So I ended up emailing Stone just to let them know Michelob is being served as Stone and unknowing consumers are drinking a rather watered down beer thinking that's what Stone has to offer.
here was my email:
Michelob served as Stone IPA at restaurant in Kansas City
Hey guys I just thought I’d give you a heads up to something I encountered last weekend.
I went to PF Changs, a higher end Chinese bistro type restaurant, in Kansas City, Mo. last weekend and on the beer list was Stone IPA. Now, I live in Kansas, unfortunately you don’t distribute here, but I travel often and have had a few of your brews so I have an idea of what your unique bottles look like. Any way, my wife and I both ordered the Stone IPA. When the waiter brought the beers out and poured them into a pilsner glass I though, hmmm…that does not look like a stone bottle. I asked to see the bottle where I read: Michelob Stone Mill Pale Ale. What a mislabeling of the most heart wrenching irony. I questioned the waiter stating this was not a Stone IPA. He went into the back, talked to a manager and came back to tell us they don’t serve Stone IPA. I’m not sure if it was an honest mislabeling of their beer list but I thought you guys might like to know this was going on because I’d venture to say the beer list remains uncorrected.
On a side note, please please please extend your distribution to Wichita, KS.
Beer fanatic, hophead, and homebrewer;
-JP
