Comments on: Stone Pale Ale

By: What's Your Favorite Summertime Beer | The Brew Club

What's Your Favorite Summertime Beer | The Brew Club — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:48:17 +0000

[...] Recent examples of this style of beer that we’ve tried here are the canned Dales Pale Ale, Stone Pale Ale, Mt. Tam Pale Ale, and the classically tasty Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Not specifically Summer [...]

By: Scott-TheBrewClub

Scott-TheBrewClub — Fri, 21 May 2010 03:38:08 +0000

@Michael – thanks for the encouragement!!! Eventually I’ll get around to trying the rest of the Stone line!
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By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 21 May 2010 02:20:32 +0000

Stone Brewing makes one of the best beers on any market!!! Ruination is so-named because at 100 IBUs, it is the last thing to taste because you aren’t supposed to taste anything after that! Arrogant Bastard is another great beer – from Stone again!!! So, what are you waiting for!!! Go there!!! Taste it!!! Be brave!!!!! Great beer!!!

By: Scott-TBC

Scott-TBC — Tue, 18 May 2010 22:21:22 +0000

@Don, yer killin’ me! Jim seems to get a lot of abuse no matter where he goes.

@Big Tex – duly noted. Perhaps I’ll work my way up to ruination!

@nate – it isn’t priced unreasonably here in Jersey either. At least it less than Dead Guy is.
.-= Scott-TBC´s last blog ..Samuel Smith’s Famous Taddy Porter =-.

By: Don

Don — Tue, 18 May 2010 21:53:15 +0000

See Scott, you have to convert my brother Jim’s palate to a regular person’s. If Jim says, “it’s not that hoppy”, that means that you could peel paint off of your car with the beer. If he says It has a “citrusy sweet hop quality” that means that the hops will melt your face off. If he says “it tastes like a hoppy barleywine”, it means the government is testing it for an alternative to a nuclear bomb.

Jimspeak…You gotta love it!
.-= Don´s last blog ..Without Further Adieu–Beer! =-.

By: Big Tex

Big Tex — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:34:48 +0000

Ruination... that's a hop bomb and a half. .-= Big Tex´s last blog ..Advocacy =-.

By: nate

nate — Tue, 18 May 2010 18:03:26 +0000

I agree with Mike, this is a GREAT pale ale. In fact, it’s probably my favorite of Stone offerings…it has some English qualities to it. It’s pretty cheap too, around here at least.
.-= nate´s last blog ..Nils Oscar Barleywine =-.

By: Scott-TheBrewClub

Scott-TheBrewClub — Tue, 18 May 2010 02:02:15 +0000

Thanks guys – gotta dip the toe in to test the waters, I’m glad I did because its better than I thought! Good suggestion Jim, maybe Ruination will be my next Stone beer to try!
.-= Scott-TheBrewClub´s last blog ..Avery Hog Heaven-Barleywine Style Ale =-.

By: Michael Reinhardt

Michael Reinhardt — Mon, 17 May 2010 22:15:20 +0000

Not a fan of their regular IPA but I think this pale ale is one of the more solid and good western style PAs I've had. .-= Michael Reinhardt´s last blog ..La Divine Brasserie De Silly =-.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 17 May 2010 20:43:10 +0000

You drank an IPA, Scott! And you liked it!! It looks like you found a way into the wonderful world of hoppy beers.

My first (and still a fave) IPA was Stone’s Ruination IPA, which has more of a citrusy sweet hop character, rather than a piney one. Finding the grapefruit-like IPA’s opened the style up for me, and now I can go pretty hoppy and still enjoy the beers (piney or citrusy, it’s all good now). Before that beer I was having trouble acquiring the taste. You might venture there next.

Perhaps Stone Pale Ale is your first step on the stairway to hop heaven, Scott.