Collaboration beers bring like-minded brewers together, but few so exactingly embody this truism as Stone Brewing’s new draft-only offering: Societe / Stone The Skedaddler IPA. This massively hopped, West Coast IPA combines the brewing expertise and varietal-blending technique of two of San Diego’s foremost IPA cult favorites, the hop-bine harnessers at Stone and the lupulin savants at Societe Brewing. More importantly, it succinctly encapsulates both companies’ shared devotion to delivering their fans the freshest, highest-quality beer possible.
“We consider Stone trailblazers of the craft-beer revolution. Their vision was so in line with ours that, in the early days of Societe, we reached out to them and they were kind enough to provide some useful advice that helped shape our company,” says Societe co-founder Doug Constantiner. “It was such an honor for Stone to ask us to brew a collaboration beer with them.”
The belief of the team at Societe Brewing is that draft is the ultimate experience when it comes to hop-driven beers. So when Stone Senior Innovation Brewing Manager Jeremy Moynier contacted Constantiner and Societe co-founder Travis Smith to see what they’d think of brewing a collaboration beer that would be shipped across the country exclusively in kegs, the duo, touched by that level of respect and accommodation, happily jumped onboard. Stone and Societe started down the long, temperature-controlled road to what is Societe / Stone The Skedaddler IPA. Coming in at 7% alcohol-by-volume and boasting an eclectic hop bill built with American, Australian, German and New Zealand hops, it is full-bodied yet dry on the finish, with vibrant citrus, stone fruit and tropical flavors on the palate; just what a craft-beer fan would expect from two companies renowned for their IPA prowess.
“Independence is always in our battle cry, each year we release a draft-only beer in the summer months that reinforces our steadfast commitment,” said Stone CEO Dominic Engels. “Societe is the perfect partner for this occasion. The team maintains incredible allegiance to its fans and its dedication to delivering only the freshest beers. Like us, they’ll never sacrifice quality. Independence is our mutual guarantee to fans that these moral beliefs will never be compromised.”
“The fact that Stone would go so far to help us share our ideals and our beer with craft-beer lovers across the US means so much to us,” says Constantiner. “We only distribute in San Diego County, so for many this will be their first taste of anything having to do with our brewery. Knowing how much Stone cares about that is a big deal. They say it can be dangerous to meet your heroes, but this beer and the process that birthed it proves it can also be awesome.”
Societe / Stone The Skedaddler IPA will be available nationwide beginning this week. And did we mention it will be draft-only?
[divider]QUICK FACTS[/divider]
- Name: Societe / Stone The Skedaddler IPA
- Web: Stonebrewing.com/skedaddler
- Stats: 7% ABV, 70 IBUs
- Availability: Nationwide on draft only
- Featured Hops: Magnum, Mosaic, Citra, Ella, Southern Cross, Idaho 7, Galaxy
- Find Beer: findbeer.stonebrewing.com
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