Stone Xocoveza Mocha Stout is back for the holidays! Now with a new name, Stone Xocoveza for the Holidays & the New Year has joined Stone Brewing Co.’s lineup of special releases. First brewed in 2014 with San Diego homebrewer Chris Banker after his recipe won Stone’s annual homebrew competition, this Milk Stout is crafted with cocoa,…
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Press Release – Stone Brewing Co. is promoting co-founder Greg Koch to Executive Chairman and searching for a new CEO Today, San Diego-based Stone Brewing Co. announced that co-founder Greg Koch will be promoted (with the blessing from his business partner, of course) from CEO and transition into a new role as Executive Chairman. The…
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After much anticipation and numerous fan requests, two versions of Barrel Aged Xocoveza Mocha Stout were released yesterday (June 26) by Stone Brewing Company. Xocoveza Extra Añejo and Xocoveza Charred were released at all Stone Brewing Company Stores. 500ml bottles were available on a first come, first served basis while supplies lasted. Xocoveza fans were…
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This concise hops anatomy overview by Stephanie Peterson is an excellent read. “You’ve heard about hops. You know when they go into wort and what dry-hopping is. Heck, you even know they grow on bines, not vines! But do you know the how and why hops act the way they do in beer? Why they…
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Starting Monday, June 1, Stone Brewing’s modern take on a Belgian classic, Stone Saison, will be available in six-packs and on draft at retailers, bars and restaurants. Southern California fields, including Stone Farms, produced the lemon zest, grains of paradise, lemon thyme, lavender and small dose of peppers that give Stone Saison its citrus, floral,…
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I recently published a conversation with Chris Banker – creator of a beer that was the winner of Stone Brewery’s 2014 American Hombrewers Association-sanctioned homebrew competition. As the competition winner, the beer was commercially produced (with minor collaborative adaptations by Stone Brewing and Cervecería Insurgente) and released in 2014 as a collaboration beer known as…
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