Stone Triple IPA

Stone Brewery

RuinTen Triple IPA 10.8%

I have been saving this for when I get a weekend off from work, just doesn't seem to happen. Well I do need beer tokens right? The only reason I've been saving this is due to the strength of the beer and also the last time I had a session on double IPA'S I felt the room was spinning around. Being drunk has it's downsides!

So this beer was first released as stone were celebrating their tenth anniversary of Ruination you can see my review of it here.  Now I cant seem to remember what that was like however I'm seem to be enjoying this. I don't seem to be noticing the strength of the beer. Its a hop monster which you would expect from a Triple IPA. It has a lovely malt backbone which does not impact from the overall taste. This is also my first triple IPA if you excluded the Brewdog #hashtag beer which really doesn't count as it's got cherries in it. Its got a bitter taste to it, but it doesn't have any of the other flavours you usually get from IPA'S. 

I bought this from Brewdog's website and to say it was for a special occasion as its not cheap. Yes it did cost me £13 for the bottle which is a lot for a beer, but then it does have triple the ingredients and its also a big bottle ( apparently it's a bomber which means 660ml).