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Published 8 years ago by nikuhiru with 8 Comments

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  • nikuhiru
    +3

    This is one of my favourite beers. It's Stone, through and through. Ruination taken to the extreme.

    I wonder how this batch will differ to previous years now that Ruination has been changed to Ruination 2.0 (which I've yet to try).

    • drunkenninja
      +3

      Never tried it, I don't think its available in my area either. Can you describe the flavor of the previous batch?

      • nikuhiru
        +4

        Last year's RuinTen was everything Stone is about. The nose is very strong on tropical fruit notes. The overwhelming flavour for me was pineapple. I felt like I was chewing on dried pineapple which was fantastic. The bitterness to me didn't seem as strong as the Ruination. I think the bigger malt bill and more booze helps in masking that bitterness up.

        • drunkenninja
          +3

          What's the alcohol content? If its anything above 8% then it's not for me as it just tastes like flavored malt liquor at that stage :D

          • Cobbydaler
            +3

            ABV: 10.8% IBUs: 110

            Not a session beer then!

  • tehdiplomat (edited 8 years ago)
    +3

    I might try to find this again, last year I think I was late to the party and when I finally got a pint the hops seemed to have turned and it was not the pleasant hopfest I was looking for.

    Edit: Misplaced comma

    • nikuhiru
      +3

      A friend of mine had a similar problem.

  • arrogantbastard
    +2

    Just ordered this from Tavour - can't wait till I can pick it up. The supposed flavors that all of the hops generate is what really drew me to it, I'm hoping it's not just a bitter explosion.

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