UPDATE: The beer will be called will be called More Brown Than Black IPA & will feature 4 different hops & around 70+ IBUs. The beer will use The Alchemist’s house yeast strain.
Stone Brewing has officially released the 2nd to last installment of their Vertical Epic Series. Begun on February 2nd, 2002 (02.02.02), each beer had a Belgian influence, each much different than the first.
Another entry into Stone Brewing’s Quingenti Series – Stone/Victory/Dogfish Head Saison Du Buff, aged in red wine barrels. Du Buff was/is a collaboration saison, brewed with parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.
It’s a saison of sorts; hellaciously herbaceous and hopefully contagious. Continue Reading →
Some are questioning the prematurity of the – best of 2011 list. (Just the first week of November still right? My rent check still hasn’t cleared.) Either way, here is the list. One thing to note, beer – especially craft Continue Reading →
It is not new news that Stone Brewing Co.’s CEO, Greg Koch, has been eyeing a few European locations for a new brewery site. Sign on San Diego reported yesterday that the Mayor of San Diego, Jerry Sanders has written Continue Reading →
November is getting every so close, signaling the next to last release of Stone Brewing’s Vertical Epic Series. This year’s edition Stone calls a “non-sequitur” – due to the list of ingredients in 11.11.11. Chilies, Cinnamon Sticks, Flanders yeast. For Continue Reading →
Stone Brewing Co. announces its newest collaboration beer a will be arriving over the next few weeks. Stone’s Steve Wagner & Mitch Steele worked with The Bruery‘s Patrick Rue and Tyler King as well as Elysian Brewing Continue Reading →
Stone, Ninkasi, & The Alchemist Collaborating To Benefit Irene Victims
UPDATE: The beer will be called will be called More Brown Than Black IPA & will feature 4 different hops & around 70+ IBUs. The beer will use The Alchemist’s house yeast strain.
More details to follow – Stone Brewing, Ninkasi Brewing, and The Alchemist are collaborating on a beer to benefit victims of Hurricane Irene. As you’ll recently recall, Vermont based Alchemist was destroyed by floods following Hurricane Irene. They were able still release Heady Topper in cans, as it was outside the flood area. [Stone]
Stone Brewing has officially released the 2nd to last installment of their Vertical Epic Series. Begun on February 2nd, 2002 (02.02.02), each beer had a Belgian influence, each much different than the first.
What’s up this year? A chili beer. The brewery took a Belgian amber, and added Anaheim chilies from New Mexico’s Hatch Valley. Also, cracked cinnamon sticks.
Per Brewmaster Mitch Steele: “The famous mild green chilies from the Hatch Valley in New Mexico add layers of delicious flavor with a very mild heat component. And the cinnamon doesn’t dominate the beer’s flavor by any means, instead adding a subtly complex spice note that blends amazingly well with the Hatch chilies and the banana esters present from the yeast.”
Hops: Warrior, Target, Perle and Pacific Jade Malts: Pale, Crystal, Munich, CaraBohemian and Special B Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
2.02.02 — Witbier, 7.5% ABV
03.03.03 — Belgian Strong Dark, 8.5%
04.04.04 — Belgian Strong Pale Ale, 8.5%
05.05.05 — Belgian Strong Dark Ale, 8.5%
6.06.06 — Belgian Strong Dark Ale, 8.66%
7.07.07 — Belgian Strong Pale Ale, 8.4%
8.08.08 -Belgian IPA, 8.6%
09.09.09 — Belgian Strong Dark, 8.6%
10.10.10 – Belgian-style Golden Ale with Chamomile flowers and white wine grapes.
Another entry into Stone Brewing’s Quingenti Series – Stone/Victory/Dogfish Head Saison Du Buff, aged in red wine barrels. Du Buff was/is a collaboration saison, brewed with parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.
It’s a saison of sorts; hellaciously herbaceous and hopefully contagious. This was not a ready made ale. Buff is how we think, how we act, and who we are… Brewers united for freedom of flavor! Herbs in our brew? Impossible where I trained in Germany! But America has granted our breweries the amazing opportunity with gusto in making this collaborative ale. Other than the times we’ve seen each other at conferences and fests since we formed BUFF in 2003, this is the first chance we’ve had to get together over a brew (as in making it) and later, a brew (as in drinking it.) I hope you’re able to enjoy this collaborative effort with your old friends! – Sam, Bill, Greg
Style: Saison (wine barrel aged) Availability: 500ml bottles, corked & caged Release: TBA. Stone will tie the sales of bottles to a lottery, (or a book to buy first, lol) No distribution, if it follows previous releases.
Some are questioning the prematurity of the – best of 2011 list. (Just the first week of November still right? My rent check still hasn’t cleared.) Either way, here is the list. One thing to note, beer – especially craft beer, is about as opinionated as a presidential election. Be sure to head over to the full article for the full story.
Goose Island – Pepe Nero
Firestone Walker – Abacus
Brooklyn Brewing – The Concoction
Nebraska Brewing – Hop God
New Belgium – Le Terroir
Stone Brewing – Sublimely Self Righteous
Weihenstephaner -Original Premium
Aspall – Dry English Draft Cider
Boulevard/Deschutes – Collab #2 White IPA
Anchorage Brewing – Bitter Monk
De Musketiers – Troubadour Magma
Odell Brewing – Friek
21st Amendment – Hop Crisis
Heineken – New Castle Brown
Crooked Stave – W.W.B.R.
Lost Abbey – Red Poppy
Koningshoeven – La Trappe Isid’or
Unibroue – Quelque Chose
Sixpoint Craft – Sweet Action
Shorts – The Gambler
Almanac Beer – Summer 2010
Stillwater/The Brewer’s Art – The Debutante
White Birch – Tavern Ale
It is not new news that Stone Brewing Co.’s CEO, Greg Koch, has been eyeing a few European locations for a new brewery site. Sign on San Diego reported yesterday that the Mayor of San Diego, Jerry Sanders has written Germany’s Klaus Woweriet praising and recommending Koch and Stone Brewing’s World Bistro and Gardens citing it as a great tourist attraction.
“It is with all of this in mind that I heartily recommend inviting Stone Brewing Co. to your community,” Sanders concluded. “I’m sure they will become every bit as valuable to Berlin as they have grown to become in San Diego.”
[Sign On San Diego]However, check the comments, Koch is singing a different tune. He says that the letter was sent last July and alludes to the fact that they are nowhere near naming an official location for the European brewery to be. Stone is currently focusing their efforts on their expansions in San Diego including expanded production, barrel aging, event, and hotel space.
Koch says he will keep checking the papers to find out… I guess we will too.
November is getting every so close, signaling the next to last release of Stone Brewing’s Vertical Epic Series. This year’s edition Stone calls a “non-sequitur” – due to the list of ingredients in 11.11.11. Chilies, Cinnamon Sticks, Flanders yeast. For those non-beer geeky folk, that’s like ketchup, green beans & vanilla ice cream. Well, sort of.
Anaheim chilies are fairly mild. The seeds were brought to Anaheim in the 1900’s, and the name stuck. Cinnamon sticks – self explanatory. The yeast? Bananas baby. So on 11.11.11 you’ll be drinking a spicy, cinnamon banana. Maybe not so ketchup & ice cream.
As with any good epic, herein lies the promise of a larger-than-life experiences, heroics and twists & turns as the adventure unfolds. This bottle conditioned ale is chapter ten, and is specifically designed to be aged until sometime after December 12th, 2012. Provided you can wait that long. At that time, enjoy it in a “vertical” tasting along with its ten Stone Vertical Epic Ale brethren. Each one unique to the year of it’s release. Each with its own “twist & turn” in the plot line. Each one released one year, one month and one day from the previous year’s edition.
This year’s Stone Vertical Epic Ale might justifiably be considered the non sequitur edition. We somehow came to the conclusion that adding Anaheim chilies from New Mexico’s Hatch Valley, plus whole cinnamon sticks, to an amber-hued brew fermented with Belgian Flanders Golden Ale yeast (which provides fairly intense character with lots of clove & banana overtones) would create a very tasty result. And we believe it does! The Anaheim chili is know for it’s rich flavor more than endorphin-inducing heat, and the cinnamon adds a nice twist… part of the promise behind the Vertical Epic Ale series itself. As with any epic remember that it’s not just the destination, but the journey!
“All of us are kind of known for big, imperial beers, and the fact that we came together to make this mellower pumpkin beer… I think it was very restrained and dignified of us,” jokes Rue. “And I think we brought some really interesting spice additions to the table.”
Style: Pumpkin Beer
Hops: Warrior, Motueka Malt Pale, Rye, Crystal, Chocolate Rye, English Brown, Aromatic, and Honey malt Adjuncts: Pumpkins (grown at Stone Farms), yams, toasted fenugreek, lemon verbena, birch bark,
Availability: Limited, one-time brew. Single 12-oz. bottles and draft. Distribution: AZ, CA, CO, FL, IL, MA, NC, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TX, VA, VE, WA Release date: October 17 in Southern California. Other markets over time.
