Anyone Try Stochasticity?

[Mark_tries_brewing]

Let me correct myself, two hearted is no where near as grapefruit as this, I can't say its not there.

 

[dpatrickv]

Had my bottle this weekend. I thought there was a ton of grapefruit in it. Very forefront to me. I enjoyed.

 

[TheZymurgist]

Just got a bottle of Stone's latest "Enjoy By" as well. I haven't had any of the earlier versions yet, so I'm curious about this one too. They say they go to "painstaking measure" to make sure it's fresh, but I wonder how much more fresh it is compared to anything else. They say they want you to drink it no more than 35 days from bottling, but how long do other beers take to get to market? Is this actually any different, or is it just a gimmick?

 

[Photopilot]

Just got a bottle of Stone's latest "Enjoy By" as well. I haven't had any of the earlier versions yet, so I'm curious about this one too. They say they go to "painstaking measure" to make sure it's fresh, but I wonder how much more fresh it is compared to anything else. They say they want you to drink it no more than 35 days from bottling, but how long do other beers take to get to market? Is this actually any different, or is it just a gimmick?

Since Stone is local and prevalent, I am wondering if I can buy the "Enjoy By" at day old bread prices the day after it "expires"? Is this just a copy of the Budweiser born on dating beer thing. I think with something like Bud it is important to drink it fresh before all the hop flavors falls out.

 

[Photopilot]

This beer is really just Ruination with grapefruit, and that's exactly what it tasted like to me. The ingredients are the same, although they don't list the %s and hop schedules on the Grapefuit Slam bottle.

Although they are local to me I am not a huge fans of their IPAs, I do like visiting the brewery though because it is a cool place. I don't remember Ruination being a particularly citrusy beer. So the grapefruit was a nice addition to it.

 

[Mark_tries_brewing]

I wouldn't say the Enjoy By is necessarily fresher than any other beer but I think its a good idea because the stores in my area often have old craft beer still sitting there on the shelves. The date clearly on the bottle forces them to be more responsible and makes sure more people who try it actually know what it is intended to taste like. It's also by far my favorite Stone beer although I've only had the Feb 14 of this year version I was actually impressed compared to most other Stone IPAs that are drinkable but leave much to be desired.

 

[drainbamage]

Since Stone is local and prevalent, I am wondering if I can buy the "Enjoy By" at day old bread prices the day after it "expires"? Is this just a copy of the Budweiser born on dating beer thing. I think with something like Bud it is important to drink it fresh before all the hop flavors falls out.

The retailers are "supposed to" pull any remaining stock from the shelves after the Enjoy By date (although I've seen a couple exceptions).

Although I haven't tried it past the date to compare, Enjoy By is easily one of my favorite IIPAs.

 

[judsonp]

I suspect how long other beers take to get to market (and into your fridge) varies a lot. All I know is that Stone's other IPAs are marked "enjoy by" with a 90-day window, whereas Enjoy By's window is 35 days. The distribution seems pretty fast: 4/20 was bottled on the 15th, and was available in my local stores (on the other side of the country) on the 20th.

Enjoy By is definitely one of my favorite IIPAs.

 

[IL1kebeer]

http://blog.stonebrew.com/index.php/stone-stochasticity-project/

If anyone hasn't read it yet. It shows a pretty good indication that this beer is Ruination w/ Grapefruit (as if the two beers having the same ingredients wasn't enough proof).

 

[terrapinj]

I heard from a mutual friend that this was a batch of Ruination that didn't quite come out right so stone decided to add grapefruit to and market it

i wasn't impressed - tasted like grapefruit to me but had the bitter white pith taste to it - i'm admittedly not a huge fan of centennial on it's own

 

[drainbamage]

http://blog.stonebrew.com/index.php/stone-stochasticity-project/

If anyone hasn't read it yet. It shows a pretty good indication that this beer is Ruination w/ Grapefruit (as if the two beers having the same ingredients wasn't enough proof).

That Varna Necropolis sounds interesting.

 

[IL1kebeer]

That Varna Necropolis sounds interesting.

That's very similar to VE2008 aged in Bourbon Barrels.

 

[TheZymurgist]

I heard from a mutual friend that this was a batch of Ruination that didn't quite come out right so stone decided to add grapefruit to and market it

i wasn't impressed - tasted like grapefruit to me but had the bitter white pith taste to it - i'm admittedly not a huge fan of centennial on it's own

That would be hilarious if that were true, because the entire premise behind Stochasticity is there is no happenstance, no randomness.

 

[judsonp]

That would be hilarious if that were true, because the entire premise behind Stochasticity is there is no happenstance, no randomness.

Obviously messing up a batch of Ruination wasn't chance, it was fate!