Ruination 2.0 First Impressions!

They ended Ruination (original) in 2013 and no one batted an eye. They revise it again, re-brand it and everyone loses their shit.

I'm reserving judgment for about 30 more minutes until I open my first one.

 

Yeah I will certainly be trying it. Stone rarely lets me down. Glad to see it seems to have made it's way to NJ already.

 

Wait, so this is really 3.0? I didn't know it's been revised before.

 

one of the kramers is here. are you the guy who compared with another kramer who had the same avatar - and it was obvious the BEERs were in different states of drunkness?

that was great.

OP -- cant wait to try it! sounds pretty good.

 

yeah that was me lol

 

So Ruination 2.0 = New Coke? Brilliant Stone, just brilliant. I already can't wait for you to release "Ruination Classic."
(Some of you will need to ask your parents)

 

Hopefully it's better than that lemon bomb they released last year (Delicious IPA)

 

You're taking one guy's findings as fact? Brilliant draheim, just brilliant.

 

Hey, it's on the Internet. It must be true.

 

Drinking one right now and I'm really enjoying it. Has the intense piney resinous bitterness from Ruination 1.0 in the back end but it has a hint of floral fruitiness up front. I don't know if it's just this bottle but it doesn't have much carbonation. A bit of fizz would really brighten it up. Hope the other 5 bottles are even better.

 

Still won't be as epic fail as Crystal Clear Pepsi

 

That stuff blew my mind. It tastes like Pepsi. But it looks like 7-Up. But it tastes like Pepsi...

 

And for the god-I-wish-beer-didn't-have-so-many-of-those-naughty-calories crowd, I present......Ruination Zero.

 

first impression: it is good

 

$19.99 sixers where I am, kinda crazy that it's more expensive than Enjoy By sixers.

 

More like the first revision was ruination 1.1. They kept the same hop and malt profile but changed it around a bit to keep it balanced with the up in alcohol by a few points. This new profile definitely looks like a 2.0. The addition of azacca has me worried, that was in the extra hoppy old guardian and gave it a very candy orange flavor. I'm hoping its not as strong in the new ruination. And hopefully that $19.99 is a mistake by a lone store in Michigan. At that price, I probably wouldn't even by a sixer and I'm a Stone fan boy.

 

Also, just make sure you follow OP's instructions to interpret the smell and taste as he did.

 

by the way. this review on youtube says the complete opposite...
Heavy hop aroma, more complex malt bill trying to balance with the hops and a ton of hop flavor, and the color definitely looks reminiscent of ruination.

 

Bought a sixer for $13.99 in NJ and had one last night. Mine was crystal clear. Reserving judgment until I have a few more. Might try to track down some relatively fresh original for a comparison.

 

If they can get it down to 1 calorie they should sell a lot of it.

 

If they were able to get a regular beer down to 1 calorie, I would use them as my meals each day.

 

That stuff is delicious!

 

I tried it last night and was pleased with it. Honestly, when the Ruination 10th Anniversary was first released (not RuinTen) I thought they could do away with Ruination and continue making that. I feel 2.0 is a nice balance between the two and it is strikingly good. Really dig it. All German ingredients, clean and crisp.

 

That 1st batch of 10th anny Ruination was nearly flawless. I want THAT beer again.

 

There's truth in the joke. That "light" line of thinking has made gabillions for MillerCoors and the like.

 

I thought it was a really nice double IPA. A little more dank than I wanted. I know the big trend in DIPAs is about more hop flavor and dank, Danker, DANKEST, but I really miss the trademark Ruination dry bitterness. While this still has the hopped up IBUs, the higher alcohol leaves this a touch sweeter than I would have preferred. I'm contradicting myself from some of the things I said about this beer prior to its release - including the fact that I earlier defended their keeping the name Ruination. Comparison are obviously invited, and for me I would have preferred to judge this beer without any preconceived ideas.

I hadn't been buying Ruination very often, so it's not like Stone took my favorite beer away. But when it comes to San Diego IPAs, I just miss all the pine trees and could do without all the rain forest.

Makes me appreciate Alesmith IPA and Port Wipeout even more.

 

Got alot of tropical fruit in the nose and taste. Thanks for pointing out it is not the hops, will keep that in mind for my next homebrew IPA.

P.s. - I prefer this over the original, which was very one dimensional in my opinion.

 

The second revision they changed the hops. It went from Columbus and Centennial to Magnum, Chinook, and Centennial.

 

Sounds a lot like "Ruin Ten" which they ended up putting in 6 packs. In that case I'll pass. Enjoy by looks to be the way to go.

 

Had one tonight, delicious.

My only beef was the price, $3+ for a single.

I wonder if MI has tariffs on import beers lol

 

Oh man another IPA (only its different!) from Stone

 

Well, just for the record....I like it.

 

Did you try it?

I realize the title is "first impressions" but I'm pretty sure it means in regards to how it tastes, not your preconceived irrelevant ideas about it.

 

I find the regular IPA ten times better. To each his own.

 

And there's the dankness.

 

I hated it. And I hate Sammy Haggar because of it.