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Hello Beer Friends Nation!!!  You may have noticed our fancy new logo AND you may have noticed we are up on iTunes now(so you can take us everywhere with you) BUT here’s our brand new feature: Beer Friends Nation Reviews!  That’s right!  Have we missed your favorite beer?  let us know by writing up a review and sending it to phil@thebeerfriends.com or brad@thebeerfriends.com and we’ll get it up on the site!  Spread the love and Spread the word!

For our first BFN Review we have Michael from San Diego telling us his thoughts on Stone’s Ruination 10th Anniversay.  Click through for Michael’s review…

Stone Ruination IPA 10 year anniversary.

This being my first review I will start off with a small introduction about myself. Im in the Navy and curently stationed in San Diego, so most of my beer reviews will be about beer created in the magical beer factories of the San Diego area.

Now that the introductions are out of the way, lets talk beer. The Ruination IPA from Stone is an Imperial IPA or ‘double’ IPA, given the name because this style uses double the amount of hops and double the ABV of normal IPAs. If anyone is curious this one is 10.8% ABV so be forwarned.

I first opened this beer and like any ‘responsible’ beer reviewer I sniffed it. Once I recovered from my mental walk through the pine forest the initial whiff gave me I took a sip, and contrary to the smell of the beer, it is actually very drinkable. It still has the trademark bite that I’ve come to expect from a Stone IPA but the aftertaste is much fuller than its non-imperial cousin. It even feels richer when I swish it around my mouth.

One thing that stands out as a plus for me with this beer is that even as I nurse it slowly, it being a pint and quite strong, I am finding no reduction in taste or enjoyment; which is a large selling point for me since IPAs are made to be consumed while cold and any beer that stays tasty while it warms up is an beer I can enjoy.

Thanks again Michael.  We’ll have another one from him for you guys next week!

Tags: 10th anniversary, Beer, Beer Friends Nation Review, Brewery, IPA, ruination, San Diego, Stone

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