We’ve lit the fire for another year of Stone Beer traditions
Whether you’ve heard the story before or you’re new to the tradition, we invite you to join us in another year of storytelling under a starry winter sky, of standing around a campfire with our freshly brewed Stone Beer.
THE STONE BEER STORY
Every May since Stone & Wood began, alongside our friends in the brewing industry, we brew our woodfired porter Stone Beer in preparation for winter. This is called our Stone Brew Day.
We start by brewing a decadent porter with dark roasted malts to give coffee and dark chocolate flavours to the beer. Then, on an open fire, we heat volcanic stones sourced from the nearby hinterland, before lowering them glowing-red into the kettle, which lends smoky caramel notes to the beer. The moment the woodfired stones touch the wort with a loud hisss is a moment for celebration.
A month later, we tap Stone Beer at our annual Festival of the Stone – our biggest beer and music festival of the year where our community comes together to enjoy fresh beer, live music, food trucks and winter cheer.
THIS YEAR’S STONE BEER ONLY JUST MADE IT
Decadent and bold, Stone Beer is close to our hearts, so it was with great disappointment this year that, in response to COVID-19, we had to call both Stone Brew Day and Festival of the Stone off this year.
Additionally, with the period’s uncertainty, we also raised some initial questions about whether to brew Stone Beer at all.
Luckily, our founders Jamie, Brad and Ross couldn’t bear the idea of a year without Stone Beer, so we reigned in our resources and brewed Stone Beer 2020 in the face of all the mayhem, albeit in smaller volumes.
STONE BEER 2020 WITH ALL-AUSTRALIAN MALTS
This year, in a nod to our roots, Stone Beer 2020 is the first brewed with all-Australian malts, including a Red Gum-smoked malt that adds a subtle smokiness to the brew’s roasted barley, coffee and dark chocolate flavours.
A delicious woodfired dark porter with a firm bitter finish, Stone Beer 2020 is best paired with campfires, fresh air and cold starry nights. Cheers!
FIND A STOCKISTS BELOW
NORTHERN RIVERS & SURROUNDS
| On Tap | ||
| Eltham Hotel | Bangalow Hotel | Elements Bar |
| The Rails | Sun Bistro | Three Blue Ducks |
| In Bottleshops | ||
| Bay Boozatorium | Brgr Spot | BYO Cellars Coffs Harbour |
| Cabarita Beach Hotel | Cellar – Ballina | Cellar – Bangalow |
| Cellar – Byron Bay | Clunes General Store | Crabbes Creek General Store |
| Curious Ales | Elements | Karrikan |
| Kingscliff Cellars | Lennox Point Hotel | Mary G’s Lismore |
| Minnie Waters General Store | Murwillumbah Cellars | Nambucca River Co-op |
| Ocean Shores Tavern | Palmers Store | Park Hotel, Suffolk |
| Pottsville Cellars | South West Rocks Cellars | Sun Bistro |
| The Hop Shop | The Northern | Yamba |
BRISBANE & SURROUNDS
On Tap
| Archive | Netherworld | Scratch |
| Fitzy’s Fibber Maggee | Elysium Lakeside | Transcontinental |
| Brewski | Bloodhound Bar | Tipplers Tap |
| Helsbys (Pineapple Hotel) | Oxford Taphouse | |
| In Bottleshops | ||
| Archive Beer Boutique | Black Sheep Bottleshop- St Lucia | Black Sheep Bottleshop -Newmarket |
| Black Sheep Bottleshop – The Gap | Blind Tiger Bar | Boundary Hotel |
| Bowen Hills Grog Shop | Carrington Bottleshop | Cellarbrations – MacKenzie Row |
| Cellarbrations – Camp Hill | Cellarbrations – Greenslopes | Cellarbrations – Hawthorne |
| Craft Winestore – Coorparoo | Craft Winestore – Redhill | Elephant Arms Hotel – Wine Store |
| Embassy Cellars | Glen Hotel | Harry Brown – Eaton Hill Hotel |
| Hellbound | Hotel Monier | Hotel Westend |
| James St Cellars | Karalee Tavern | Malt Traders – CBD |
| Malt Traders – Southbank | Mcguires Carina | McGuires Cellars – Vienna Road |
| Montague Hotel | Monte Ale House | My Beer Dealer |
| Porters Plainland Hotel | Prince Alfred Hotel | Raceview Tavern |
| Saccharomyces Taringa | Sandstone Hotel Bottlemart | Sense of Taste Hamilton |
| Spiro’s Bottleshop Paddington | Stafford Tavern Liquorlegends | Star Liquor – Hardgrave Road |
| Star Liquor – Westend Hotel | Story Bridge Hotel Cellars – Kangaroo Point | Suburban Social |
| SW1 | TB’s – Stafford Cellars | TB’s Wine + Beer – Rosalie |
| TB’s Wine + Beer – Teneriffe | Thirsty Camel – Balmoral | Thirsty Camel – Stones Corner |
| Thirsty Camel – West End | Urban Cellars – West End | Urban Cellars – Gabba |
| Urban Cellars – Grange | Urban Cellars – Hendra | Urban Cellars – Norman Park |
| Victoria & Montague | Warwick Hotel | Waterloo Bay Hotel |
| Wine Emporium | Yeronga Cellars |
GOLD COAST
On tap
| Bine | Last Night on Earth | Loose Moose |
| Ze Pickle | ||
| In Bottleshops | ||
| Ashmore Tavern/Quench | Capris Wine & Beer | Coolangatta Hotel |
| Ferry Road Wine +Beer | Kirra Beach Hotel | Last Night on Earth |
| The Mill Cellars | Pacific Fair Wine + Beer | Palm Beach Cellars |
| Cellarbrations – Pimpama Tavern | Southport Wine + Beer | Thirsty Camel |
| Treetops | Tugun Cellars | Ze Pickle |
SUNSHINE COAST & SURROUNDS
In Venue
| Village Bicycle | Little Sister | Cock & Hen |
| Sneaky Baron | ||
| In Bottleshops | ||
| XO Cellars – Sunshine Beach | XO Cellars – Noosa Fair | Sunnies Bottleshop |
| Salty Dog Cellars | Cellarbrations – Marcoola | Cellarbrations – Peregian Beach |
| Star Liquor – Maroochydore | Noosa Wine Cellar | Yandina Cellars |
SYDNEY & SURROUNDS
On tap
| Blind Bear | Beach Club Collaroy | Bitter Phew |
| Blue Gumm Hotel | Dove & Olive | Station Bar |
| The Oaks | ||
| In Bottleshops | ||
| 465 The Avenue | Archibald Hotel – Kurrajong | Beer Barrel |
| Beer Cartel | Belrose Hotel | Berry Bottleshop |
| Bilgola Cellars | Blaxland Bottlemart | Blue Gum Hotel |
| Bomaderry Super Cellars | Bondi Beach Cellars | Bottle O’Briens – Cronulla |
| Bull & Bush | Cafe Sydney | Camperdown Cellars – Bronte |
| Camperdown Cellars – Darlinghurst | Camperdown Cellars – Double Bay | Camperdown Cellars – Kingston Rd |
| Camperdown Cellars – Leichardt | Camperdown Cellars – Parramatta Rd | Camperdown Cellars – Cremorne |
| Camperdown Cellars – Neutral Bay | Carrington Hotel | Cellabrations – Picton |
| Charlies Liquor – Panania | Charlies Liquor – Tahmoor | Clareville Cellars – Le Pont |
| Clock Hotel | Cobb & Co Cellars | Coogee Bay Hotel |
| Cromer Cellars | Crown West Cellars | Cutty Cellars |
| D’Vine Cellars – Wentworth Falls | David’s Cellars – Annandale | David’s Cellar – Sydenham |
| Dee Why Hotel | Foxtrot – Crows Nest | Glenbrook Liquor Store |
| Greystanes Cellars | Huskinsson Drive In Bottleshop | IGA – Balgowlah Heights |
| IGA – Berry | IGA X-press – Warriewood | Jims Cellars |
| Kemenys | Kiplings Garage Bar | Knickerbocker HOtel |
| L Maestro, the Liquor Master | Leura Cellars | Liquor Emporium – Alexandria |
| Liquor Emporium – St Peters | Cellabrations -Little Bay Cellars | Loftus Liquor |
| Lugarno Cellars | Manly Warringah Leagues Club | Manning St Cellars |
| Porters – Midway Cellars | Minsky’s Cremorne | Mollymook Fine Wines & Ales |
| Northmead Cellars | Oak Barrel | P&V Wine + Liquor |
| Park House – Mona Vale | Porter’s Liquor – Hornsby Heights | Porter’s Liquor – North Narrabeen |
| Quakers Hill Cellars | Robin Hood Hotel | Sackville |
| Steve’s Cool Booze | Sydney Wine Merchants | The Bank |
| The Oaks | The Union | The Vicar – Dural |
| Tom’s Cellars NT | Unity Hall Hotel | Warrimoo Liquor Store |
| Craft Cartel – Wenty North Liquor | Winston Hills Hotel | Worrigee Star Liquor |
NEWCASTLE & SURROUNDS
On tap
| The Grainstore | Prince of Merewether | |
| In Bottleshops | ||
| Cellarbrations Wickham | Bambino Cellars Green Point | Blueys Cellar – Blueys Beach |
| Dudleys Liquor Killarney Vale | Flow Bar Old Bar | Georgetown Cellars |
| Kahibah Liquor | Mary Ellen Hotel Bottleshop | McCauleys Liquor Salamander Bay |
| Morpeth Liquor | Old Bar Cellars | Oldfield Cellars |
| Tacking Point Tavern Bottleshop | The Prince of Merewether | Tighes Hill Cellars |
| Warners at the Bay Bottleshop | Whitebridge Cellars |
MELBOURNE & SURROUNDS
On tap
| Great Northern Hotel | Hardiman’s Hotel | Terminus Hotel – Clifton Hill |
| Rainbow Fitzroy | Hotel Lincoln | |
| In Bottleshops | ||
| Beer Deluxe | Blackhearts & Sparrows | Bottle-O Romsey |
| Carma Cellars | Carwyn Cleears | Cellar 1839 |
| Cellabrations – Gisborne | Cellarbrations at Jack’s – Ballarat | Cellabrations – Tottenham |
| Chas Cole Geelong | Cheap Wines Seddon | Clifton Hill Hotel |
| Corkscrew Cellars | Decanters by the Bay | District Bottle Shop |
| Dr Mauve | Fitzroy Cellars | Fizz & Hop |
| Frontbeach Torquay | Great Northern Hotel | Napier Hotel Fitzroy |
| Hippo Bottle & Bar | Hop Heads Altona | Hudsons Road Wine Bar |
| Local Cellars – Royal Hotel, Clifton Hill | Lonsdale Cellars | Masterson’s Bar |
| McCoppins – Abbotsford | McCoppins – Fitzroy | Melbourne Cellar Door |
| Mr West | Newport Cellars | Ocean Grove Cellars |
| Parkhill Cellars | Penny Young | Porter’s Moonee Ponds |
| Stockade Cellars Ballarat | Union Wine Store | Valley Cellar Door |
A.C.T
| On Tap | ||
| Durham Castle Arms | ||
| In Bottleshops | ||
| Candamer Cellars Weston | Page Bottler | Plonk – Fyshwick |
| Plonk – Belconnnen | Prohibition Bottleshop |
TASMANIA
| In Bottleshops | |||
| Cellarbrations – Preachers Bottle Shop Sandy Bay | St John Craft Beer – Launceston | Crown Hotel – Launceston | |
| Cool Wine TAS | St Ive’s 9/11 Store | Shoreline Hotel Bottleshop |
