Belgian Style Triple Ale: First look at Stone-Mikkeller-Alesmith collaboration
(Escondido, CA) – It’s now 1:50am on the East Coast but I thought this would make for a nice Independence Day surprise. We first broke the story in April that Mikkeller would be collaborating with Alesmith and Stone Brewing on a beer in San Diego. We later got some details that 120 barrels were brewed, and that the beer would be a Belgian-style Tripel released in 12 oz. bottles (not the expensive 375 mL kind, phew). Mikkel said a couple weeks ago that he was hoping for a mid-September release on this but as always, nothing is set in Stone. (Keep in mind that the label isn’t definite either until it finds its way onto the bottle).
It will be interesting to see under which brewery Belgian Style Triple Ale gets cataloged on the beer ratings websites. Our money would be on Stone considering it was brewed there and the packaging matches Stone’s other offerings. We’ll leave it at that and let the labels speak for themselves. Enjoy your Independence Day.
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July 4th, 2008 at 3:53 am
The Stone/Mikkeller collaboration was inevitable. From Greg video blogging Mikkel, to the shout out on the back of this years Old Guardian, it was only a matter of time. Who knew AleSmith would be a part of it too?
Glad to see these international collaborations. Signature Ale is awesome and looks like its becoming a yearly thing.
What’s the heck is going on?!? I’m not sure, but I like it.
July 4th, 2008 at 3:55 am
ps – nice of them to give Mikkel the back label. I don’t think there’s any question that this is a Stone release.
July 9th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
[...] span including Stone 12th which debuts this week. Stone 08.08.08 will come out on August 8 and Belgian Style Triple Ale, the brewery’s collaboration with Mikkeller and Alesmith could arrive as early as [...]
July 10th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
[...] span including Stone 12th which debuts this week. Stone 08.08.08 will come out on August 8 and Belgian Style Triple Ale, the brewery’s collaboration with Mikkeller and Alesmith could arrive as early as [...]
August 14th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
[...] be available as early as this weekend or as late as sometime in September. As for the rest of us, Stone Belgian Style Triple Ale was just bottled this past week, according to Brewmaster, Mitch Steele, on the latest Brewing [...]
August 31st, 2008 at 12:33 am
[...] Wednesday. Cali-Belgique will be available year-round but stock may be inconsistent. As far as the Belgian Style Triple Ale, this is a one-off product, the result of a collaboration with Alesmith and Mikkeller. Just how [...]
September 1st, 2008 at 11:35 pm
[...] Stone Belgian Style Triple Ale w/ Alesmith, Mikkeller [...]
September 11th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
[...] space to miss this one on beersnew.org back from July 4th. (Adam has become the Master of Scoops.) A triple collaboration between Stone Brewing, Mikkeller, and Alesmith? And, it’s a Belgian-style Tripel. The label says “brewed and bottled at [...]
October 18th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Where can I get it????? we have had it at a couple of brew houses and would love some of those 12oz bottles. Anyone know where it will or is sold????
July 13th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
[...] but was once here.) Anybody letting Mikkeller these days has serious cachet (he’s into three-ways, apparently, also). And so, in a pairing that makes some thematic sense, the heavily tattooed [...]