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Pale 31 from Firestone Walker Brewing

Posted on13. Jan, 2010 by Daniel Espinoza.

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The Firestone Pale 31 is a 4.8% pale ale coming out of sunny California and is brewed by Firestone Walker in Paso Robles.
The Pale 31 pours a light color with no head and is reminiscent of apple cider in appearance. The beer gives a crisp hoppy aroma. The smell is nice and simple, nothing [...]

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Stone Brewery’s 13th Anniversary Ale

Posted on12. Jan, 2010 by Daniel Espinoza.

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With Special guest Greg Silvius we tried the Stone 13th Anniversary ale which was released June 28th 2009, as an American Strong Ale weighing in at 9.5% ABV and an IBU of 90+. Stone used more hops on this beer than any other they have ever made! As with all stone beers, this is brewed [...]

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Stone Brewery’s Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale

Posted on09. Jan, 2010 by Ricky.

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Daniel and I took a trip to California to do a special focusing on Stone Brewing and a large selection of their beers. You can see the many photos from the trip on our flickr website. This was our 3rd beer of the night and we saved one of the bests for last.
Stones Sublimely Self-Righteous [...]

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Port Brewing’s Old Viscosity

Posted on28. Dec, 2009 by Ricky.

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Port Brewing’s Old Viscosity from California.
The beer poured a dark rich dry brown that was pitch black. There is about 2 fingers worth of head. The head was very dark brown and may be the darkest head I have seen. When they say Old Viscosity, I think they are referring to oil… That’s exactly what [...]

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Stone Brewery’s Vertical Epic 09.09.09

Posted on27. Dec, 2009 by Ricky.

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Stone Brewing’s 09.09.09 Vertical Epic Ale (part of the vertical epic series).
Each Vertical Epic beer is designed to drink sometime after 12.12.12 (end of the world?) for a “truly epic tasting”. If you had all 10 bottles, it would be an experience maybe 3 or 4 will get to try. They use very interesting ingredients [...]

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Stone Brewery Cali Belgie (a.k.a Cali Belgique)

Posted on20. Dec, 2009 by Daniel Espinoza.

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Stone Brewery’s Cali Belgie (a.k.a Cali Belgique)
Another beer we tried while In CA was the Cali Belgie from Stone which is a specialty IPA with a Belgian influence, the yeast is special Belgian strain that offers a unique taste.
We picked this beer up at Stone while out at the brewery for a special release of [...]

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Left Coast Black Magic Stout From Left Coast Brewery

Posted on01. Nov, 2009 by Daniel Espinoza.

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American Style Stout. 6 .7% ABV
Today I tried the Black Magic Stout brewed by Left Coast Brewing Co. out of San Clemente, CA. The Beer is described as stronger version of a traditional Dry Irish Stout. Being a fan out the stout and seeing this one around a few times now I decided to give [...]