RowTow 2.0

Stone has been releasing a series of beers which culminates in the year 2012.  The beer is released on a day such that the day, month, and year are all the same, so this year’s is 8-8-08.  The last beer will be released on December 12, 2012, which as we all know is exactly 9 days before the end of the Mayan Calendar and thus the entire universe.  Drink ‘em while you got ‘em!  Stone intends for you to age all the verticals until 12-12-12 then open them all at once in an enormous beer orgy they’ve dubbed a “vertical tasting”.

That said I’m drinking one now.  Yay.

8-8-08 is quite the absurd beer.  Like the other verticals I’ve sampled so far, it’s has a hazy golden hue and the sweet yet boozy smell of a Tripel.  The flavor hits you like an IPA and a Tripel at the same time.  It’s got the sweet boozy flavor of a Tripel mixed with the intense hops of an IPA.  I can’t wait to taste this stuff when it’s been aged 4 years.  I expect the hop flavor to mellow out slightly so the classier Tripel flavor can come out a bit more.  That said, drinking just one is enough to get you pretty hammered.  As bottled it’s 8.6% ABV.

That said, an awesome beer.