San Diego Beer Week Stone Rare Beer Breakfast

     Congratulations to Stone Brewing Company and their wonderful staff  for putting on a fantastic event! The amazing beer selection and great food on a perfect Southern California morning converged in the beautiful beer garden of the Stone Bistro. The air was filled with  live Jazz  and talk about all of the wonderful beers available for tasting on this Friday morning. This event rendered the perfect salute to the start of San Diego's Beer Week 2010. I'm not trying to kiss anybody's ass and overdo the superlatives in describing this event, but  really, it was just that good.
     Who would have thought that there would be that many people willing to drink beer at a 9 am breakfast?
I started with Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast to go with my Eben-Hazer Egg omelet complete with fresh shaved  Oregon black truffle and T&H Stone Smoked Porter smoked sausage, a great start for the morning. Then the beers started flowing for me. I'm talking about Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout, Stone Imperial Russian Stout 10th Anniversary Special Blend, Avery Rumpkin.... I punctuated some of the beers with the appetizer station having a braised pork belly with a sweet Clementine marmalade on a biscuit and the in house smoked salmon on a mini bagel with cream cheese both of which tasted fantastic.
      The beer list was simply unbelievable and the abv seemed to hover around 10% or higher. This breakfast was not for the faint of heart. I had a great time and am very confident the others in attendance would request this kind of beer breakfast in the future. Thank you Stone!