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Stone To Build in Berlin, Germany Brewery

Stone Brewing Co. (Escondido, CA) promised a big announcement today. While everyone was expecting the announcement of an East Coast brewery, today the brewery announced the intention to build a craft brewery, restaurant and gardens in Berlin, Germany. Stone Brewing Continue Reading →

Stone Unapologetic IPA

On Monday, prepare for more hops from Stone Brewing Co. (Escondido, CA). The next collaboration hits shelves. Stone Unapologetic IPA is pretty much the “lack” of apology for creating another IPA. This new hop bomb is a collaboration between Stone, Continue Reading →

First Look: Stone Brewing Arbalest

Stone Brewing Co. (Escondido, CA) has a couple of new barrel aged offerings that will find their way to tap handles in the future. Among those, include Stone Bang Bang, and the above Arbalest, Belgian-style ale aged in bourbon barrels.

Both Continue Reading →

Stone Coffee Milk Stout Coming This August

Stone Brewing Co. (Escondido, CA) will release Stone Milk Stout this August.

The beer is a brain child of Brian Gallagher, who once brewed this beer for  Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station. Gallagher learned to brew in the Continue Reading →

Stone Stochasticity Addition: Hibiscusity

Stone Brewing Co. (Escondido, CA) will expand their Stochasticity Project releases with Hibiscusity Belgian-style Ale. Stone created the Stochasticity Project under the pseudonym Koochevagner (a play on the last name of two founders of the company). Taking the Stone name away, it Continue Reading →

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Stone Groundbreaking Collab: SPECIAL bashah [VIDEO]

Stone Brewing Co. (Escondido, CA) made craft beer headlines today, with the announcement of a new brewery build in Berlin, Germany. The build will cost $25 million dollars.

The brewery has started an IndieGoGo fundraising campaign, where for $50 dollars you can purchase a 1.5 liter bottle from a special, very limited, Stone Groundbreaking Collaboration Series.

Among these beers is Special bashah, a second take on the black double belgian IPA Stone created with Scottish craft brewery, Brewdog in 2009.

If you choose to purchase a bottle, it must be picked up at either Stone in Escondido, California, or Berlin, Germany. Release date to be announced.

bashah: Is an acronym for “black as sin hoppy as hell”

Read more: Stone Groundbreaking Collaboration Series

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Brewery Expansions, Coming Soon, Headlines, Stone Brewing Co.

Stone To Build in Berlin, Germany Brewery

Stone Brewing Co. (Escondido, CA) promised a big announcement today. While everyone was expecting the announcement of an East Coast brewery, today the brewery announced the intention to build a craft brewery, restaurant and gardens in Berlin, Germany. Stone Brewing Berlin will cost $25 million to complete.

 Here are the details: 

  • The location is on 2 acres of land in Mariendorf, six miles south of the city’s Brandenburg Gate
  • The site contains a red brick main hall built in 1901 by Imperial Continental Gas Association.
  • Main Hall is 43,000 square feet
  • Two other buildings on site will be used for special events, beer packaging
  • The custom built brewhouse should open late 2015, 2016
  • Cost $25 million in renovations, contruction, and landscaping
  •  No plans on brewing traditional German styles
  • The first beers to come from the Berlin brewery are a series of limited releases called Stone Groundbreaking Collaborations.
  • Sold in 1.5 liter bottles for $50 dollars each, available through crowd funding campaign on IndieGoGo
  • Proceeds go to expediting construction in Berlin and the United States east coast brewery (not yet announced.)

Series Launch Beers Include: 

Imperial Royal Imperial Saison du BUFF – described as “an uber version” of the Saison that Stone first released in 2010 with Victory and Dogfish Head

SPECIAL bashah –a second take on the Black Double Belgian IPA brewed once before with Scotland’s BrewDog in 2009,

Super Duper Arrogant – a Strong Ale that revisits an earlier collaboration between Stone and Birrificio Le Baladin of Italy.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines, Heretic Brewing, New Releases, Stone Brewing Co.

Stone Unapologetic IPA

On Monday, prepare for more hops from Stone Brewing Co. (Escondido, CA). The next collaboration hits shelves. Stone Unapologetic IPA is pretty much the “lack” of apology for creating another IPA. This new hop bomb is a collaboration between Stone, Beachwood Brewing (Alhambra, CA) and Heretic Brewing (Fairfield, CA).

Loaded with new hop varieties, including two that don’t even have names yet—HBC 342 and Hopsteiner Experimental Hop #06300—this beer makes a strong argument with a melange of tropical fruit, berry, citrus, coconut and melon flavors complementing intense, signature Stone bitterness. You can read the rest of our rationale on the official Stone Collaborations page.

Beachwood/Heretic/Stone Unapologetic IPA will be available in 22oz bombers and draft for a limited time.

Style: Imperial IPA
Availability: 22oz Bombers, Draft

Arrival: June 30th 2014

8.8% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Stone Brewing Co.

First Look: Stone Brewing Arbalest

Stone Brewing Co. (Escondido, CA) has a couple of new barrel aged offerings that will find their way to tap handles in the future. Among those, include Stone Bang Bang, and the above Arbalest, Belgian-style ale aged in bourbon barrels.

Both Stone Bang Bang, and Stone Arbalest were supposed to tap at the 3rd Anniversary of the Stone Company Store at South Park on Friday, June 20th,  but both have since been removed from the lineup.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines, Stone Brewing Co.

Stone Coffee Milk Stout Coming This August

Stone Brewing Co. (Escondido, CA) will release Stone Milk Stout this August.

The beer is a brain child of Brian Gallagher, who once brewed this beer for  Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station. Gallagher learned to brew in the UK, which is reflected in this traditional, coffee laced milk stout. 

Expect Stone Milk Stout in 12oz bottles & draft this August.

Note: Pardon the low-rez image. Working on a higher rez image soon.  

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Don't Miss This, Stone Brewing Co.

First Look: Stone Brewing “Bang Bang”

A new barrel aged offering from Stone Brewing Co. has surfaced, Stone Brewing Bang Bang. 

Bang Bang is a red ale, aged in bourbon barrels. The artwork above is simply a screenshot Beer Street Journal took of the tap handles. As far as who, what, when, where and even why? That will come soon.

Style: Red Ale (Barrel Aged. Bourbon)
Availability: Draft only (as of 6/11/14)

?? ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Headlines, Stone Brewing Co.

Stone Stochasticity Addition: Hibiscusity

Stone Brewing Co. (Escondido, CA) will expand their Stochasticity Project releases with Hibiscusity Belgian-style Ale. Stone created the Stochasticity Project under the pseudonym Koochevagner (a play on the last name of two founders of the company). Taking the Stone name away, it allowed the brewery some freedom to create as they see fit. For instance, this release, a Belgian inspired beer brewed with hibiscus and orange peel. 

When the warmth of summer lifts mercury toward the triple digits, many seek refreshment from “lawnmower beers” (aka—the fizzy, yellow, tasteless, cut-rate, industrialized facsimile of Pilsner we have all come to know and revile). In pushing the beer envelope, we aim to advance imbibers’ options for something far beyond run-of-the-mill with this immensely flavorful alternative. As original as the tongue-twisting name we coined far it, this robust Belgian-style ale is brewed with wheat and rendered optimal for summer with the addition of orange peel and hibiscus, bringing forth floral and citrus notes against a brilliant pink hue.

Stone Stochasticity Hibiscusity will be available in 22oz bombers, and draft.

Style: Belgian-Style Golden Ale (w/ Hibiscus Flower, Orange Peel)
Availability: 22oz Bombers
Arrival: TBA

8.6% ABV

by Reid Ramsay