Stone RuinTen IPA - Stone Brewing Co.

GameFreac

Georgia

4.43/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

22 oz bottle.

Appearance: Pours a dark reddish golden orange color with a finger of a bubbly white head.

Smell: Smells of dank hops, fresh oranges, pine, a hint of tropical fruits and grapefruit. A tad of a malt backbone but mostly hops and the IPA smell you should expect.

Taste - Taste is WOW. HOPS. Jesus Christ. This thing surprised me and made me step back for a second. Hop bomb central. If you like hops, this is the beer for you. Wow.

Mouthfeel: Mouthfeel is good for the style. I don't taste the alcohol at all. Great for a 10.8% beer.

Overall: Overall, super hoppy beer. One of the hoppiest beers I've ever had. Great stuff.

Serving type: bottle

07-17-2012 05:43:53 | More by GameFreac

Jazz_brew

California

4.75/5  rDev +8.2%

06-20-2013 00:11:13 | More by Jazz_brew

JohnBender

Texas

4.5/5  rDev +2.5%

06-20-2013 00:02:33 | More by JohnBender

banger7

New York

4.5/5  rDev +2.5%

06-19-2013 22:51:52 | More by banger7

timc100

Illinois

4.86/5  rDev +10.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75

A: Really nice looking filtered IPA. Bright orange/amber with an off white head with pale yellow hues. Decent amount of head considering the abv

S: Just huge and super dank. A powerful smelling beer. A lot of the west coast notes come through - big fresh sticky resinous pine and incredibly bitter grapefruit rind. There is some really dank astringency - musty overripe pineapple and mango. Some sweet pink grapefruit comes through with some orange juice. There is a sweet caramel malt backbone that helps balance it out.

T: One of the most substantial and vibrant tasting beers I've ever had. Exploding with hop bitterness - leaves a resin hop oil film in the mouth. Incredibly bitter grapefruit, resin and pine hit first. The middle of the mouth it has a citrus and tropical fruit explosion with pink grapefruit, mango, orange, and some pineapple. Really, really incredible.

P: Huge mouthfeel for the style but works perfectly. Pretty soft carbonation and silky smooth.

O: This is an amazing beer. So incredibly flavorful and over-the-top hop intensity - it's the culmination of American hop-assult beers.

Serving type: bottle

06-19-2013 21:25:00 | More by timc100

MattSweatshirt

Texas

4.05/5  rDev -7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Poured aggressively into a snifter giving way to a clear dark orange/amber body. A thick and creamy looking off-white head falls quickly leaving lacing and retains fairly well until the end.

The smell is full of hoppy goodness. Dank and resinous pine melds well with the peach, cantaloupe, and citrus fruit. Some alcohol vapor.

The flavor hits big with pine and grapefruit flavored hops. The alcohol is detectable but not distracting. There is some balancing sweetness from the malt that comes across a little crackery and bready. But this is really all about the hops.

Fairly big bodied for an IPA. It is smooth and creamy with an all encompassing pleasant bitterness. Dries out the palette and keeps you wanting more.

This feels comparable to the Enjoy By batch I had. A wonderfully big IPA. One bottle is not enough.

Serving type: bottle

06-19-2013 21:22:03 | More by MattSweatshirt

msinger1002

Ohio

4.75/5  rDev +8.2%

06-19-2013 21:21:25 | More by msinger1002

Dagsy

California

3.75/5  rDev -14.6%

06-19-2013 19:55:15 | More by Dagsy

soldat329x

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev -3.2%

06-19-2013 17:32:36 | More by soldat329x

t_carterb

Georgia

4.5/5  rDev +2.5%

06-19-2013 15:50:08 | More by t_carterb

StlHopHead77

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +2.5%

06-19-2013 14:41:07 | More by StlHopHead77

Soloveitchik

New York

4.5/5  rDev +2.5%

06-19-2013 12:58:04 | More by Soloveitchik

Mattco

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +2.5%

06-19-2013 12:49:25 | More by Mattco

Maillard

California

4.75/5  rDev +8.2%

06-19-2013 06:56:32 | More by Maillard

heavenlyStash

California

4.75/5  rDev +8.2%

06-19-2013 05:57:11 | More by heavenlyStash

inspektor

North Carolina

4.25/5  rDev -3.2%

06-19-2013 05:56:57 | More by inspektor

kmoen

California

4.75/5  rDev +8.2%

06-19-2013 05:03:14 | More by kmoen

BAsbill

California

4.5/5  rDev +2.5%

06-19-2013 04:59:33 | More by BAsbill

ILoveIPA

California

4.84/5  rDev +10.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75

Well Stone, you have done it again. I thought you peaked with Enjoy By but I guess I was wrong. This beer is absolutely amazing. It's a Kung Fu kick to the palate. So much hop goodness and all balanced out by enough sweet malt to keep you coming back for more. If you are a fan of aggressively hoped DIPA's or just want to drink one of the best beers in the world, do yourself a favor and seek this out. You will not regret it. The best part is you will be drunk off of one bottle!

Serving type: bottle

06-19-2013 04:03:33 | More by ILoveIPA

beersvh23

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev -3.2%

06-19-2013 03:14:28 | More by beersvh23

MarkJBurch

New York

4.25/5  rDev -3.2%

06-19-2013 03:11:30 | More by MarkJBurch

Eriktheipaman

California

4.25/5  rDev -3.2%

06-19-2013 03:09:11 | More by Eriktheipaman

beesy

Ohio

4/5  rDev -8.9%

06-19-2013 02:21:08 | More by beesy

johnsonni

North Carolina

4.5/5  rDev +2.5%

06-19-2013 00:43:03 | More by johnsonni

tastyville

California

4.5/5  rDev +2.5%

06-19-2013 00:12:17 | More by tastyville