Stone Ruination IPA

Another of Stone Brewers products. I found it at the store today, I believe its a seasonal or special edition type brew (I'm too fucking lazy to do some actual research). It ups the alcohol to 7.7% and jacks the hop flavor way the fuck up (It advertises on the bottle that it is 100+ IBUs. What's an IBU you ask? International Bitterness Units. For fucks sake). Ultimately not much to say, other than I probably wouldn't buy it again for 60% more dollars over their standard IPA. I would definately drink it again and again, but only if it was purchased by someone else. I wish I had another bottle of Mephistopheles, now that's some evil shit. But that's for another post.

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Stone IPA

I have become a great lover of IPA's (Indian Pale Ales) since I have come to Colorado. It seems that IPA's and countless variations thereof are a very popular product for most micro-brewers, probably because of the very basic ingredients that brewing it requires. A particular favorite for standard consumption has been Stone's IPA. At 6.9% its actually average as far as alcohol content goes. It has a little more hop flavor than many others that I have tried, but not so much that it becomes overwhelming (see review of Hop Stoopid coming later). For those of you back on the East Coast that love Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, it's a great step up both in quality and flavor. It has very quickly become my beer of choice when nothing else grabs my attention at the store.

In case you're wondering, that beautiful gentleman next the to bottle is the Guatemalan Saint Simon. He is prayed to by smokers, drinkers, and prostitutes alike. Fitting, no?

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Beer Watch

So I haven't been regularly updating this is quite a while, but I think I found a good ongoing bit. I recently moved to Denver, CO, and I have discovered two things about this city; weed is legal, and there are more micro-breweries in and around this state that in almost a year here I have barely scratched the surface on trying them all. The Great American Beerfest comes again this fall, and I while I'd like to wait to try the 2000+ beers they will have available there, I want to bang as many out beforehand as possible. That being said, I will post pictures, info and impressions with each beer I try over the next nine months.

Some of you may know the beers I am trying and some of you may disagree with my tastes. To this I respond, go fuck yourself. If you regularly consume beer with less than 4% alcohol, you are not allowed to read my reviews. I only set the bar at 4% because I recently tried a ginger beer from Left Hand brewery that was quite good. Anyway, enjoy.