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Hop Stoopid

May 29, 2009

Name – Hop Stoopid
Country – United States
Type – American Double IPA

Appearance – Pours a clear golden color with a big white head that laces the glass amazingly.

Smell – Big grapefruit and floral hops and some malt backing to it.

Taste – Big hops! Nice big grapefruit hops with some floral notes. A nice caramel malt backing to it evens things out great.

The name says it all on this one. This is absolutely one of the finest beers I have ever had let alone DIPAs. If you like big hops with a good malt backing this one is for you. This one gets the rare mark from me.

Overall Grade – A+

Stone Announces 13th Anniversary Ale

May 27, 2009

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As is a tradition with Stone they have announced what their 13th Anniversary brew will be. It will be a 9.5% Imperial Red Ale that’s bitterness clocks in at 90 IBUs. The release date for stores in scheduled at June 29th and I am confident I will be able to get my hands on this based on my local store really keeping up with all the Stone special releases.

Out of Commission

May 27, 2009

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Due to me not being able to read a label early in the morning I have severely burnt my gums in my mouth. I did this late last week but the pain and damage did not appear until around Sunday. Needless to say I will not be able to drink beer for a little while. I am probably going to the doctors tomorrow to make sure it isn’t infected and if so get some antibiotics for it. Luckily I do have some reviews that I have just not published yet from previous tastings so I will be able to get some things up in the meantime.