While absent from work during the September biking expedition to Europe, the friendly people at Cavalier Distributing deposited two cases of Stone 10th Anniversary India Pale Ale 22-oz “bombers” in my storage room.It took a few weeks for me to realize what it was, and when I did, I took a bottle home, where it rested for another couple of weeks. Finally I noticed, and drank it.
Good, good stuff.
Stone 10th Anniversary India Pale Ale appears to be the brainchild of Mitch Steele, who defected from the Anheuser-Busch industrial colossus to become Head Brewer at Stone. For background, see:
From the empire of wet air to the arrogant bastard's lair.
(24 May 2006)
Archives unearthed: Mitch Steele visits FOSSILS (from 1998).
(26 Jun 2006)
Steele's baby is as hoppy as you would expect a Stone-style IPA to be. His tasting notes reference “piney hop aromatics,” “tropical fruit” and a “full-bodied” palate, and I can’t improve on such observations. At 10% abv, it’s a tad stronger than Stone’s everyday IPA and Ruination Ale.
Although I realize that my tardiness in this matter means that most Stone special edition fans already have picked up their bottles at The Keg, there’s a case and a half (18 bottles) of Stone 10th Anniversary India Pale Ale for sale at the Public House.
If you haven’t had it, and you’re a hophead, Steele’s creation is a must-taste.
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We have 8 bottles left of the Stone 10th at The Keg.... Maybe 7 after reading this posting. I was able to snag the distributors last case of the 10th and of Stone's Vertical Epic 06, of which we have several bottles left.
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