Stone Ruination Double IPA 2.0 Sans Filtre. Unfiltered Double.
8.5 % ABV, 100 IBU. Stone Brewing, Escondido, CA.
The final bottle from the Stone variety pack I bought not too long ago. A new version of one of my all time favorites, an unfiltered version. Does that make it a hazy? Let’s find out.
Mostly clear, lightly hazed (unfiltered doesn’t have to mean hazy), bright golden hue, small white head.
In the nose: big citrus, grapefruit, orange, and tangerine. Dankness on the hoof. Candied apricots, potent peach.
In the mouth: great big bitterness assaults the palate and slams the senses. Dank and viscous. Rich and powerful. Alarmingly bitter in the best way. Clings fast to the palate, sticks hard, plays hard. Long, hoppy finish. Medium bodied. A ruinous champion of a double IPA.
Stone Ruination IPA was the first full-time brewed and bottled West Coast Double IPA on the planet. As craft beer has evolved over the years, so too have techniques for maximizing hop flavors and aromas. When we updated this incarnation in 2015, we employed dry hopping and hop bursting to squeeze every last drop of piney, citrusy, tropical, punk, metal & hard rock essence from the hops that give this beer its hugely assertive character. Now we’ve arrived at its newest evolutionary form by shoving it into the bottle unfiltered (aka sans filtre) and bringing it to you in its most excellently raw form. This beer has always been unbridled. Now it’s unfiltered.
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