Stone IRS

I had a 2002 at Stone Winter Storm that was delicious. Other than that the oldest I've had was 2008 which was also great

 

2009 vintage is going down pretty damn good right now.

 

Really, When did you have it? I had it on the Last day(Sat) and it tasted infected. The sourness increased as it warmed up.

Anyway, I've had bottles back to 05 with 07 being my favorite. I will be doing a 10 year vertical in June for my birthday so i will know exactly how they all are aging. Also, i was at the 10 year anniversary last year and tried from 02-10 on tap and my favorite was 02 then 04. I would say that the 2011 vintage was very good fresh. I think it will age very nicely.

 

I had the 02 on the first day, and it tasted fine

 

2005 growler fill directly from Stone's cellar. It was one of the best beers I have ever had.

 

A 2008 that I had recently was damn fine!

 

Oldest I've had was an 08 I thought it was pretty awesome.

 

I agree! Had a 2009 last weekend at it was exceptionally good!

 

I can't remember the oldest I've had, but I think 3 years is the sweet spot.

 

I had a 2008 at Brick Store Pub a few days ago which was fantastic. It was the first Stone RIS I've had, though, so I can't compare it to other years.

The title of this thread made me lol, especially since I'm reading this thread while in Federal Income Tax class....

 

in the bottle I find the sweet spot to be close to 4 years. 3-5 is phenomenal. Enjoyed a '02 a couple weeks ago but kinda wished I'd found an occasion to open it a couple years ago.

cheers--
--Michael

 

in December i had a 2008 that was GREAT!!!

 

'07 on-tap. Way too good.

 

i recently had an '08 and it was great. for my personal tastes it was not any better than say an '10; just different. with age the sharp roast/chocolate character will fade and the malt backbone and darker fruit notes come more forward. oddly, some of the notes in the malt reminded me slightly of expedition and i had never even thought of stone irs and expedition being remotely similar.

my personal preference is about one and one-half years. just enough to smooth it a bit but fresh enough so that the roast and bite are intact.

 

I bought a number of bombers of Stone IRS in 2009. I didn’t really like it fresh in 2009; there was a ‘different’ taste to the beer (a herbaceous taste) that I personally didn’t enjoy. I tasted a bottle in 2010 and I still was not thrilled with the taste of the beer. Last year (2011) I tried again and it was definitely tasting ‘better’. This year (2012) the beer was absolutely OUTSTANDING. I have one more bomber left which I will try next year.

So far, three years is the charm for me.

Cheers!

 

You have 2012 already? I dont think it is released until April/May, right?

 

I guess I wasn't clear in my post. I have annually been drinking the IRS beers that I purchased in 2009. So, I was relating that I recently (2012) drank one of my 2009 vintage beers. The 2009 beer that I recently consumed was OUTSTANDING.

Cheers!

 

Ahh, gotcha. That makes sense. I'm probably the only one that missed that now that I read it again.

 

Good job Ron Burgundy.