We recommend to "cellar" all Stone Special Releases at cellar temperature (55 degrees F) or below. Thus, if you do not have a cellar, then a refrigerator is the next best option. Note that if you age your beers in a closet, your results may not be consistent with our Tasting Notes. If you do not have a place to cellar (at cellar temps) or refrigerate your beers, you may want to consider aging them for a shorter period of time.

To learn more about cellaring beers, watch a vBlog from early 2005 in which Greg & Lee discuss the subject

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Around The Brewery...Stone Anniversary Ales Tasting Session March 9th, 2006 | Thursday @ 4:15 PM Steve Wagner, Lee Chase, Chris Cochran, John Egan, Bill Sherwood, and GK partake in tasting and discussing the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Anniversary Ales. Avg. Rating: 4.50 Viewed 496 Times | File Size: 43 MB

Around The Brewery...Guest Tasters Tasting In A Tasting Session February 14th, 2006 | Tuesday @ 2:30 PM Can't sleep? Join in on nearly 10 minutes of vicarious beer tasting and riveting conversation. This vBlog episode features guest tasters Dan Carey and Floris Delee of New Glarus Brewing Company, and Wolfgang Roth of Rolec, along with Stone's own Steve Wagner, Chris Cochran, Lee Chase and, of course, GK, as they discuss the Stone 02.02.02 Vertical Epic Ale, the 2006 Old Guardian Barley Wine, how to properly "cellar" a beer, and Southern California's lack of basements. Avg. Rating: 4.00 Viewed 485 Times | File Size: 36.5 MB

Around the Brewery...A Tasting Of Stone Vertical Epic Ales November 17th, 2005 | Thursday @ 4:45 PM We've gotten a little behind on our promised posting of Tasting Notes for each of our Stone Special Releases every six months. So, to begin catching up, we scheduled a session with Bill, Arlan, Lee, Chris & GK and the Stone 04.04.04 Vertical Epic Ale and the Stone 05.05.05 Vertical Epic Ale. Conducted at the new brewery to help us get the "feel" for tasting beers there. We'll need to help all of you get a feel for it soon too, and there's no better way than to make sure that we're highly educated on the subject! Avg. Rating: 4.14 Viewed 411 Times | File Size: 15.7 MB

Around the Brewery...The Tasting Panel March 23rd, 2005 | Wednesday @ 4:30 PM Tough work we do here at Stone. Part of that tough work is the Tasting Panel for our Stone Special Releases. This session uncaps a Stone 02.02.02 Vertical Epic Ale & Stone 03.03.03 Vertical Epic Ale with John Egan, Chris Cochran, Lee Chase, Steve Wagner & your host, Greg. Avg. Rating: 4.20 Viewed 240 Times | File Size: 08.30 MB

Cellaring Your Beer February 21st, 2005 | Monday @ 4:15 PM Greg talks with Stone Head Brewer Lee Chase about the best way to cellar your Stone Special Releases. Avg. Rating: 3.90 Viewed 1132 Times | File Size: 13.41 MB

Tasting Update...Stone 8th Anniversary Ale. January 28th, 2005 | Friday @ 5:00 PM GK, Lee, Chris, and guest panelist Eric from Left Hand Brewing taste the 8th Anniversary Ale. Greg explains the principle behind the "every six months" Tasting Panel for the Stone Special Releases. Avg. Rating: 4.40 Viewed 348 Times | File Size: 07.78 MB

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