Stone

I *finally* found a local beer store that carries Stone beers. I grabbed a six of IPA and a bomber of Ruination and Arrogant Bastard. Drinking the IPA right now and it's damn good. You kids from the left coast are lucky.

They are! I piled my honda civic with 500 $ of Stone brews before i drove from Cali to Florida- i am almost done- and i have been being VERY stingy! Drinking a Double Bastrard now though...

I gotta tell you though, all that beer really killed my gas milage!

i just moved from San Marcos, CA....which is the home of Stone Brewing....they got a nice operation going.....love their IPA....

Has anyone been to their restuarant in Escondido? I went to the 10th Anniversary Stone beerfest, and heard all about their new restaurant opening at their brewery, but never got to visit when i was there in cali.... and at the beerfest they had Arrogant Bastard onion rings, and i didnt even try them- grrrrrrr.

I love stone brews, porbably my favorite brewery right now.

I havn't been back to the brewery since the restaurant opened, but it's up and running. They always have a few other beers there you can't get anywhere else. They had the Oaked Arrogant Bastard there long before they started bottled it. I had some of their Smoked Porter that had Chipotle peppers in it, and some porter that was oaked.

Brewsmith said:

I havn't been back to the brewery since the restaurant opened, but it's up and running. They always have a few other beers there you can't get anywhere else. They had the Oaked Arrogant Bastard there long before they started bottled it. I had some of their Smoked Porter that had Chipotle peppers in it, and some porter that was oaked.

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Now that right there... sounds good!!!
I love Stone!!!

David

They had a cask-conditioned IPA at a real ale event I went to this past spring it it was tremendous. Dry-hopped with chinook, which was a fairly bold move, but i thought it was great.

I just tried the Oak Aged Arrogant Bastard on tap last night and it was Awesome!!!

The resturant in killer! Onion rings are too good to be true, and the beer speaks for itself!

Ok, so a friend of mine gave me a 10th Anniversary IPA the other day.

I think it was pretty horrible. It was almost sickeningly cloyingly sweet, even with sweetness levels surpassing the Samichlaus I tried recently but it had less dimesion to the flavor (than the Samichlaus). I haven't had anything this sweet to date, so for comparison purposes this is all I can go by...and this was out of the fridge! The hops additions made it extremely on the citrus (grapefruit) side. If it wasn't for the sweetness I would have thought more of it. Color, aroma and appearance in general were good. I have no idea what he spent on it, but I would imagine for the money he could have gotten something similar. The one malt characteristic that did come through was the caramel. I found it close to being undrinkeable. I have heard good things about Stone, but this being my first experience with them it wasn't good imo. Perhaps I should try some of their other stuff instead, any suggestions?

zoebisch01 said:

I have heard good things about Stone, but this being my first experience with them it wasn't good imo. Perhaps I should try some of their other stuff instead, any suggestions?

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Arrogant Bastard.

I like the Arrogant Bastard and the Ruination. We don't get a whole lot more than that here in Jersey but man are they both good! :rockin:

I had the Ruination IPA the other day and loved it. I like it better than Arrogant Bastard.

aduncan75 said:

I like the Arrogant Bastard and the Ruination. We don't get a whole lot more than that here in Jersey but man are they both good! :rockin:

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If you are anywhere near lambertville, head into PA on 202 and try the Candlewyck...IIRC they have a few others on hand including the oaked AB.

Ruination is great and so is the AB. I haven't been able to find the double bastard however and I've really been wanting to try that one. Stone is in my top 5 breweries for sure. Lucky to have access to much of their selection!

All we can get in Texas is Arrogant Bastard and the IPA. I've been dreaming about trying a Ruination for a long time. I've heard great things about it.

I guess I am in the minority here. Stone beers seem a little one dimensional and very unbalanced to me.

I do enjoy an AB every now and then but this is rare. Although thier pale ale is a fine brew.