If you’ve been following along and enjoying each Stone One Batch Dispatch release (of course you have), you’ll rememberour last beer, Mango Maya Milkshake IPA, was a winner of a homebrew competition we produced in cooperation with the American Homebrewers Association (AHA). All the way back in January 2020 we crowned another winner just before everything got all… 2020. The top-voted beer was a…
In 2019, we partnered with the American Homebrewers Association (AHA) to host a people’s choice homebrew competition at our Richmond, Virginia brewing facility. The clear favorite and winner of the competition was a creamy, hoppy, tropical creation from Richmond native Rusty Burrell of @rustybarrelhomebrewing. Over the years, these competitions (which we’ve hosted as far back as 2009) have…
Life can feel like a dream when you get to wake up every morning and brew beer. When our brewer Steve Gonzalez and Seismic Brewing’s Andy Hooper decided to talk collabs, it was actually quite simple. “What are you into lately?” “India Pale Lagers.” “How about a red IPL?” “Never had one before. Let’s do it!” And thus, Seismic / Stone Ain’t That A Kick In The Red Imperial IPL…
It's been more than nine years since we opened our doors at Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens - Liberty Station & started brewing. Since then, multiple beers originating here went on to become national releases and even year-round mainstays. (A few also won some GABF medals, multiple times, but who's counting?) This double-dry-hopped black IPA from Liberty Station brewer Kris Ketcham…
Hello, lovers of minty confections. Glad tidings, enjoyers of dark chocolate. This one's for you and your refined palate. Brewers (and peppermint bark enthusiasts) Eric Fallon and Alfonso Servey created this recipe on our small batch system last winter, based on a homebrew that utilized bark from that well-known grocer where the clerks wear Hawaiian shirts. You know the one. The chocolate &…
When you venture down the rabbit hole, things aren’t always what they seem. While this strange and beautiful stout is deceptively light in color, it’s packed with more flavor than seems fathomable to fit inside this 16oz can. Our Innovation Brewer Fritzi Lara Lino concocted this creation along with our Small Batch team using coffee, chocolate, strawberry… and mushrooms. Trust us. Will it make you…
Dark as the longest night and heavy as a blanket of snow on the roof, this wonderful creation is rich, roasty and made for slow savoring. It’s the result of taking our much acclaimed Stone Imperial Stout and laying it down in bourbon barrels for a year. It’s worth the wait, and possibly even more so if you can stand to set some aside for next year. Cocoa, coffee and roasted malt flavors are…
This holiday season, gather round the fireplace but skip the eggnog. For this extra-special One Batch Dispatch, we took a German-style holiday bock (that’s the “yule”) and aged it in charred bourbon barrels (that’s the “fire”). To be specific, this beer was aged 3 months in freshly-dumped Bulleit Rye Whiskey barrels. Dark malts and Munich malt from Germany combined with barrel complexity give…
Originally created by Sr. Manager of Brewing& Innovation Kris Ketcham to commemorate the 2nd anniversary of Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station, this unusual IPA was an instant hit. Our brew system at Liberty Station is known for bringing some of our most style-bending recipes to life, but this one takes it a step further. It’s inspired by two other style “remixes” - a…
Sometimes we use an elaborate combination of hops to bring out juicy, citrusy, dank and tropical flavors in a beer. And sometimes – SOMETIMES – one hop manages to do all that on its own. That’s what we have here with a magical varietal from New Zealand called Motueka. It’s the only hop we used in the whirlpool and dry hopping process and yet this beer is packed with layers of complex, tropical,…
