Shelf Sightings – October 11, 2018

Description: The Devil's Invention is a full-bodied stout brewed with coffee. Inspired by one of the early nicknames for coffee "the bitter Invention of Satan" this stout has a bold, chocolatey aroma with complex notes of coffee and a smooth, sweet finish. The Devil's Invention pours black in color with a tan head.     16 ounce cans

Description: Brewed with more hops than we have ever used in a single beer, this resinous, trellis-busting hop bomb is bursting with bold character. We've tailored the malt profile to deliver a ridiculously smooth and drinkable American double IPA; dry-hopped with Azacca, Citra, Motueka, and Simcoe.    12 ounce cans.

Description: Dortmunder Sour Altbier Aged in Bourbon Barrels       375ml bottles.

Description: This is the version brewed at Hawkshead not Crooked Stave.

Key Lime Tau (2π) was brewed in collaboration with Hawkshead Brewery (UK) as part of the Trans-Atlantic Rainbow Project, a series that challenges brewers to come together and brew a beer inspired by a color. In its third year, the 2015 project involved seven UK breweries, each paired with a different American brewery and randomly assigned a color. 

Key Lime Tau (6.3% ABV), brewed to embody the color green, is a Mixed Culture Fermentation Ale aged in Oak with Lactose, Fresh Lime Peel and Fresh Lemongrass.      375ml bottles.

Description: This insanely delicious take on Mexican hot chocolate is crafted with cocoa, coffee, pasilla peppers, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg. First brewed in 2014 with San Diego homebrewer Chris Banker after his recipe was named the winner of our annual homebrew competition, it quickly became a cross-country sensation as craft beer media and fans cheered for Stone Xocoveza…and clamored for more. We too loved this beer, so of course we caroled ¡Claro que sí!

Now gifted with a new name, Stone Xocoveza for the Holidays & the New Year has joined our eminent lineup of special releases. We’re releasing it just in time for that time of the year when the joyous spirit of giving is in the air and good behavior is generously rewarded.    12 ounce cans.

Description: While freshness is a key component of many beers—especially big, citrusy, floral IPAs—we’ve taken it further, a lot further, in this line of devastatingly fresh IPAs. You see, not only did we brew this beer with over 10 different hops, we’ve also gone to extensive lengths to ensure that you’re getting this double IPA in your hands within an extraordinarily short window. That’s why the Enjoy By date isn’t randomly etched in tiny text somewhere on the bottle, to be overlooked by all but the most attentive. Instead, we’ve sent a clear message in the name of the beer itself—further proving that there is no better time than right NOW to enjoy this IPA.

We didn’t stop there with this paradigm-shifting beer either…we introduced Stone Enjoy By Black IPA and unique spinoff versions of Stone Enjoy By IPA to make one devastatingly exciting series.   12 ounce cans.

Description:  Malt flavor and aroma of coffee and dark chocolate, robust hop bitterness, lingering flavors of caramel and burnt sugars.    12 ounce bottles.

Description: 

A WEST BY MIDWEST ALE BREWED WITH LEMONGRASS AND PASSION FRUIT
This ale was brewed, bottled, and released together in Joint Session with the Lagunitas Brewing Company, Petaluma, Calif. & Chicago, IL. and Short's Brewing​ Bellaire, MI. Why? Well, a wise woman once said, “Friends are the family you choose” …It’s good to have friends.     12 ounce bottles.

Description: A beer for Daenerys - is a richly complex blend of smoked porter and Belgian kriek.    750ml bottles.

Description:  The British founders of burnt cream and from Spain, crema catalana, both stand by their creative originality and we respect that, but it was the French Crème Brûlée, amid the strife of contention, that survived to represent our deliciously creamy brew..    12 ounce bottles.

Description: Curmudgeon is an old ale brewed with molasses and aged on oak; it becomes Better Half after aging—for 254 days—in bourbon barrels that have more recently been aging Michigan maple syrup. As a result, Curmudgeon’s Better Half is a bit sweeter than her miserly counterpart.     12 ounce & 750ml bottles.