Well, well well. 11.11.11. Hmmm. A very special day on several levels. First, it was the Veteran’s Day of all Veteran’s Days. A perfect day to pay tribute and honor those who have served in our country’s military. And perhaps, on a less serious side, 11.11.11 was also Nigel Tufnel Day (who is Nigel Tufnel you ask?...lead guitarist for the legendary band Spinal Tap…made famous for having his…
Well, 2011 is rapidly drawing to a close, but we’re squeezing in yet another collaboration beer release—our fifth of the year—before it’s over. This one wasn’t on the calendar originally, but circumstances arose that demanded we brew it. So we did. Some background: One of the many unfortunate casualties of Hurricane Irene was The Alchemist Pub and Brewery in Waterbury, VT, which was…
It is hard to overstate the importance of drinking fresh beer. But it may not be immediately obvious to the uninitiated that beer is best served fresh in the first place. It is, after all, fermented, and fermented foods often get better with age. Kimchi, yogurt, miso, kefir, kombucha: these are foods whose quality depends on the serene patience of their creators, a willingness to let the…
2011 is drawing to a close, and we'd like to send out a huge thank you to all our fans. With your help, we've accomplished some amazing things this year.
The brewing team has been rocking it this year, making over 25 different beers in the last 12 months. Among them were seven special releases, including the mammoth & widely lauded…
A few weeks ago we took a walk down memory lane, recounting for you the many accolades and accomplishments Stone achieved over the course of 2011. We are not content, however, to rest on our laurels. We’ve now turned our sights to the future and all the amazing things we have in store for you in 2012. Dates have been set for…
It's no secret that we love making collaboration beers. We always have an amazing time brewing them, they've turned out great (if we may say so ourselves), and it gives us a chance to play around a little bit. To go a little further outside of the proverbial box. (Though admittedly, we were never quite certain about where this so-…
It's apparently mind blowing to some folks that for our first 15+ years, we'd never used Cascade hops in any of our beers. And now, seemingly out of the blue, we've gone and used Cascade in our two most recent beer releases: 2012 Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine and the…
I'm guessing you really don't care to hear about anything IRS-related now that it's mid-April, but stick with me here. This is a good IRS. It's the über-dark, roasty-toasty, decadently rich Stone Imperial Russian Stout, and as of April 16th, it's back again. For the twelfth time. (And for a limited…
Just one week after releasing the 2012 Stone Imperial Russian Stout, we've got another beer up our sleeves that's coming to a glass near you starting today. A few years ago, Greg and Steve were approached by Matt Bonney and Matt "Vern" Vandenberghe (aka "The Matts"), the almighty…
You know what the problem is with you young punk craft beer drinkers today? You don't know how good you've got it! Double IPAs everywhere, flowing like water! Heck, when I was your age, I had to trek over 100 miles uphill in the snow to get something even remotely hoppy! Oh, gosh, who am I kidding? I'm only 27. The fact is, *I* am a young punk, reveling in the bounty of lupulin-loaded libations…
