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…
Summer is just about here — and with it, so is the highly anticipated release of Stone cans!If you’re like most craft-beer-loving adults, you know how much situations can be vastly improved by an adult beverage. While cans are just as easily enjoyed as bottles at home, cans have the potential to be enjoyed in many more places because of their lighter, faster-to-chill and less-fragile…
A MILESTONE YEAR EXPLAINEDNo single day can contain something as momentous as our 20th anniversary here at Stone Brewing. So instead of cramming our celebrations into one big festive-filled event, we’re spreading it out over the course of an entire year (and throwing one big festive-filled event). Consider this yearlong celebration our unanimously agreed upon excuse to pay tribute…
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…
I’d actually recommend you not bother to read this. Sure, it’s got some schadenfreude, but your average ‘Karen’ or ‘Ken’ video is probably more entertaining. Your choice. Stuff needed to get down in pixels for the record, so that’s what this is for.Some people say that I’m an asshole. Others credit me (and Stone) with being one of the most positive influences in the story arc that is the craft…
If you read the blog about our Gardens, you know that our inventive gardener, Chili, re-uses by-products from our Brewery and Bistro in our topsoil. Buried within the accompanying flickr photo set, you may have missed an aerial mock-up…
I’ve participated in well over a dozen of our previous Beer U’s, so I can say with authority that this was one of the best ones yet. Beer U: Women Only rocked! Laura Ulrich and Jessica Gilman, two of our brewers here at Stone, led the class with me and we all had a blast. And no, we didn’t sit around gabbing about shoes and manicures the whole time. As a matter of fact, there was no mention of…
Let me tell you about this amazing, invigorating health drink known as craft beer. For decades, red wine has received nearly all the publicity when it comes to the health benefits of alcoholic beverages, but I’m here to tell you that craft beer has just as many, if not more, health benefits than vino rosso. Please follow along as I explain.First, let’s get a couple of thing straight. We…
Whenever we put out a new beer, I’m always asked “who came up with the recipe?”, and am always uncomfortable answering that question, because it is a simple answer that really doesn’t accurately convey why the beer is successful and tastes delicious.
Too much credit is given to the formulation/recipe for a beer’s success. I honestly believe that recipe formulation is the easiest part of making…
Back in 2006, when we decided to branch into the restaurant business, we admittedly didn’t know a lot about what we were getting ourselves into. Up until that point, we had breathed, slept, ate and, of course, drank beer and only beer. But one thing we did know was that quality was going to be at the forefront of our foray into the restaurant biz, and that so long as we held fast to that and our…
