(Escondido, CA) – Here are the first details that Stone has released about the first beer in the 2010 Stone Collaboration Series.

Stone Brewing, 21st Amendment Brewery and Firestone Walker collaborated on this one, the first to come in a number of collaborations for Stone this year.

From the Stone blog: “Since this was an all-California brewing team, they decided to expand upon that theme by using indigenous California ingredients in the beer, including chia seeds, pink peppercorns, fennel seeds, and 35 lbs. of Mission figs Shaun brought from a friends’ farm.

The result of this momentous collaboration will be a strong black ale of distinctly Californian pedigree. Named El Camino (un)Real Black Ale in honor of the historic Spanish mission trail connecting Northern and Southern California, this beer is going to be pitch-black monster loaded with roasty, spicy flavors.”

Approximately 80 IBU using British hops. Will be released in March. Sounds like another delicious hoppy beer out of Southern California . . .

More details and brewday pics can be found at the official Stone blog.