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Name – Stone 09.09.09 Vertical Epic Ale
Country – United States
Type – Belgian Strong Dark Ale

Appearance – Pours a dark brown with dark red highlights.  A nice light brown head that left some lacing on the glass.

Smell – Dark fruits are predominant with some smokey qualities to it as well.

Taste – A lot seemingly going on here.  Picking up dark fruits, roasted malts, some slight smokiness and a bit of chocolate.

I had been waiting for this for awhile as this is my first of the Stone Vertical series.  I really wish I would have been into beer earlier to collect all of them and age them to the right point for the epic vertical tasting but alas I can not.  But I did pick up a few extra bottles with the hopes of aging them and see where they are at over time.  Overall I thought it was a good beer.  Nothing absolutely amazing stood out but nothing fell flat either.  A good example of the style.

Overall Grade – B