Archive for Stone Brewery
Stone Brewing Company hopes to expand in Europe
Stone Brewing Company, based in Escondido California, announced expansion hopes to take their craft across the Atlantic.
Via the social medium of twitter and an online Blog, Greg Koch and Steve Wagner announced the long awaited news about their next major step in world domination – expansion into Europe. Greg Koch explained that they are [...]
Stone Brewing Company release Vertical Epic 09-09-09
The vertical epic series from Stone Brewing Company is one of my favorite seasonal beers. Brewing a beer and having it available for this rare day is a great marketing idea – and the beers are always delicious. Here’s the information about today’s release:
Stone Brewing Releases the Vertical Epic Ale – Belgian Porter [...]
2009 Washington IPA Challenge Results
Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA, Marin Brewing White Knuckle Double IPA, and Rock Bottom Bellevue Hop Bomb Take Top Honors at the 2009 Washington IPA Challenge
Seattle, WA (8/22/09) – On Saturday, August 22, 16 judges gathered at Beveridge Place Pub, located in Seattle, Washington, for a blind evaluation of 36 IPA and Imperial IPA entries. [...]
Recap of the juxtaposition collaboration between Cambridge Brewing, Stone and Brew Dog
On Friday afternoon, when all I can think about is the weekend — the following email arrives in my inbox:
We can finally share all the pertinent info on this till-now double secret event. This Saturday at precisely 7pm we will be tapping two kegs of Juxtaposition, an “imperial” black pilsner collaboratively brewed last March by [...]
BEER EVENT: GABF 2009 – Pints for Prostate Tasting
Exclusive Event During the GABF Supports Pints for Prostates Campaign
All About Beer Magazine, in cooperation with BeerAdvocate.com, will present a premier tasting of rare and exotic beers on Sept. 25th from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Wynkoop Brewery in Denver to benefit the Pints for Prostates campaign.
The inaugural Denver Rare Beer Tasting is taking [...]
REVISED – Craft Beer Education Series Session #10 moved to Apr 29
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we have moved session #10 of the Craft Beer Education Series to Wednesday, April 29th.
Top 50 breweries in 2008
The Brewers Association will be releasing their complete analysis of statistics next week in Boston, but here’s a sneak peak at the top Craft Breweries and top Overall Breweries for 2008.
New England was represented by the following …
Top Craft:
1 Boston Beer Co.
10 Magic Hat Brewing Co.
12 Harpoon Brewery
16 Shipyard [...]
Get signed up for IPA BEERRRRR Maddddddnessssss
The brewing news is hosting an IPA March Madness. Just like the tournament of college hoops, we don’t get to “play” the game, but we can follow along and pick who we think will win. I’ve never joined in this madness, until now.
Here are some of the New England Breweries getting into the action:
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Stone Brewing Company installs waste water treatment plant
Background: Escondido’s Stone Brewing Co. has been trucking 40,000 gallons of wastewater every month to San Diego for treatment because Escondido’s municipal sewage treatment plant cannot handle its high sugar and protein content.
What’s changing: The brewery has spent $850,000 to build its own wastewater treatment facility. It will begin operating Wednesday.
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Brewery will start treating wastewater
On-site [...]
Beer aged in Wooden Barrels – What do you prefer?
Flavor That Grows on Trees
By Greg Kitsock
Beer and wood have had a falling out since the industrial age began. Even when breweries didn’t switch to stainless steel, they tended to line wooden barrels and fermenters with pitch or a similar substance to prevent off-flavors.
What about that vaunted Budweiser beechwood-aging process? Anheuser-Busch places beechwood chips in [...]
