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Stone was a highlight visit for me recently in San Diego, lotta good stuff on the East Coast but I wanted to pay my respects to the forefathers. Ballast was a let down (Honestly had a genuinely horrible beer there)jjbehren wrote:Stone is 100% dead to me. As is Ballast Point. And Clown Shoes.
Seems this topic about Stone comes up every other month. I think they have too many beers. They should narrow it down a bit and relax about "innovating" beers.taylorph wrote:I agree that stone was one of the first craft breweries that got me into the hobby, and I respect that. However, they haven't been keeping up with all the great stuff that's been coming out this decade. Double Bastard in the Rye and southern charred were the last ones I really enjoyed from them. They do have a nice ambiance at their brewery/bistro locations compared to the industrial park breweries. When we stopped by the Escondido location last week, we didn't even get any stone brews because they had better stuff from other breweries.
I had the 2014 and 2015 wootstouts recently and they were not good either.
I did, actually that was one of the first craft stops. Their selection was limited for a few of the people I was with (Sided on much heavier styled beers) but I liked it plenty.Codeblue wrote:Alesmith is prolly the best of the biggies in San Diego. Hopefully ya made a stop there as well.
HisBobness wrote:Seems this topic about Stone comes up every other month. I think they have too many beers. They should narrow it down a bit and relax about "innovating" beers.taylorph wrote:I agree that stone was one of the first craft breweries that got me into the hobby, and I respect that. However, they haven't been keeping up with all the great stuff that's been coming out this decade. Double Bastard in the Rye and southern charred were the last ones I really enjoyed from them. They do have a nice ambiance at their brewery/bistro locations compared to the industrial park breweries. When we stopped by the Escondido location last week, we didn't even get any stone brews because they had better stuff from other breweries.
I had the 2014 and 2015 wootstouts recently and they were not good either.
Ballast point on the other hand, is still solid. Except for Barmy. That beer suck didly ucked flanders.
Dayman Coffee IPA was pretty good back in 13-14ishjlabbate wrote:HisBobness wrote:Seems this topic about Stone comes up every other month. I think they have too many beers. They should narrow it down a bit and relax about "innovating" beers.taylorph wrote:I agree that stone was one of the first craft breweries that got me into the hobby, and I respect that. However, they haven't been keeping up with all the great stuff that's been coming out this decade. Double Bastard in the Rye and southern charred were the last ones I really enjoyed from them. They do have a nice ambiance at their brewery/bistro locations compared to the industrial park breweries. When we stopped by the Escondido location last week, we didn't even get any stone brews because they had better stuff from other breweries.
I had the 2014 and 2015 wootstouts recently and they were not good either.
Ballast point on the other hand, is still solid. Except for Barmy. That beer suck didly ucked flanders.
All stone needs to do is brew up some more of thier espresso RIS again, and all would be right with the world
Fulton does really good work.IndyDMBFan wrote:Going to be in Minneapolis next week Mon-Wed for work.
Outside of hitting up Surly any recommendations?
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Dangerous ManIndyDMBFan wrote:Going to be in Minneapolis next week Mon-Wed for work.
Outside of hitting up Surly any recommendations?
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