Stone IPA Cans

Been ripping through the 12 pack I bought the other day ($18.99 @ Fairview Buyrite)
Fresh Stone ipa is really really good

 

Loving it...went through a twelver this weekend.

Great excuse to revisit an old favorite that usually gets passed over these days.

 

Hooray! I remember wishing two years ago that this would happen!

 

Any spotted on shelves yet in CT? It wasn't at my local packie that carries every beer Stone releases..

 

12oz cans right? I love cans. 16oz would have been sweet too!

 

I remember reading this article along time ago and to finally see it come to fruition is great,these cans are extremely crushable and will be a staple in my fridge.
And those Ruination cans do look good anything planned for the future @StoneGreg?

Edit: Forgot to give credit to www.craftcans.com

 

haven't sampled the cans yet but agree with this sentiment. bought a fresh sixer a month or two ago and was as impressed as ever. so solid and a true classic...really the beer that got me into the scene in the first place.

 

I haven't seen the cans yet but this thread did inspire me to revisit this beer, haven't had it in ages prior. Solid stuff! Very much a classic West Coast IPA for sure and while I do lean a little more towards the East Coast/English/whatever stuff these days, I still enjoyed it.

And hopefully the cans don't have the date labeling issues the bottles do, in pretty much the same batch I found bottles that had the very clear bottled on/best by dates and bottles where they were nowhere to be found. The etching at the bottom was present, though, and that saved the day (I was buying a few singles to try and not a full 6 pack).

 

The outside of my 12 pack box had an enjoy by date and the cans were stamped on the bottom with both a canned on date and enjoy by date. Both spots were clearly marked and easy to read.

 

That's good to hear!

 

How many days out from canning is the enjoy by date?

 

... according to http://www.stonebrewing.com/feedback (click on "Beer Info" under "Report Expired Beer")

 

stone ipa blows most of the ipas away.

 

This will all depend on your tastes, though. I gotta admit that after having the second bottle a day after the other my palate was tired of it already. I put this in the same category as Torpedo: many people love it but it's a one and done for me and I won't want to have it again for a while.

But again, a solid beer for sure and if you're looking for a classic West Coast IPA you couldn't go wrong with this beer.

 

Awesome! Big fan of the can!

 

I agree its becoming more like torpedo but a more intense hop and more expensive. Torpedo can get old after two in a row. If I'm not mistaken the stone ibu is higher than torpedo. I'm very satisfied with stones IPA but again got to have something different . My name is upsbeernut and I'm an IPA freak

 

Yep you are correct, Stone IPA is 77 IBUs and Torpedo is 65. Maybe it's the Magnum + the malts used but something about the combination in those beers really wears my palate out quickly I have found.

 

Any good beer in a can is welcome.

 

Hop stoopid never wears me out at 102

 

I agree and the DIPAs, while they have a higher IBU on paper, are way better to me because the heavier malt is there to balance everything out.