Stone Brewing Releases the Ultimate Holiday Beers

Stone 12 Days of IPAs and Stone Xocoveza now available

ESCONDIDO, CA (November 2, 2023) – Stone Brewing announces the release of two holiday essentials for the season of giving and indulging. Stone Xocoveza, a mocha stout inspired by Mexican Hot Chocolate makes its fan-favorite return and Stone 12 Days of IPAs is back with a fresh lineup – advent calendar style. zzubreebym

Stone 12 Days of IPAs: This essential pack of holiday cheer features 12 individual beers. A real gift from one of the most famous IPA breweries in the world, beers range from new recipes to year-round staples, and retired fan-favorites. Explore Stone’s range of IPA expressions including the West Coast Style, big doubles, easy-drinking session IPAs, fruited, and even gluten-reduced IPAs.

Stone’s gift of holiday hops includes:

Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Black IPA (8.7%), Stone’s most requested archive beer of all time.
Stone Ruination IPA (8.2%) – The legendary first full-time bottled West Coast Style Double IPA that helped to propel a whole movement of ruinously hoppy beers.
Stone Go To IPA (4.7%) and Stone Neverending Haze IPA (4%) – Two low-ABV favorites of years past, making their sub-5% comeback.
Stone 27^th Anniversary Lemon Shark Double IPA (9.6%) – A beer mighty enough to honor 27 years of Stone’s commitment to hop exploration with a unique cast of New Zealand ingredients.

Alongside favorites:

Stone IPA (6.9%)
Stone Delicious IPA (7.7%)
Stone Hazy IPA (6.7%)
Stone Delicious Citrus IPA (7.7%)
Stone ///Fear.Movie.Lions Hazy Double IPA (8.5%)
Stone Delicious Double IPA (9.4%)
Stone Tangerine Express Hazy IPA (6.7%)

Stone Xocoveza: If the warmth, indulgence, and festive cheer of the holidays could ever fit in a can, this is it. Stone Xocoveza is brewed with chocolate, Mostra coffee, Pasilla peppers, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg (shout-out to the brewers for this exhaustive recipe!). The aroma is intense – cinnamon and spice up front with lingering coffee and sweet vanilla. It is a lively blend of flavors. Sweet spices are balanced with rich and creamy chocolate. Mild roast coffee flavor shines through and vanilla enhances the intense combination. Pasilla peppers impart a light hint of heat in the finale. With all that complexity, the beer is surprisingly bright on the palate, with just a touch of sweetness that all the decadent flavors imply. The result is intensely flavorful, harmoniously balanced, and silky smooth.

Stone Brewing Sr. Manager of Brewing & Innovation Jeremy Moynier added, “The first time you take a sip of Stone Xocoveza, it will immediately transport you to a winter day, sitting by the fire with hot cocoa and surrounded by good cheer. It’s a beer with several layers of ingredients coming together in different ways that get better and more complex as you keep drinking it.”

Stone’s holiday cheer is now available nationwide. Visit the Stone Beer Finder: Find.StoneBrewing.com. For those in a few lucky states, including California, order online via Shop.StoneBrewing.com.

QUICK FACTS

STONE 12 DAYS OF IPAS:

Name: Stone 12 Days of IPAs

Release Date: October 9, 2023

Web: StoneBrewing.com/MixedPack

Stats: ABVs range from 4% - 9.6%

Packaging: 12oz 12-pack bottles

Availability: Nationwide

Find the Beer: Find.stonebrewing.com

STONE XOCOVEZA:

Name: Stone Xocoveza

Release Date: Week of October 23, 2023

Web: StoneBrewing.com/Xocoveza

Stats: 8.1% ABV

Packaging: 12oz six-pack cans & draft, 22oz bottles in Southern California only

Availability: Nationwide and online in select states

Find the Beer: Find.stonebrewing.com

TASTING NOTES: STONE XOCOVEZA

Appearance: Pours black with a thick brown head.

Aroma: Intense cinnamon, cocoa and coffee are followed by nutmeg and peppers. As the beer warms up, the flavor combinations evolve, and the cocoa and vanilla notes really start to open up.

Taste: Cocoa and cinnamon are at the forefront. The coffee, nutmeg and vanilla follow, and the fruitiness and mild heat of the pasilla peppers come through nicely on the finish. Chocolate is present throughout.

Palate: Full bodied and very smooth with a light bitterness. The sweetness adds a lot to this beer without being syrupy.

ABOUT STONE BREWING

Founded in 1996, Stone pioneered the West Coast Style IPA, helping to fuel the modern craft beer revolution and inspire generations of hop fanatics. Today Stone operates breweries in Escondido, CA and Richmond, VA plus seven tap room and bistro locations. Stone offers a wide range of craft beers including its most popular Stone IPA, Stone Delicious IPA, and Stone Buenaveza Salt & Lime Lager. The company’s long list of environmental efforts includes a LEED Silver Certification, world-class water reclamation and creative uses of spent grain. Stone has been called the “All-time Top Brewery on Planet Earth” by BeerAdvocate magazine twice. To find Stone beers, visit find.stonebrewing.com. For more information on Stone Brewing visit stonebrewing.com, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.