{"id":6506,"date":"2012-12-03T11:41:23","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T19:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=6506"},"modified":"2012-12-03T11:44:30","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T19:44:30","slug":"stone-12-12-12-vertical-epic-ale-out-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2012\/12\/03\/stone-12-12-12-vertical-epic-ale-out-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Stone 12.12.12 Vertical Epic Ale Out Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/beers3.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6507\" title=\"beers3\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/beers3.png?resize=286%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/beers3.png?resize=286%2C300&amp;ssl=1 286w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/beers3.png?w=543&amp;ssl=1 543w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/a>The final chapter of Stone Brewing Co.&#8217;s Vertical Epic Ale series, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.stonebrew.com\/index.php\/121212verticalepicale\" target=\"_blank\">12.12.12<\/a>, arrives today. &#8220;The Vertical Epic Ale series started simply enough in 2001,&#8221; writes Brandon Hern\u00e1ndez, &#8220;with Stone CEO and co-founder Greg Koch suggesting we release a different Belgian-inspired beer suitable for aging each year on the date when the day, month and year registered by the same digit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hern\u00e1ndez&#8217;s post also includes more information on the beer plus tasting notes from Brewmaster Mitch Steele, suggested food pairings from &#8220;Dr.&#8221; Bill Sysak, and a link to a recent livestream tasting session of all the ales with beer experts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stonebrewing.com\/ve_epicevents\/\" target=\"_blank\">Across the country<\/a>, bars and beer-focused restaurants will soon host events focused on the series. From the looks of that list, O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s Pub in Kearny Mesa will be one of two locations pouring the 02.02.02 vintage, with event proceeds benefiting the Movember Foundation&#8217;s fight against prostate cancer.<\/p>\n<p>The other spot is the Stone Brewing World Bistro &amp; Gardens in Escondido, where the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stonebrewing.com\/epic12\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stone Epic Festival<\/a> begins at 12:12 p.m. on 12.12.12, and includes three barrel-aged vintages on draft, one cask-conditioned vintage, special food pairings and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final chapter of Stone Brewing Co.&#8217;s Vertical Epic Ale series, 12.12.12, arrives today. &#8220;The Vertical Epic Ale series started simply enough in 2001,&#8221; writes Brandon Hern\u00e1ndez, &#8220;with Stone CEO and co-founder Greg Koch suggesting we release a different Belgian-inspired beer suitable for aging each year on the date when the day, month and year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[941,111,940],"class_list":{"0":"post-6506","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-san-diego-beer-beverage-news","7":"tag-12-12-12","8":"tag-stone-brewing-co","9":"tag-vertical-epic-ale","10":"entry","11":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdtr4y-1GW","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}