My bottle of Stone Ruin Ten is 5/14. It had just arrived at the store. Does Stone delay the release date?
I found one in Fort Wayne, IN yesterday that was, I want to say, bottled on 6/24 or something like that. It was definitely a June bottle. Maybe 6/9.
I grabbed a couple of bottles while in NC, and they were bottles 6/9. I was kind of disappointed, but it still tasted delicious. Hopefully we can get some of the 6/24.
I doubt Stone was holding it. If it sat around at all it was probably under the watch of the regional distributor.
It was quite hoppy- excellent, but the grapefruit and citrus usually prominent in a West Coast DIPA were missing. It could be the brew date, or it could be the recipe.
As persnickity as Stone is, I'm sure our shipment of RuinTen is fine and fresh. Distributor's are another story.