May 11th, 2009
It was an eventful weekend for us and as a result the Monday Morning Coming Down post should be above par this week. But first, our top story: Jeff is hurt… Here’s his brave report.
Jeff- I have scratched my cornea trying to put in my contact. I am going to bow out of MMCD this week and I am [...]
Categories: Monday Morning Coming Down |
Tags: Aprihop, arrogant bastard, delirium, dogfish head, half acre, Home Brewing, injury, morimoto sabo, nefarious ten pin, Rogue, ska brewing, stone, yuengling | No Comments
January 23rd, 2009
Stone is sticking with their established theme of over the top, self confident beer names. The high gravity IPA Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale is new and available now. The beer itself is actually their 11th Anniversary Ale and was originally intended to be limited to the year it celebrated. Evidently the 11th Anniversary Ale was successful enough that a re-branding [...]
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Tags: IPA, stone, Sublimely Self-Righteous | 1 Comment
December 18th, 2008
Ales are a type of beer brewed using top-fermenting yeasts and are generally attributed to ancient Sumerians. These beers require higher temperatures than the bottom-fermenting yeasts used in lagers. Due to the rapid fermentation caused by higher temps (typically between 60 and 75 degrees F), these yeasts give off more esters (a type of chemical [...]
Categories: RDU |
Tags: Ale, Brown Ale, Cream Ale, Dark Ale, Guinness, IPA, Light Ale, Mackeson's, Newcastle, Pale Ale, RDU, Red Ale, Sam Adams, Smithwick's, stone | 4 Comments
December 3rd, 2008
We were very happy to receive a generous donation of beers over the holiday. Several Stone brews were included in the box and certainly the standout bottle is the Stone Vertical Epic 08.08.08. We were warned that the beer was not meant to be opened and enjoyed at will. We’d not really heard of bottle conditioned [...]
Categories: Beer Brands, Beer Related |
Tags: donation, stone, vertical epic | 1 Comment