The brewers at Stone Brewing Company do their own thing. They’re stubborn. They’re unapologetic. They have a beer called Arrogant Bastard (it’s tagline is “you’re not worthy”). So, it was with great ...

Purported to be 100+ IBUs on the bitterness scale, Stone Ruination is one of the great West Coast IPAs. And now available as a limited edition winter seasonal, it’s this week’s (and the final) Beer ...

Pick hit: Stone Ruination IPA. Pedigree: My friend Casey at D'Agnese's Trattoria and Cafe in Akron turned me on to this. The amber-colored IPA is a must for hop-heads -- incredibly smooth, somewhat ...

Escondido's Stone Brewing Company is part of a rich, growing tradition of microbrewers in California. Their Ruination IPA can be counted a proud addition to the ranks. First released in June 2002, ...

What makes a Beer Brackets champion? Is legacy a more important factor than a firm, fresh impression? Stone's Ruination IPA may be the product of a contemporary craft brewing giant, but today it's up ...

Round Three of PennLive's Beer Brackets will determine which beers make it to the all important Final Four, and this first matchup pits against one another two brews that knocked out heavyweight ...

A few weeks ago, an old friend called me with some bad news: he had just read that Stone is retiring Ruination. For many, Ruination was a first foray into aggressive, West Coast IPAs. Certainly it can ...

Lately I’ve been into revisiting older craft beers to see how they stand up to more modern brews. It’s easy to let old favorites fall by the wayside with so many offerings now available. Virtually ...

The 2015 edition of the national Beer Judge Certification Program Style Guidelines, which proscribe judging criteria for competitions, doesn't include a definition of a "triple IPA," even though ...

When beloved San Diego County-based brewery Stone Brewing Co. discontinued its staple Ruination ale, a few of us at the Weekly might have shed a few tears into our (potentially) last pints of the ...