Stone 9th Anniversary Ale - Stone Brewing Co.

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239 Ratings

rAvg: 3.85
pDev: 12.47%
Reviews: 218
Hads: 21

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Brewed by:
Stone Brewing Co.

California, United States

Style | ABV
American Strong Ale | 7.80% ABV

Availability: Limited (brewed once). bottle (204), on-tap (13), growler (1).

Notes:
This beer is retired; no longer brewed.

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Reviews by MrTopher:

MrTopher

California

3.78/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Found a few of these at a bottle shop in Thousand Oaks (CA), they looked to have a lot of sediment, but I went for them anyway.
Served in a Duvel tulip from the 22oz bottle.

A – A golden orange color, getting close to cooper but not that dark. The beer was very cloudy also, but I wasn’t scared, I was more intrigued. Had a decent off white head that held its retention very well, but wasn’t lacing like other Stone beers.

S – Pine, citrus and a little grass hop smell, shocking because this beer is 6 years old and I was expecting all of the hop smells to have dissipated. There was a mild malt sent also, but also a booze smell, light a higher alcohol content beer.

T – This had a strong alcohol flavor, but doesn’t downplay the rest of what’s going on, a lot of bitterness, some citrus hops, and some floral hops. There was a very mild malt flavor, but it was overshadowed by the hops and the booziness.

M – Good carbonation, which I wasn’t surprised about. Very medium in the body.

O – I never had this fresh, heck I wasn’t even into craft beer 6 years ago. So I have nothing to compare this to. I was impressed at how much of the hop flavor is still present in this beer and it hasn’t gone the path of a barleywine. All in all I am impressed, and for calling this a Wheat IPA (read from the Stone book that’s just been released) I see nothing wheaty about this.

Serving type: bottle

10-03-2011 18:08:58 | More by MrTopher

More User Reviews:

cadaugherty

Illinois

4/5 rDev +3.9%

05-07-2013 23:19:24 | More by cadaugherty

spycow

Illinois

4/5 rDev +3.9%

05-02-2013 04:52:02 | More by spycow

Kelp

New Hampshire

3.5/5 rDev -9.1%

04-27-2013 09:22:27 | More by Kelp

bigred89

Maryland

3.5/5 rDev -9.1%

02-25-2013 02:06:42 | More by bigred89

stereosforgeeks

Virginia

3.75/5 rDev -2.6%

12-17-2012 15:33:58 | More by stereosforgeeks

UCLABrewN84

California

4.08/5 rDev +6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On tap at Lucky Baldwins in Pasadena, CA.

Pours a hazy light orange with a foamy orange-tan head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Small streaks of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, citrus fruit, citrus zest, and some slight perfume-like aromas. Taste is much the same with a brown sugar flavor as well. There is a mild hop bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a good level of carbonation with a crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a good beer that is tasty and easy to drink.

Serving type: on-tap

09-22-2012 03:34:08 | More by UCLABrewN84

jenray

Texas

3/5 rDev -22.1%

09-19-2012 01:40:15 | More by jenray

ghostwalker

Massachusetts

3.2/5 rDev -16.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Had this one a long, long time. Figure I may as well drink it on a hot summer day.

Golden body. Finger of creamy white head.

Nose is a bit stale. Over-sweet malt and hops that once were...

Flavor is still pretty good. Strong but smooth. Marshmallow malt, light citrus, a little spiciness. Interesting blend of flavors.

Mouthfeel is solid, slick, low to moderate carb.

Overall, this is still a solid strong ale. I know that Stone was going for something lighter than their usual anniversary IPA with this one. They succeeded, but I wish I knew what it tasted like when fresh.

Serving type: bottle

08-03-2012 22:41:12 | More by ghostwalker

ArchitectBrewCo

California

4/5 rDev +3.9%

06-05-2012 06:31:10 | More by ArchitectBrewCo

Tyrawlings

Ohio

3.5/5 rDev -9.1%

02-16-2012 20:11:00 | More by Tyrawlings

FosterJM

California

3.98/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

1096th Review on BA
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WinterStorm 2012

App- A caramel brown with ambers and orange intermixed. A small 1/8" head of small tan head and zero cling.

Smell- Smelled just like a BW. Big malts with a lot of citrus and very smooth aromatics.

Taste- A bit of a good mix. Malty, spicy, and very DIPA like fruits. A bit peppery.

Mouth- A good medium bodty with a medium carbonation level. A good malty and citrus residual flavor.

Drink- I enjoyed this. Strong ales are pretty hard to mess up. This one was just a touch old for me.

Serving type: on-tap

02-06-2012 23:02:30 | More by FosterJM