{"id":152,"date":"2010-04-02T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=152"},"modified":"2021-08-25T19:36:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T00:36:08","slug":"stone-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/stone-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrogance Is Bliss: A Night of Stone Brewing in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"
Stone Brewing Company launched a week-long onslaught of malt and hops on the palates of Chicagoans Thursday with a number of tastings and special tappings.\u00a0 The premier event was at Twisted Spoke<\/a> (501 North Ogden Avenue, Chicago, IL).\u00a0 The bar gutted every one of its tap handles to make way for TWENTY different offerings from Stone.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The beers ranged from staples like Arrogant Bastard, Levitation Ale and Ruination IPA to rare and wondrous offerings like a bourbon barrel aged Imperial Russian Stout<\/a>, a 2005 Double Bastard Ale<\/a> and a 2007 Old Guardian Barley Wine Ale<\/a>.<\/p>\n The crowd was just as diverse as the beers.\u00a0 You had a melting pot of sorts; craft beer enthusiasts in Arrogant Bastard shirts sipping on a rarity and scribbling down notes while chatting up a couple that popped in to check out, “some new brewery from California.”<\/p>\n Full reviews will be up over the next few days but the Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Russian Stout and 2005 Double Bastard Ale really stole the show.\u00a0 The IRS was such a boozy, chocolaty monster while the ’05 DB was as sweet as a southern belle.\u00a0 I would highly recommend either one if you ever happen across them.<\/p>\n Among the liquor stores holding tastings was the Armanetti Wine Shop (3530 N. Lincoln Ave Chicago, IL).\u00a0 There, they were pouring Stone’s core beers; Arrogant Bastard, Ruination, Levitation, IPA and Pale Ale.\u00a0 I got a chance to talk with Aaron, the Stone rep to the Midwest.\u00a0 He’s an awesome guy\u00a0 who seemed just about as excited to have Stone in Chicago as we were.<\/p>\n Armanetti’s did have all of the above available in six packs and\/or bombers as do almost all of the liquors stores in and around Chicago.<\/p>\n A night of Stone beers wouldn’t be complete without a stop at Sheffield’s<\/a> (3258 N. Sheffield Ave Chicago, IL).<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n While the bar is waiting till Tuesday, April 6th to break out the big guns, like a Double Dry-Hopped Stone IPA with Centennial and Amarillo Hops, they did have the likes of Ruination, Levitation and Arrogant Bastard on tap.\u00a0 The Ruination is such a spectacular imperial IPA.\u00a0 Truly a hophead’s dream come true.\u00a0 And the Levitation may be, hands down, the tastiest low alcohol content beer around.\u00a0 It packs a ton of malt and hops into a 4.4% ABV beer. \u00a0 Easily sessionable and also makes for a great beer bread<\/a>.<\/p>\n For those of you who have never been to Sheffield’s, go.\u00a0 They have a phenomenal beer selection and a great beer garden.<\/p>\n If you missed any of the above events, no worries.\u00a0 There are a TON happening around Chicago and the suburbs over the next week.\u00a0 The fine folks at Chicagoist<\/a> have kindly put together a great rundown of what is happening and where.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A night of chasing Stone week events in Chicago. Not for the faint of heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[976,64],"yoast_head":"\n