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Stone’s EnjoyBy 12.25.15 is coming to Florida

Escondido, California’s Stone Brewing has a series of beers that showcases the tastiness of uber-hoppy IPAs when they are sent and enjoyed as fresh as possible. This “EnjoyBy” series has another member, “EnjoyBy 12.25.15” and this mammoth hop beast is coming to the Sunshine State, once it is bottles on November 18th (according to the Enjoy By Website).

From Stone Brewing:

This exquisite liquid patchwork of more than a dozen hops is a devastatingly fresh double IPA. Freshness is a key component of many beers—especially big, hoppy IPAs—but we’ve taken it further, a lot further, with this one. We brewed this IPA specifically NOT to last. We’ve gone to extensive lengths to ensure you get your hands on this beer within an extraordinarily short window, and we’ve sent a very clear message in the name of the beer itself that there is no better time than right NOW to enjoy this IPA!

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Hernando County courting Stone Brewing

When Stone Brewing announced recently that they were looking for a site in the eastern United States to build a new brewery and distribution facility, an unlikely suitor came to the table: Hernando County, Florida.

According to an article in the Hernando Today, Hernando County Administrator Len Sossamon said the county was notified that Stone received the proposal and is considering it.

“In his proposal to lure the company, Sossamon said he played up Hernando County’s low impact fees, lack of a state income tax, accessibility to major highways and great weather.

Hernando County is competing against sites known to be friendly to craft beer like North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania. These states have central locations combined with brewery-friendly laws may edge out the small, rural county in Florida- a state where a handful of legislators have recently shown contentiousness towards the state’s craft brewers. North Carolina alone has, in recent years, attracted Sierra Nevada Brewing, New Belgium Brewing, and Oskar Blues Brewery to build new facilities.

County Commissioner Dave Russell said he believes Hernando has an edge over the other states because of the county’s reputation of having a quality water supply.

‘They have terrible water, and we have great water here,’ Russell said. ‘Water is critical to brewing.'”

Russell said the infrastructure already is in place so Stone could set up shop without a long wait.

During the building of the new brewery, Stone plans to hire over 400 people in a facility that would cost over $60 million to build. The new brewery, once up and running to specifics, would produce up to 500,000 barrels of beer.

With papers submitted, the county will wait and see what ferments.

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New Wakefield/Stone beer dubbed “Lil’ Miami Tart”

Johnathan Wakefield of J. Wakefield Brewery in Miami made waves when he announced that he would be flying out to San Diego to brew with Stone Brewing Company. More details have emerged on the beer he is doing with them. Wakefield, along with Stone CEO Greg Koch brewed a Florida Weisse with spicy peppers, boasting flavors of mango, guava, passion fruit, papaya, and peppers.

See video from Stone Brewing:

http://youtu.be/nlnApvhTsGk

Wakefield, who recently ran a very successful crowdfunding campaign will be opening his brewery in the Wynwood area of Miami in early 2014.

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J. Wakefield Brewing to collaborate with Stone Brewing Company

Miami’s J. Wakefield Brewing Company is not resting on laurels. After a stint in Tampa Bay brewing at Cigar City Brewing, the Cigar City Brewpub, and Brewer’s Tasting Room, owner Johnathan Wakefield announced recently that one of the brewery’s next projects will be a collaboration with Escondido, California’s Stone Brewing Company.

Stone Brewing Company has a record of collaborating with many other breweries across the country, incorporating both large and small breweries in brewing beers that express mutual creativity and terroir around the U.S.

About Stone Brewing Company:

Since opening its doors in 1996, Stone Brewing Company brews on their two 120 bbl brewing system built by Rolec in Bavaria, Germany in their 55,000 square-foot facility in Escondido, California. Stone is distributed in 37 states, including Florida. As of 2013, Stone is the 10th largest craft brewery in the United States.

About J. Wakefield Brewing:

J. Wakefiels Brewing is one of Miami’s up-and-coming breweries. JWB is currently under construction in the Wynwood area of Miami, planning on opening in early 2014. Wakefield has made headlines repeatedly, both for his beers and his recent crowdfunding campaign which raised over $100,000.

Florida to get Stone EnjoyBy 12.13.13

EnjoyBy IPA, one of Stone Brewing’s “devastatingly fresh” IPAs that is brewed “not to last” will be packing its hoppy bags and heading down to the land of Flor and Ida.

Description according to the bottle:

You have in your hands a devastatingly fresh double IPA. While freshness is a key component of many beers – especially big, citrusy, floral IPAs – we’ve taken it further, a lot further, in this IPA. You see, we specifically brewed it NOT to last. We’ve not only gone to extensive lengths to ensure that you’re getting this beer in your hands within an extraordinarily short window, we made sure that the Enjoy By date isn’t randomly etched in tiny text somewhere on the label, to be overlooked by all but the most attentive of retailers and consumers. Instead, we’ve sent a clear message with the name of the beer itself that there is no better time than right now to enjoy this IPA.

The last EnjoyBy IPA Florida received was EnjoyBy 10.25.13 IPA.