Press Release:
Our annual celebration of nth-degree beer geekery is back for a third round. Join us for a release party large enough to match this year’s Stone Farking Wheaton w00tstout. Hop-Con isn’t about awkward handshakes, high-fives, selfies and autographs – just general and rampant merriment and geeky celebration full of great food and awesome craft beer. As always, we have surprises planned. This year, we’ve added 45% more space to the festival. Whatever could we do with that? Hmmmm…you’ll have to wait and see.
Get tickets at the link…
YOUR $75 TICKET INCLUDES:
* Ten 4oz beer samples
* A commemorative Hop-Con 3.0 glass
* Gourmet food stations
* Lots of geeky good times!
DONATE $25 TO THE HERO INITIATIVE,
AND IDW PUBLISHING WILL GIVE YOU:
* A litho of the 2015 w00tstout label art cover signed by Dave Johnson
(cover artist for the noir Vertigo series and 100 Bullets)
* A signed litho from Kevin Eastman, creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
* Pride that 100% of your donation is helping comic illustrators of yesteryear
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* YOUR BREWERS & HOSTS *
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GREG KOCH our CEO and fearless leader
WIL WHEATON thespian and renaissance man
DREW CURTIS online news guru
AISHA TYLER actress, comedian and w00tstout alum
KEVIN EASTMAN illustrator and creator of Teenage Mutant Ninjas Turtles
DAVE JOHNSON “the Reverend” and illustrator of this year’s w00tstout label
KRIS KETCHAM Stone Liberty Station Brewing Manager
RICHARD ROSSI Stone Brewer and cask creator for Hop-Con
ALEXIS LIGHT Stone Assistant Brewer and cask creator for Hop-Con
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* THE 35+ BEERS *
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W00TSTOUT AND HOP-CON EXCLUSIVES:
Drew Curtis/Wil Wheaton/Greg Koch Stone Farking Wheaton w00tstout (2013)
Stone w00tstout 2.0 (2014)
Drew Curtis/Wil Wheaton/Greg Koch Stone Farking Wheaton w00tstout (2015)
Kevin Eastman / Kris Ketcham “IT’S PIZZA TIME!” A Pizza-Inspired Saison
Aisha Tyler / Kris Ketcham Stone Cold Fox Chocolate Orange Black IPA
Special cask creation by Richard Rossi
Special cask creation by Alexis Light
THE IPAs:
Stone RuinTen Triple IPA
Stone Ruination Double IPA 2.0
Double Dry Hopped Stone Ruination Double IPA 2.0
Ecliptic/Wicked Weed/Stone Points Unknown IPA
Stone Delicious IPA
Stone Go To IPA
Stone Cali-Belgique IPA
Stone IPA
Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station Klaatu Barada Nikto
Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station Wheat Surrender
BARREL-AGED & SPECIAL CREATIONS:
Stone Reason Be Damned Belgian Style Abbey Ale aged in Red Wine Barrels
Stone Passion Project
Stone “The Tiger Cub” Saison aged in White Wine Barrels
Stone Spotlight: Imperial Mutt Brown Ale
Stone Barrel-Aged Brown Ale w/Balaton Sour Cherries
Stone Imperial Irish Stout
Stone Stochasticity Project Quadrotriticale aged in Red Wine Barrels
Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station Gose Gose Gadget
Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station Murder She Rotte
Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station Great Bowman’s Beard aged in Bourbon Barrels
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* THE HOP-CADE *
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We’re taking the giant plot behind building 12 (aka the garden bar) and turning it into the HOP-CADE! Our dream of creating an outdoor arcade and beer garden from last year has been realized.
We’ll have:
* Only IPAs on tap
* Our oversized lawn games (Jenga, Connect Four, etc)
* Two pinball machines (The Twilight Zone and Theatre of Magic)
* Donkey Kong
* Ms. Pac-Man
* A Skee-ball machine
Not enough? How about an arcade game with a 25-foot screen driven from a used beer barrel converted into a vintage arcade console? This last feat will be created by our friend Hunter Bond, Troll Slayer and resident Pinball Mechanic at J!NX, with custom metal routing by San Diego’s reproHAUS.
Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station
2816 Historic Decatur Rd #116, San Diego, CA 92106
