ESCONDIDO, California – In the end, ‘the liquid poem to the glory of the hop’ returns. Stone Ruination IPA is now obtainable as the primary in Stone’s 2023 collection of Fan Favourite Returns. That is the unique recipe with its most ruinous qualities, simply as supposed when it first wrecked palates in 2002.
For many, Stone Ruination IPA is the quintessential illustration of a West Coast Double IPA. The aroma is piney and resinous because of a barrage of hops. The primary sip is a vibrant blast of citrusy bitterness with a light-weight malt steadiness.
This specific beer has a notable historical past that performs an essential function in Stone’s status immediately. It’s the BIG brother of Stone IPA, which was Stone’s 1st Anniversary IPA. The crew had been steadily bumping up the hop ranges of its anniversary releases yearly, however after the massively hoppy Stone fifth Anniversary IPA, including any extra hops would have been, nicely, ruinous. So, the crew introduced out a year-round launch that might pay homage to the indelicate hop glory of Stone’s first 5 years. In 2002, Stone Ruination IPA grew to become the primary full time brewed and bottled West Coast model Double IPA on the planet. In impact, it rapidly grew to become essentially the most extensively obtainable instance of the model. On the time it was an assault on the palate, fairly actually off the bitterness charts.
“The unique Stone Ruination IPA was in our year-round lineup for 13 years,” defined Jeremy Moynier, Stone Brewing Senior Supervisor of Brewing & Provide Chain. “It’s seen a pair totally different recipe iterations, however that is the primary time since 2015 that we’ve brewed the OG. I really like the extraordinary bitterness and the flavour and aroma. That’s a basic trio of hops: Magnum, Chinook, and Centennial. This beer outlined the West Coast Double IPA model for me, and now with so many expressions of Double IPAs on the market, it’s superb to revisit such a basic beer.”
Stone Ruination IPA is the primary launch in Stone’s 2023 Fan Favourite Returns. The collection is a lineup of restricted launch beers which have change into signatures of the brewery’s prolific 26-year historical past. This 12 months’s favorites embrace:
- Stone Ruination IPA
- Stone Downunderstruck IPA – Could 2023 – First launched for Stone’s nineteenth Anniversary in 2015. Initially known as Stone Thunderstruck IPA, it’s coming again with an up to date title, however the identical beer brewed with all Australian hops.
- Stone Imperial Infamous P.O.G. – June 2023 – An amped-up model of Stone’s legendary Berliner Weisse. Impressed by Hawaiian POG juice and brewed with ardour fruit, orange and guava.
- Stone Xocoveza – October 2023 – Stone’s epic imperial stout impressed by Mexican sizzling chocolate. Brewed with chocolate, espresso, cinnamon, nutmeg and pasilla peppers.
Stone Ruination IPA is now obtainable in all its bitter hop glory nationwide in 12oz six-pack cans, 22oz bottles and draft.
QUICK FACTS
Correct Title: Stone Ruination IPA
ABV: 8.2%
IBUs: 100+
Hops: Magnum, Chinook, Centennial
Availability: Nationwide for a restricted time
Packaging: 12oz six-pack cans, 22oz bottles & draft
Initially Launched: 2002 – 2015
STONE DELICIOUS IPA TASTING NOTES
Look: Pours a transparent, deep golden shade with a white head.
Aroma: Piney and resin with citrus-like, fruity cereal notes.
Style: Intense resiny hop flavors with a light-weight malt steadiness, a contact of alcohol heat, and a robust, long-lasting bitterness on the end.
Palate: Medium-full physique with no perceptible sweetness and an intense bitterness all through the palate.
ABOUT STONE BREWING COMPANY
Based in 1996, Stone pioneered the West Coast Model IPA, serving to to gas the trendy craft beer revolution and encourage generations of hop fanatics. At the moment Stone operates breweries in Escondido, CA and Richmond, VA plus seven faucet room and bistro areas. Stone affords a variety of craft beers together with its hottest Stone IPA, Stone Scrumptious IPA and Stone Buenaveza Salt & Lime Lager. The corporate’s lengthy listing of environmental efforts features a LEED Silver Certification, world-class water reclamation and artistic makes use of of spent grain. Stone has been known as the “All-time High Brewery on Planet Earth” by BeerAdvocate journal twice.
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https://www.stonebrewing.com
