Stone Beer
Stone Beer is brewed once a year in May and tapped a month later at the brewery's winter festival in Byron Bay. Stones heated over a wood fire are lowered into the wort, where they caramelise the malt sugars. The current vintage is a dark porter made with Australian malts and hopped with Galaxy and Fuggles. It smells of roasted coffee and dark chocolate, with biscuit, caramel and a light smoke from macadamia wood. The bitterness is gentle and earthy, the body full.
AWARDS
Tasting Notes
AI-generated sensory profile for Stone Beer
Serve at 10–13°C. Too cold mutes the roasted complexity that makes a good porter worth drinking slowly.
The classic — versatile, comfortable to hold and keeps the beer cool. No frills, no distractions: just the beer.
Drink within 6–12 months for best results. Baltic Porters can be aged longer.
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About Porter
Style guide · what to expect · how to find alternatives
What is a Porter?
Porters are dark ales with 4–6.5% ABV and IBU 18–35. Roasted malt brings chocolate, caramel and toffee — medium body with a clean finish.
Finding a similar Porter
hopIQ matches by flavor profile — not just style label. A beer with the same roasted, chocolate, coffee character as Stone Beer will score highly even if brewed in a different country or under a different sub-style name.
