Stone Brewing Company is iconic in the minds of many a hop head. They pretty much made the Double IPA and Black IPA categories with beers like Ruination and Sublimely Self-Righteous. Recently they have pumped out one limited release after another with the majority being incredibly hop forward. So it shocked everyone when they announced they were discontinuing the Sublimely Self-Righteous and pumping replacing it with a new Enjoy By Black IPA.
Stone did it again. This time they discontinue Ruination as we know it. They are switching up the hops and the build, tweaking it to make it even hoppier to roll with the times. I will admit, I am very skeptical about this move. Ruination has been a staple of the DIPA category since it launched onto the scene so many years ago. To take that legendary recipe and tweak it seems almost blasphemous. Yet if anyone can do it, it is definitely Stone. Only time will tell if this move proves to be a breath of fresh air or a terrible error in judgement.
Source: http://www.stonebrewing.com/ruin/
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