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8th Anniversary Ale
Stone Brewing
- From:
- Stone Brewing
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Brown Ale
- ABV:
- 7.8%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 4 | pDev: 10.5%
- Reviews:
- 231
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 21, 2015
- Added:
- Aug 10, 2004
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 3
No description / notes.
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Ratings by HopHead84:
Reviewed by HopHead84 from California
4.15/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.15/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
02/08/2011
On tap at Stone Winter Storm 2011.
A: Dark reddish brown with a fizzy beige head and okay retention and lacing.
S: Toasted bread with nuts and a little chocolate. ABV is strong for the style, but it's hardly detectable here. I get a little plum and date. Oxidation is sherry-like. There's an interesting smoky quality perceivable when the beer warms up toward room temperature.
T: Toasted bread and nutty with an earthy character. I get a dash of chocolate and a hint of date. Alcohol is subtle. Finish is smooth with a lingering breadiness. There's a dark fruit undercurrent reminiscent of plum. Oxidation is complementary. The finish is dry. There's a little heat in the end and a low bitterness throughout, though no detectable hop flavor.
M: Upper medium body with moderate carbonation. Mouthfeel is creamy, dry, and sticky, with notable warming.
Overall: I really enjoyed this. It's held up very well, though Stone probably cold stores. Pairs well with new age music, or so Stone would have me believe.
Feb 09, 2011On tap at Stone Winter Storm 2011.
A: Dark reddish brown with a fizzy beige head and okay retention and lacing.
S: Toasted bread with nuts and a little chocolate. ABV is strong for the style, but it's hardly detectable here. I get a little plum and date. Oxidation is sherry-like. There's an interesting smoky quality perceivable when the beer warms up toward room temperature.
T: Toasted bread and nutty with an earthy character. I get a dash of chocolate and a hint of date. Alcohol is subtle. Finish is smooth with a lingering breadiness. There's a dark fruit undercurrent reminiscent of plum. Oxidation is complementary. The finish is dry. There's a little heat in the end and a low bitterness throughout, though no detectable hop flavor.
M: Upper medium body with moderate carbonation. Mouthfeel is creamy, dry, and sticky, with notable warming.
Overall: I really enjoyed this. It's held up very well, though Stone probably cold stores. Pairs well with new age music, or so Stone would have me believe.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by beerviews2013 from California
4.76/5 rDev +19%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.76/5 rDev +19%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Picked this up at stone brewing liberty station
Pour: a nice murky brown ale with a white thick head
Smell: opened the bottle and right away get a great sweet smell of malts
Taste: a great sweet malt flavor just to die for. Sweetness all around with the barley and the breaded malts.
Overall: being unfiltered this is greatness. The sweetness is just perfect no hoppy crazyness in this brew. I really got to sit and really truley enhoy this one.
May 08, 2014Pour: a nice murky brown ale with a white thick head
Smell: opened the bottle and right away get a great sweet smell of malts
Taste: a great sweet malt flavor just to die for. Sweetness all around with the barley and the breaded malts.
Overall: being unfiltered this is greatness. The sweetness is just perfect no hoppy crazyness in this brew. I really got to sit and really truley enhoy this one.
Reviewed by UCLABrewN84 from California
3.57/5 rDev -10.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.57/5 rDev -10.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
On tap at Lucky Baldwins in Pasadena, CA.
Pours a murky dark brown with a foamy khaki head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Tiny dots of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, caramel, citrus zest, and some herbal hop aromas. Taste is much the same with a mild roasty and citrus zest bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a low level of carbonation with an almost flat mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer that smells better than it tastes in my opinion.
Sep 22, 2012Pours a murky dark brown with a foamy khaki head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Tiny dots of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, caramel, citrus zest, and some herbal hop aromas. Taste is much the same with a mild roasty and citrus zest bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a low level of carbonation with an almost flat mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer that smells better than it tastes in my opinion.
8th Anniversary Ale from Stone Brewing
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
264 ratings
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