33°06′57″N 117°07′12″W / 33.1157°N 117.1199°W
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| Location | Escondido, California |
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| Opened | 1996 |
| Key people | Maria Stipp (Chief Executive Officer)[1] Greg Koch (Executive Chairman)[2] Steve Wagner (President)[2] |
| Annual production volume | 325,645 US beer barrels (382,137 hL) (2015)[3] |
| Employees | 1,100[4] |
| Website | stonebrewing |
Stone Brewing (formerly Stone Brewing Co.) is a brewery headquartered in Escondido, California, United States. Founded in 1996 in San Marcos,[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 beer, meaning that they have a high hop content,[11] and an average alcohol strength between 6% and 10%.[12][13]
Stone Brewing has been rated as a "world class brewery" by two beer enthusiast websites, RateBeer and BeerAdvocate.[14][15] Stone Brewing has been voted by the readers of Beer Advocate as the #1 "All Time Top Brewery on Planet Earth."[16]
In August 2022, Sapporo Breweries bought Stone for $165 million, with the Stone brewery taking on production of Sapporo beers in California for distribution across North America.[17]
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- ^ a b "Staff Page". Stonebrewing.com. 24 March 2016. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Press Room". Stonebrewing.com. 13 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ^ Morris, Chris. "Shakeup at craft beer giant Stone Brewing". Fortune. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ^ Rowe, Peter (May 18, 2011). "Stone announces new Point Loma brewery restaurant, expansion". Sign On San Diego. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ^ "Brewers Association Releases the Top 50 Brewing Companies by Sales Volume for 2020". Brewers Association. 30 Mar 2021. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 Apr 2021.
- ^ "Pre-History". stonebrew.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "Stone Pale Ale". Stone Brewing Company. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
- ^ Verive, John (5 March 2015). "Say goodbye to these three Stone beers". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2018-07-20. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
- ^ 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.
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- ^ "Beers Overview". Stone Brewing Company. Archived from the original on February 8, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
- ^ "Stone Brewing World Bistro and Gardens". RateBeer. Archived from the original on 2010-05-22. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
- ^ Kitsock, Greg (June 20, 2007). "A Bitter Divide". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Sapporo Closes on Acquisition of Stone Brewing". brewbound.com. September 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-10-04. Retrieved 2024-09-29.