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Video Review: Stone Crime

About four months ago Greg had the idea that sparked a movement: A chili stout tasting. The movement wasn’t necessarily one of social importance, but more a movement of beers from the cellars of Paige, Greg, and Russ to make the tasting happen. After a delightful, two day event that including amazing beers including Barrel Aged Abraxas, Prairie Bomb!, and Red Wine Barrel Aged Mexican Cake, we ended with Stone’s Crime. Crime’s base is bourbon … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Strong Ale, Beer, Blend, Stone Brewing Co.
Stone Vertical Epic Tasting

In late July, Tom and Todd of The Brewski Boxscore hosted quite the Epic tasting. What once started as a modest goal to simply taste the last three or so releases from Stone’s Vertical Epic series quickly blossomed into a drive to collect the whole set. During their travels along the East coast for family visits and summer vacations, Tom and Todd found vintage bottles of the Vertical Epics sitting on store shelves, seemingly content … Read entire article »
Filed under: Belgian, Cellar, Reviews, Stone Brewing Co., Vertical
Stone Smoked Porter: Original, Vanilla Bean, or Chipotle Peppers?

Stone is a brewery this blog is pretty familiar with…and personally I’ve been shown no reason for that to change. Last year I skipped out on trying the Smoked Porter variants–with vanilla beans and chipotle peppers–but when the time came this year I didn’t make the same mistake again. Figuring it would make a good post, I grabbed regular Smoked Porter on my way to the register and opened them over the last week to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Beer, Smoked Porter, Stone Brewing Co.
Stone Ruination 10th Anniversary IPA

Stone Brewing Company has been, and most likely will remain, one of the powerhouses in the craft beer world. This year is special for them, as their Ruination IPA–the first full-time brewed and bottled Double IPA on the planet–celebrated its 10th anniversary in June. On June 11th, Stone released a new brew to “celebrate a glorious decade of hoppy decadence with even more hops,” dubbed Ruination 10th Anniversary IPA. Stone CEO and Co-Founder Greg Koch … Read entire article »
Filed under: Beer, Imperial IPA, Stone Brewing Co.
The Bruery, Elysian, and Stone La Citrueille Celeste De Citracado

Saying either the breweries or the name of this beer is kind of a mouthful, let alone the two together. For this collaboration, Tyler King and Patrick Rue represented the Bruery, Dick Cantwell for Elysian, and Mitch Steele from Stone. As this was brewed on September 7th, 2011 and released outside the breweries on October 31, I’m not really on top of the “Drink this Fresh” commandment on the bottle. In my defense, I bought it … Read entire article »
Filed under: Beer, Elysian Brewing Co., Fruit / Vegetable Beer, Stone Brewing Co., The Bruery
Budget/Nonbudget Showdown: Stone IPA vs. Stone Ruination IPA

I’m known for my, well, “inexpensive” tastes in beer. One of the greatest rewards in my craft beer quest is finding those special brews that offer taste competitive with the big and rare beers, for a fraction of the price. In the interest of furthering this pursuit, an interesting idea popped into my head while browsing the aisles of Total Wine & More Chantilly. As I passed a Stone Brewing Company display, I noticed sixers of … Read entire article »
Filed under: Beer, Budget, Imperial IPA, IPA, Stone Brewing Co.
Stone 15th Anniversary Escondidian Imperial Black IPA

With their 15th Anniversary beer, Stone makes the argument that Escondidians do it better. Tossing aside the common ‘Cascadian’ part of the Dark Ale title, Greg Koch instead prefers to represent the region where Stone is located. Head Brewmaster Mitch Steele describes it as such: “Intense herbal and piney hops are followed by roasted malt notes redolent of coffee, anise, and cocoa, all coming together to form one of the darkest, hoppiest and most colossal … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Black Ale, Beer, Stone Brewing Co.
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