my changing palate.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

Bottle from SL. Poured an orange brown with an off white head. Pine citrus hops with some floral notes. Caramel, raisins, molasses type aspects in the toffee malt base. Darned bitter and resembled the Arrogant B, but not nearly as good. Acidity and astringency the drawbacks on this one. Was disappointed after all the hype. Maybe I need to hit this again, since I was predisposed to expect liquid gold or something like that?

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Well...pours dark red with a decent head and lacing. Aroma is sweet smoke. Hoppy to say the least. Mouthfeel is hops. Flavor is hops with a bit piney citrus splash on the tongue. All around decent.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Pours a deep reddish-amber effervescent body with a thick billowy tan head. Clean, rich full bitter hop aroma; pine & grapefruit. Full, smooth mouthfeel. Bitter tase blends rich caramel with pithy grapefruit flavors and a touch of smoke and alcohol. Big, bold, hoppy, rich, bitter, smooth, tremendous, dynamite. My oh my, many thanks to bluesandbarbq. MUSIC: 'Tremendous Dynamite' by Eels. "Got her head screwed on real tight / Being a bomb is her birthright / She's tremendous / She's dynamite"

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Sept 2009 - Dark brown color, smallish head and some lacing. An overpowering aroma and flavor of caramel malts with strong pine hops. This reminded me of Old Guardian in many ways. Strong alcohol burn, but not detracting. Nice.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Bottled (thanks omhper!). Ruby colour, small head. Aroma is hops, sticky alcohol, more hops and alcohol. Flavour is rather much the same. Very Stone-like hoppy super IPA, but sadly I don't like this type of hoppyness in a beer...

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

I don't mean to cause you harm, and i won't ... pours a dark tan ruby . . decent low head . average lacing . . pretty nice bracing bitterness. . abv is well done . . it's enrico palazzo! . . rusty pine hops, fyoo! that's an adult beverage for ya!! its a cheers!