BORN NOVEMBER 1996 & RETIRING NOVEMBER 2016Deciding to retire a beer hardly comes with a swift, resounding chop, especially not when that beer has been with us since nearly day one. When Stone Smoked Porter became the second beer to bear the Stone name, we never foresaw just how long of a run this beer would have. But times change and…
This is part of our series of posts looking backat our 20 years of true craft.Find out more about our history at Stone20th.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CattdcFxnEI&feature=youtu.beWe ran into some trouble years ago with labeling Stone Imperial Russian Stout as what it was—an imperial Russian stout. It started in late 2002, when the TTB, in…
This is part of our series of posts looking backat our 20 years of true craft.Find out more about our history at Stone20th.comOver the years we have taken great delight in pranking our fans on April 1. Usually, it centers on announcing something akin to selling out or poking fun at the parts of the industry we consider less than stellar. Here’s a quick…
While pairing food with beer is becoming more and more popular, there is another way to enjoy beer while getting your daily nourishment. Cooking with beer is no longer just for dads who tip their beer bottle out into a chili pot. Different beers can be incorporated into your meals (and desserts!) and it should be no surprise that we at Stone Brewing are big fans of this culinary union.…
Our all-important, hop-driven quest to deliver the most devastatingly fresh IPA on the planet facilitated a paradigm shift in 2012 with the launch of Stone Enjoy By IPA. Not only did we brew this beer with more than 10 different hops, we brewed it specifically NOT to last. Acclaimed for its groundbreakingly short shelf life, this intense double IPA brought forth a whole new concept of what…
Wouldn’t it be nice if every beer went off without a hitch? We’re going to go ahead and respond with a fast “no.” That would mean we are content with playing it safe. Mishap. Disaster. Stories still talked about fourteen years later (and counting) comes with the challenging yet undeniably rewarding job of experimentation. And we wouldn’t have it any other way. Especially not when “the oak chip…
Meet Laura Ulrich—Small Batch Brewer at Stone Brewing. Having just celebrated her 12th anniversary at Stone, Laura has undoubtedly become an integral piece of Stone's small batch brewing orchestration. Some of her personal highlights include playing key roles in the creation of beers such as Smoked Porter With Vanilla Bean and Southern Charred, the…
This barrel-aged palate-saver has been a favorite among our fans—and us—since its inception in 2013. Pecans, wheat, flaked rye and bourbon-soaked barrels provide this whopping, complex superhero version of an imperial stout with a profound complexity that makes it ideal for cellaring—if you can wait that long. Now, we can’t say this beer bestows jedi powers, exactly, but your…
After brewing this intense double IPA with more than 10 different hops and consistently delivering it faster than any bottled IPA on the planet, we decided to do something different with this Stone Enjoy By IPA—we took it to another level, again. Puréed tangerines were added to the batch to create a devastatingly fresh IPA with a tang of tangerine. The flavors yielded by this addition …
