UPDATE: Ethan just confirmed that we will be getting the 2008 and 2009 Vertical Epics on draft for this event, too.
We at the Linkery have had a great friendship with Stone Brewing longer than with any other brewery in town — the night before we opened in February 2005, then-Stone-brewer Lee Chase stopped by to say hi to us and share a bunch of craft beers from different breweries, to make sure we’d have a good selection. Soon we also got to know and befriend Greg and Arlan from Stone, who have helped us immensely in developing our restaurant.
Our first ever beer dinner was with Stone, in 2006, and as it was Lee’s final days as Stone’s lead brewer, the dinner was all-vegan in observance of his preferred diet. Lee, of course, wore his World Pork Expo T-Shirt.
Stone Brewing Vegan Brewmasters Dinner at the (old) Linkery, February 2006
This September 9th, we come full circle. A celebration with multiple Stone casks, Stone drafts, and a pairings menu full to the brim of pork — barley fed Berkshire pigs from Jesse Jutz in Minnesota. Perhaps current Stone head brewer Mitch Steele will show up wearing a PETA shirt, I sure hope so.
All pairings will be $9 for the food and a half pour of beer.
THE LINEUP
Cask conditioned Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale | pork belly and rabbit eggroll
Cask conditioned Stone Levitation | House cured thuringer slider
Cask conditioned Arrogant Bastard Ale w/ oak | Pork tenderloin marinated in mole
Cask conditioned Stone Smoked Porter w/ vanilla | Pork rib and pear flatbread
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San Diego Session Ale, a collaboration with Kelsey McNair, Ballast Point and Stone (on draft)
2008 Vertical Epic Ale (CONFIRMED) (draft)
2009 Vertical Epic Ale (CONFIRMED) (draft)
Should be a hell of a night, no? Thursday, September 9th, 5:30 until 11:30.