Stone Brewing Co.

33°06′57″N 117°07′12″W / 33.1157°N 117.1199°W / 33.1157; -117.1199

Stone Brewing
LocationEscondido, California
Opened1996 (1996)
Key peopleMaria Stipp (Chief Executive Officer)[1]
Greg Koch (Executive Chairman)[2]
Steve Wagner (President)[2]
Annual production volume325,645 US beer barrels (382,137 hL) (2015)[3]
Employees1,100[4]
Websitestonebrewing.com

Stone Brewing (formerly Stone Brewing Co.) is a brewery headquartered in Escondido, California, USA. Founded in 1996 in San Marcos, California,[3] it is the largest brewery in Southern California.[5] Based on 2020 sales volume it is the ninth largest craft brewery in the United States.[6]

The brewery's first beer was Stone Pale Ale,[7] which was considered to be its flagship ale[8] until it was retired in 2015.[9] The company's best known brand is Arrogant Bastard Ale, which has been described as a "watershed beer" that "put San Diego on the craft brew map."[10] Most of Stone's beers are characteristic of west-coast craft brews, meaning that they have a high hop content. Compared to the macro-produced lagers, many Stone brews feature alcohol percentages that are well above average, ranging from 4.8% to 13%.[11]

Stone Brewing is rated as a "world class brewery" by the two largest beer enthusiast websites, RateBeer and BeerAdvocate.[12][13] Stone Brewing has been voted by the readers of Beer Advocate as the #1 "All Time Top Brewery on Planet Earth."[14]

In June 2022, Stone and Sapporo Breweries announced that they had reached an agreement for Sapporo to purchase Stone Brewing, with the purchase expected to close in August 2022.

  1. ^ "Stone Brewing announces Maria Stipp as CEO". The Coast News. September 1, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Staff Page". Stonebrewing.com. 24 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Press Room". Stonebrewing.com. 13 July 2015.
  4. ^ Morris, Chris. "Shakeup at craft beer giant Stone Brewing". Fortune. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  5. ^ Rowe, Peter (May 18, 2011). "Stone announces new Point Loma brewery restaurant, expansion". Sign On San Diego. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
  6. ^ "Brewers Association Releases the Top 50 Brewing Companies by Sales Volume for 2020". Brewers Association. 30 Mar 2021. Retrieved 13 Apr 2021.
  7. ^ "Pre-History". stonebrew.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Stone Pale Ale". Stone Brewing Company. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
  9. ^ Verive, John (5 March 2015). "Say goodbye to these three Stone beers". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  10. ^ Hernandez, Brandon. "Rising Tide in San Diego". The Beer Connoisseur, archived at Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. ^ "Beers Overview". Stone Brewing Company. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
  12. ^ "Stone Brewing World Bistro and Gardens". RateBeer. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  13. ^ Kitsock, Greg (June 20, 2007). "A Bitter Divide". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
  14. ^ "The People Have Spoken!". BeerAdvocate Magazine, Volume II, Issue XI, posted at Stone Brewing:News. August 12, 2011. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2013.

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