Stone Ruination IPA was the first full-time brewed and bottled West Coast Double IPA on the planet. As craft beer has evolved over the years, so too have techniques for maximizing hop flavors and aromas. When we updated this incarnation in 2015, we employed dry hopping and hop bursting to squeeze every last drop of piney, citrusy, tropical, punk, metal & hard rock essence from the hops that…
No lemons, no melon. Though there is a good amount of orange peel and tangerine in this one, but we’ll get to that in a moment. First we will refer you back to February 2, 2002 (otherwise known as 02.02.02) when we released the first of our now deified decade-spanning Stone Vertical Epic Ale series. The next was released on 03.03.03, then 04.04.04 all the way up until 12.12.12. As we…
Getting all aggro can sometimes be a negative. Getting aggro with your hops however? Awesome. (Try singing that aloud in your best Stone Aggro heavy metal falsetto). Equally awesome: getting aggro with hop agronomy. It's often a tradition passed down through generations, as is the case with Perrault Farms in Toppenish, Washington. Since 1928, the Perrault family and friends have honed their craft…
This one-time-only beer, a fascinating addition to our “Odd Beers for Odd Years” series, incorporates cinnamon, cardamom, clove, ginger, a dash of black pepper and a dose of black tea to emulate the aroma and taste of authentic chai tea. Combine these strikingly piquant ingredients with the classic version of Stone Imperial Russian Stout―with its incumbent flavors of chocolate, black currants,…
We brewed our first IPA in 1997 (or what we now call ‘ancient history’). In actual real history, India Pale Ales had already traveled from the fringes to the mainstream in the 1800’s before falling into the obscurity of time. Yet, in the youthful exuberance of our young brewery, we went all in, and helped both speed up the recognition of the historic style and lock in its place in the present...…
For a long time, the idea of haze obscuring an IPA’s appearance was frowned upon. Nowadays, we’re inclined to stare right into the haze and let the haze stare back. It’s all about that magically murky golden glow. This IPA is brewed with a trifecta of barley, oats and wheat to lock in the haze while aromas of stone fruit and citrus billow forth from Mosaic and Citra hops. Lean back and lose…
We often associate space with the future. Progress. What’s next. But in reality, any cosmic body you’d encounter out there is unfathomably ancient. It may take cutting-edge technology to reach it, but upon discovery, you’re immediately taken back in time.
It’s in this spirit we offer Stone Cosmic Runestone IPA, a blend of historic Nordic brewing tradition (Voss Kveik yeast and juniper berries…
Novice, enthusiast, geek, diehard. In most cases, you choose your level. The novice will say “Stone only makes tons of IPAs.” The enthusiast will say “That’s true, except for the word ‘only’.”The geek will memorize hop varieties, release dates, origins, ABVs, IBUs, and every other conceivable detail. But the diehard? People in that category will tell you they didn’t choose IPAs. IPAs chose them.…
Can you imagine what Stone Brewing would be like without hops? Neither can we! We’d like to think we’ve done as right by this bitter botanical as it has by us. So, what makes this one-time-only imperial IPA unique? Experimental hops! We dabbled with a number of new varietals, including HBC 291, which we brewed with for the very first time. Get your nose in that glass and take in the complex…
