Stone Brewing Collective Distortion IPA Release Details

on Apr 4, 2014 at 5:55 AM

Stone Brewing Co has announced their newest collaboration Collective Distortion IPA.

Collective Distortion is a collaboration between Kyle Hollingsworth Homebrewer & Keyboardist for The String Cheese Incident, Keri Kelli Rocker & Publican, and Mitch Steele Brewmaster at Stone Brewing Co.

Beer Details:

STYLE: DOUBLE IPA
ALC/VOL: 9.2%
Available in: 22oz bottles & draft for limited time only

In bringing together artisans from disparate aural planes, one might expect an offbeat, feedback-warped cacophony, shrill to the point of unlistenable. Yet, by inviting Kyle Hollingsworth, keyboardist for eclectic, jam-prone sextet,The String Cheese Incident, and Keri Kelli, wailing rock guitarist of Alice Cooper fame, we were able to make truly beautiful music. Turns out, these musicians have a great deal in common, both with each other and with Stone. We all enjoy turning things up to 11, and that is represented in this collaborative offering, an imperial India pale ale ably backed by Nugget, Comet and Calypso hops, and amplified care of a healthy dry-hopping with Vic’s Secret, a new Australian hop, adding citrus and tropical fruit oomph. To give this modern masterpiece some soulful, classic character, we traced the roots of brewing to the days when Old World herbs were used to spice beers, adding in coriander and, a first for us, elderberries. To stand up to that sumptuous spice and blaring bitterness, we added golden naked oats, which are lightly roasted and add body and enhanced mouthfeel to the brew like a steady, unbreakable backbeat to an incendiary jam solo. Sit back, crank the volume and get lost in this operatic incarnation of genres combined in the name of invention.

Release Dates:

APRIL 8 DENVER, CO | STAR BAR
APRIL 13 SAN DIEGO, CA | STONE BREWING TAP ROOM
APRIL 14 SAN DIEGO, CA | STONE COMPANY STORE – KETTNER
APRIL 15 OCEANSIDE, CA | STONE COMPANY STORE – OCEANSIDE
APRIL 16 SAN DIEGO, CA | STONE BREWING WORLD BISTRO & GARDENS – LIBERTY STATION
APRIL 16 SAN DIEGO, CA | STONE COMPANY STORE – LIBERTY STATION
APRIL 17 ESCONDIDO, CA | STONE BREWING WORLD BISTRO & GARDENS – ESCONDIDO
APRIL 17 ESCONDIDO, CA | STONE COMPANY STORE – ESCONDIDO
APRIL 18 SAN DIEGO, CA | STONE COMPANY STORE – SOUTH PARK
APRIL 19 ESCONDIDO, CA | STONE FARMS
APRIL 20 PASADENA, CA | STONE COMPANY STORE – PASADENA
APRIL 26 OAKLAND, CA | SPICE MONKEY RESTAURANT
MAY 12 SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA | SPIKE’S THE AMERICAN PUB
MAY 17 SAN DIEGO, CA | NORTH PARK FESTIVAL OF ARTS UNIVERSITY AVE (30TH TO 32ND)
MAY 18 KAHULUI, HI | MAUI BREWERS FESTIVAL @ MAUI ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER
MAY 19 NATIONAL BOTTLE AND DRAFT RELEASE
MAY 3 ATHENS, GA | TRAPPEZE PUB
MAY 30-31 LAS VEGAS, NV | 5TH ANNUAL STONE DOMINATION @ ACES & ALES
AUGUST 16 SAN MARCOS, CA | STONE 18TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION & INVITATIONAL BEER FESTIVAL @ CSUSM