Stone Brewing urges you to drink fresh beer. As evidenced by a new flow chart that will be on the bottles of beer that need to be drank as fresh as possible. Simply, you’ll see a drink by date on the bottle. If the beer is past it’s prime, the brewery wants to know about it by going to Stonebrew.com/Fresh (Link not active yet.)
Also, a quick look at what will be Stone’s 15th Anniversary Ale. Looks to be a black IPA, bearing the name Escondidian Imperial Black IPA. 10.5% ABV. Stone celebrates 15 years the weekend of August 19th, 2011. Typically, the Anniversary ale arrives in bombers and draft.