So I missed this when it was released last year, and thankfully Stone decided to re-relese it as an annual thing. If you thought Stone couldn't up the hops on Ruination/Enjoy By.. well here's this hop beast.
Stone - RuinTen
a 10.8% ABV ˜110 IBU 'roided up, hop-infused version of Ruination, first brewed for the 10th anniversary of Ruination. Thankfully, they're doing it fresh every year now.. and a killer bottle. Great shelf presence. It pours a richer hazy copper orange than it's 'base' beer. Medium head, but I'll be damned if the friggin thing barely ever dissipated. Huge, resinous hop nose, tons of toffee, orange rind, pine..only a hint of the high ABV..and only as it warms. There's some caramel, cracker sweet malts but almost instantly this is replaced by ridiculously sharp hops. Tons of pine, floral, grassy and citrus hops, all rolled into a mini atomic bomb that detonates on your tongue. Insane. Besides the initial taste, and some intermittent notes of sweetness, this is pure hop juice.. crazy thick, even for an almost 11% DIPA. Oily, juicy.. at times dank as all hell, like hoppy nugs. There's some spice on the end like they infused it with rye malts, and the booze becomes more noticeable as it warms.. but the huge hops do a good job of subduing this. For those that thought Ruination was the height of hoppy dankness.. seek this one out. Stone managed to up the bar on hops.. yet again.
- - 9 Hops!
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