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Press Release   |   June 19, 2018

FACT SHEET: Wil Wheaton / Drew Curtis / Greg Koch Stone Farking Wheaton w00tstout

Front and center this year is the result of Wil’s creative machinations taking the art direction duties with world-renowned fantasy artist Joe Jusko representing our gargoyle’s triumph over the evils in the world of beer.  Six years into this amazing w00tstout legacy and I continue to be stunned and humbled by the response of our fans.  Sure, it’s an amazingly delicious massive Russian Imperial Stout partially inspired by Kentucky Derby Pie of Drew’s home state.  And speaking of Drew, we asked him to lean into two of his strengths: drinking w00tstout and chatting up a storm.  So this year he’ll MC our wildly nerd-nominious celebration of beer and geekery known as HopCon/w00tstout release party held annually during San Diego’s Comic-Con.  The nerd lives in all of us.  Celebrate it!  Now is the golden age for us lovers of awesome things.  We’re here.  We’re vast, and we’ve got great taste.  This beer is an ode to you, Fellow Nerd.
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Press Release   |   May 04, 2018

Stone White Geist Berliner Weisse Makes US Debut

Just two short years after the history-making opening of Stone Brewing – Berlin, the brewery's beers are now distributed to 25 European countries, making Stone one of the most widely distributed and sought after breweries in Germany. Not content to rest on the hoppy laurels of the company’s world-renowned reputation for American IPAs, the latest in the brewery’s year-round selection is the Stone White Geist Berliner Weisse. Brewed true to the style’s namesake origin of Berlin, the tart and refreshing beer is now enjoying a special limited availability in the US.

 

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Orange County Register    |   October 29, 2017

Brewers and bands talk beer and punk rock at Punk ‘N Brew in Huntington Beach

Brewers and punk rock fans turned out in droves for a day at the beach filled with beer, live music and good times at Punk ‘N Brew at SeaLegs Live at Bolsa Chica State Beach in Huntington Beach on Saturday. “Stone Brewing has always had a history with music, we’re inspired by music and our founders are musicians,” Ethan Anderson, vice president of marketing at Stone Brewing said. Earlier this year members of NOFX showed up at the brewery, which has locations in San Diego and Escondido, to help create the specialty brew.

KQED News    |   October 24, 2017

How California Is Changing the Way Germans Drink Beer

San Diego’s Stone Brewing is the first American brewery to open in Europe. Known for its aggressively hoppy IPAs, the Southern California company wants to introduce Germans to a world beyond their traditional lagers and pilsners. “Today we have just a cornucopia of choices that we have now literally taken for granted,” said Stone co-founder and chairman Greg Koch. Berlin has come catching up to do.

DRAFT Magazine    |   October 04, 2017

NOFX’s Fat Mike on brewing with Stone, Punk in Drublic and future festival plans

NOFX bassist/vocalist Fat Mike has taken on a few notable side projects when he’s not performing or recording with the band. He’s written a memoir, a musical and a bondage film; and this year, he’s collaborated a beer with Stone Brewing and helped launch the multistate beer and music festival Punk in Drublic. What’s left for punk’s Renaissance Man? Plenty more beer and festivals.

Napa Valley Register    |   October 04, 2017

Stone Brewing racing to open outpost in downtown Napa this year

Greg Koch, co-founder and executive chairman of Stone Brewing, was huddled with two members of his team over a table strewn with floor plans of the Stone brewery and restaurant that will soon occupy one of downtown Napa’s most historic edifices. Referencing the floor plans, Koch offered a glimpse of the layout to come in what will be the company’s first Northern California footprint and its most recent stride amid a bout of rampant growth in recent years.

Napa Valley Register    |   October 04, 2017

Stone Brewing racing to open outpost in downtown Napa this year

Greg Koch, co-founder and executive chairman of Stone Brewing, was huddled with two members of his team over a table strewn with floor plans of the Stone brewery and restaurant that will soon occupy one of downtown Napa’s most historic edifices. Referencing the floor plans, Koch offered a glimpse of the layout to come in what will be the company’s first Northern California footprint and its most recent stride amid a bout of rampant growth in recent years.

Food & Wine    |   September 20, 2017

Stone Brewing finally distributes its beer in all 50 states

"Our goal has always been to deliver bold and fresh, hop-forward beers to as many fans as possible and we've just conquered one major milestone in doing so," Dominic Engels, Stone Brewing CEO, said in a statement. "With so many options for high quality craft beer in every state, it's an honor to see such a demand for our beers across the entire country. Now that we're here, our commitment to fans nationwide is to remain truly independent and continue to deliver innovative and fresh Stone beers."

Richmond Times-Dispatch    |   September 08, 2017

Stone Brewing hopes to open Richmond bistro in 2018; adding new brewing and canning equipment this year

Construction could start within a couple of months on the planned Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens restaurant and taproom along the James River in Richmond’s East End.

LA Times    |   August 08, 2017

California beer maker has the last laugh in his German brewery

Some Germans thought Greg Koch was courageous. Others considered the Californian crazy. In one of the world's biggest beer drinking countries, already saturated with 1,388 breweries and 5,000 brands of beer, the entrepreneur from San Diego was determined to establish an American-style craft beer brewery. It took courage, craziness — and chutzpah. But a year after Koch opened his now-thriving brewery, beer garden and restaurant in the Mariendorf section of south-central Berlin, Germans are no longer laughing at the 52-year-old executive chairman and co-founder of Stone Brewing Co.

USA Today    |   July 23, 2017

Beer Man: Stone’s array of hops makes Dayslayer a winner

Stone has always been one of my favorite breweries, especially when it comes to the American pale ale and American India pale ale styles. Most of those styles I’ve had from Stone veer away from the pine-forward and excessively bitter hops, and chalky aftertaste that I am not fond of, although I’m sure they have made ales fitting that profile. While a name like Dayslayer India Pale Lager might indicate it would be an extreme assault on the taste buds, that turned out not to be the case.

Wine Enthusiast    |   July 18, 2017

The New and Improved IPA

These days, it feels like it’s impossible to keep up on the IPA train. This is still, by far, the most popular craft beer style in the U.S., and just when you think you’ve seen it all, leave it to playful American craft brewers to come up with something completely new and totally different—varying subcategories or takes on classic IPAs that use different base styles, grain bills, techniques and more.