So, after punishing a stone 13th anniversary, I really wanted this to be something beautiful to compliment the glory that was the previous beer. I was a tad disappointed. Not that this is a bad beer, in fact, it’s quite the fine ale… It’s just not overly impressive. The beer pours a nice deep brown/black, [...]

So, the great state of Michigan is encountering a problem right now. No, not insurmountable job losses. No, not a devastating foreclosure crisis. No, not white flight. Nor even brain drain. We are, in fact, still lacking Stone’s Vertical Epic ’09. In light of that, I’ve decided to review one of my two favorite beers [...]