Terry's Tasting Notes:
This beer should be called Ruination of Ruination. Why? After tasting this beer, I will never enjoy one of my favorites, Ruination IPA, the same. All you need to do is smell this beer and you'll know what I mean. So sweet yet bold, bitter yet soft on the tongue. Robust with a slender finish. It's a big beer. Bigger than the Ruination and well deserving of the title of my favorite stone beer ever!!!
Damn, now all I need is some stinky cheese!

I agree, Terry. I had a perfectly good 6 pack of Ruination in the refrigerator, but I went and bought 6 more of the Emperials. Please, Stone, keep this beer around.

Magfreakinificent. Major fruit aromas up front, Muscat grapes, for me, with a lasting blend of sweet & dry through the middle, finishing out with that full (boadied) Signature Stone Hop Twang, but with a luscious jammy sweetness to the end.

Humbly, I found Mitch's li'l pop-a-bottle-video initial analysis of "bitter" to be misleading. There is SO much going on here, that I wouldn't ward away the faint-hop-ped by so pigeonholing this one right off the bat. Many, Many thanks, from a long time stone appreciator. Definitely will share my thoughts on an aged version of this one.
Peace, Kento.

Having spent a minute or two in England, sampling some of the fine Imperial Pale Ales or India Pale Ales that England has to offer, I must say... This maybe the most complex, yet the most simple pallet explosion, I have enjoyed yet! Every time I take a swirl into my mouth, I find something new! Great job! Keep on trucking! Maybe for next year you could blow my mind with a up grade to one of my favorites, Cali-Belgique! Maybe a Tripple style San Diego IPA with a trappist monk twist and a pallet twisting Belgian Hop / Malt explosion?! I am just saying... It could be a hit!

Love it, Love it, Love it. I have enjoyed two cases, with only having to share one bottle. My order has gone to "get me all you can get"

First off what difference from the West Coast IPA's. I'm only trying my first bottle, but I feel I've been transported to the UK! On Steroids! I have to admit I am lacking in the ability to taste/ smell, appreciate all the subtle flavors people are noting, because of allergies. But this is one hell of a beer! Thank you for contrasting the different hop flavors in this 14th Anniversary IPA!
How great this beer will taste if/when you put it on the beer engine, hand pump!
Cheers to all

This Emperial IPA is one of the best I have tasted in many years and I am convinced if it became a year round release it would one your most popular brews. I have been a home brewer since I was 14 years old and I am 49 as of this date. Please don't let this recipe go by the wayside or at the very least give it to me so I can brew more.

PS....I was living in Massachusetts during the micro brew revival of the late 80's and early 90's and was one of the tasters for many of the new Sam Adams products amongst other small breweries of the time in Massachusetts. Emperial is better than any of those I tasted during that time. The other style of beer I would suggest is a non filtered ale....I don't mean wheat beer. I mean a full bodied ale with yeast at the bottom of the bottle. I miss this style very much.

Thanks

Dennis

This Emperial IPA is one of the best I have tasted in many years and I am convinced if it became a year round release it would one your most popular brews. I have been a home brewer since I was 14 years old and I am 49 as of this date. Please don't let this recipe go by the wayside or at the very least give it to me so I can brew more.

PS....I was living in Massachusetts during the micro brew revival of the late 80's and early 90's and was one of the tasters for many of the new Sam Adams products amongst other small breweries of the time in Massachusetts. Emperial is better than any of those I tasted during that time. The other style of beer I would suggest is a non filtered ale....I don't mean wheat beer. I mean a full bodied ale with yeast at the bottom of the bottle. I miss this style very much.

Thanks

Dennis

This Emperial IPA is one of the best I have tasted in many years and I am convinced if it became a year round release it would one your most popular brews. I have been a home brewer since I was 14 years old and I am 49 as of this date. Please don't let this recipe go by the wayside or at the very least give it to me so I can brew more.

PS....I was living in Massachusetts during the micro brew revival of the late 80's and early 90's and was one of the tasters for many of the new Sam Adams products amongst other small breweries of the time in Massachusetts. Emperial is better than any of those I tasted during that time. The other style of beer I would suggest is a non filtered ale....I don't mean wheat beer. I mean a full bodied ale with yeast at the bottom of the bottle. I miss this style very much.

Thanks

Dennis

This Emperial IPA is one of the best I have tasted in many years and I am convinced if it became a year round release it would one your most popular brews. I have been a home brewer since I was 14 years old and I am 49 as of this date. Please don't let this recipe go by the wayside or at the very least give it to me so I can brew more.

PS....I was living in Massachusetts during the micro brew revival of the late 80's and early 90's and was one of the tasters for many of the new Sam Adams products amongst other small breweries of the time in Massachusetts. Emperial is better than any of those I tasted during that time. The other style of beer I would suggest is a non filtered ale....I don't mean wheat beer. I mean a full bodied ale with yeast at the bottom of the bottle. I miss this style very much.

Thanks

Dennis

This Emperial IPA is one of the best I have tasted in many years and I am convinced if it became a year round release it would one your most popular brews. I have been a home brewer since I was 14 years old and I am 49 as of this date. Please don't let this recipe go by the wayside or at the very least give it to me so I can brew more.

PS....I was living in Massachusetts during the micro brew revival of the late 80's and early 90's and was one of the tasters for many of the new Sam Adams products amongst other small breweries of the time in Massachusetts. Emperial is better than any of those I tasted during that time. The other style of beer I would suggest is a non filtered ale....I don't mean wheat beer. I mean a full bodied ale with yeast at the bottom of the bottle. I miss this style very much.

Thanks

Dennis

This Emperial IPA is one of the best I have tasted in many years and I am convinced if it became a year round release it would one your most popular brews. I have been a home brewer since I was 14 years old and I am 49 as of this date. Please don't let this recipe go by the wayside or at the very least give it to me so I can brew more.

PS....I was living in Massachusetts during the micro brew revival of the late 80's and early 90's and was one of the tasters for many of the new Sam Adams products amongst other small breweries of the time in Massachusetts. Emperial is better than any of those I tasted during that time. The other style of beer I would suggest is a non filtered ale....I don't mean wheat beer. I mean a full bodied ale with yeast at the bottom of the bottle. I miss this style very much.

Thanks

Dennis

This Emperial IPA is one of the best I have tasted in many years and I am convinced if it became a year round release it would one your most popular brews. I have been a home brewer since I was 14 years old and I am 49 as of this date. Please don't let this recipe go by the wayside or at the very least give it to me so I can brew more.

PS....I was living in Massachusetts during the micro brew revival of the late 80's and early 90's and was one of the tasters for many of the new Sam Adams products amongst other small breweries of the time in Massachusetts. Emperial is better than any of those I tasted during that time. The other style of beer I would suggest is a non filtered ale....I don't mean wheat beer. I mean a full bodied ale with yeast at the bottom of the bottle. I miss this style very much.

Thanks

Dennis

This Emperial IPA is one of the best I have tasted in many years and I am convinced if it became a year round release it would one your most popular brews. I have been a home brewer since I was 14 years old and I am 49 as of this date. Please don't let this recipe go by the wayside or at the very least give it to me so I can brew more.

PS....I was living in Massachusetts during the micro brew revival of the late 80's and early 90's and was one of the tasters for many of the new Sam Adams products amongst other small breweries of the time in Massachusetts. Emperial is better than any of those I tasted during that time. The other style of beer I would suggest is a non filtered ale....I don't mean wheat beer. I mean a full bodied ale with yeast at the bottom of the bottle. I miss this style very much.

Thanks

Dennis

This Emperial IPA is one of the best I have tasted in many years and I am convinced if it became a year round release it would one your most popular brews. I have been a home brewer since I was 14 years old and I am 49 as of this date. Please don't let this recipe go by the wayside or at the very least give it to me so I can brew more.

PS....I was living in Massachusetts during the micro brew revival of the late 80's and early 90's and was one of the tasters for many of the new Sam Adams products amongst other small breweries of the time in Massachusetts. Emperial is better than any of those I tasted during that time. The other style of beer I would suggest is a non filtered ale....I don't mean wheat beer. I mean a full bodied ale with yeast at the bottom of the bottle. I miss this style very much.

Thanks

Dennis

This Emperial IPA is one of the best I have tasted in many years and I am convinced if it became a year round release it would one your most popular brews. I have been a home brewer since I was 14 years old and I am 49 as of this date. Please don't let this recipe go by the wayside or at the very least give it to me so I can brew more.

PS....I was living in Massachusetts during the micro brew revival of the late 80's and early 90's and was one of the tasters for many of the new Sam Adams products amongst other small breweries of the time in Massachusetts. Emperial is better than any of those I tasted during that time. The other style of beer I would suggest is a non filtered ale....I don't mean wheat beer. I mean a full bodied ale with yeast at the bottom of the bottle. I miss this style very much.

Thanks

Dennis

This Emperial IPA is one of the best I have tasted in many years and I am convinced if it became a year round release it would one your most popular brews. I have been a home brewer since I was 14 years old and I am 49 as of this date. Please don't let this recipe go by the wayside or at the very least give it to me so I can brew more.

PS....I was living in Massachusetts during the micro brew revival of the late 80's and early 90's and was one of the tasters for many of the new Sam Adams products amongst other small breweries of the time in Massachusetts. Emperial is better than any of those I tasted during that time. The other style of beer I would suggest is a non filtered ale....I don't mean wheat beer. I mean a full bodied ale with yeast at the bottom of the bottle. I miss this style very much.

Thanks

Dennis

This Emperial IPA is one of the best I have tasted in many years and I am convinced if it became a year round release it would one your most popular brews. I have been a home brewer since I was 14 years old and I am 49 as of this date. Please don't let this recipe go by the wayside or at the very least give it to me so I can brew more.

PS....I was living in Massachusetts during the micro brew revival of the late 80's and early 90's and was one of the tasters for many of the new Sam Adams products amongst other small breweries of the time in Massachusetts. Emperial is better than any of those I tasted during that time. The other style of beer I would suggest is a non filtered ale....I don't mean wheat beer. I mean a full bodied ale with yeast at the bottom of the bottle. I miss this style very much.

Thanks

Dennis

This Emperial IPA is one of the best I have tasted in many years and I am convinced if it became a year round release it would one your most popular brews. I have been a home brewer since I was 14 years old and I am 49 as of this date. Please don't let this recipe go by the wayside or at the very least give it to me so I can brew more.

PS....I was living in Massachusetts during the micro brew revival of the late 80's and early 90's and was one of the tasters for many of the new Sam Adams products amongst other small breweries of the time in Massachusetts. Emperial is better than any of those I tasted during that time. The other style of beer I would suggest is a non filtered ale....I don't mean wheat beer. I mean a full bodied ale with yeast at the bottom of the bottle. I miss this style very much.

Thanks

Dennis