Meet the Stone & Stone Beer 2012 Launch
Stone & Wood Co-founder and all round brewing legend Brad Rogers (formerly of Matilda Bay) is coming to The Wheaty to launch the 2012 edition of his Stone Beer and have a couple of post Derby pints in the Front Bar in the process...
This is a great opportunity to meet Stone & Wood’s maker as he talks beer, brewing, Roller Derby and anything else Stone (or not so Stone) related.
We’ll be pouring: Pacific Ale, 2012 Stone Beer (7.2% ABV)
“Another year, another Stone Beer…It’s a beer that has evolved over the years and the 2012 brew is no exception.
Although our previous releases of Stone Beer were a deep red, the research we’ve done into the traditional steinbiers found that they were much darker ales. However, when we looked at all the current German beer styles, there are no ales darker than Alt bier (apart from wheat beers), so there is a real hole in the spectrum.
So we thought that we could take the learnings from the last few years, add some darker roasted malts and use more of the noble hops (Hersbrucker) to create a darker, higher alcohol ale with a firmer bitterness.
The 2012 “vintage” Stone Beer marks a big step forward as we continually look at ways to brew a beer that captures the essence of what our mediaeval forefathers were doing, and gives today’s beer lovers an ale that surprises them on release and ages intriguingly over the year ahead.
Aroma: roasted malt and spicy hops
Palate: dark chocolate, aniseed and rich malts
Finish: firm, bitter and dry
Sunday 19th August 6 - 8pm, Front Bar
