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Press Release   |   February 12, 2018

Stone Brewing Sues MillerCoors for Deceptive Use of the STONE® Brand

ESCONDIDO, CA (February 12, 2018) – Today Stone Brewing filed suit to defend its iconic STONE® brand against one of the world’s largest beer conglomerates, MillerCoors.  Stone, known for being the antithesis to “Big Beer,” has long waved a flag of bold character, individualism and independence. The suit alleges that MillerCoors is trying to rebrand its Colorado Rockies-themed “Keystone” beer as “STONE.”  The craft beer pioneer feels that it has no choice but to combat MillerCoors’ aggressive marketing moves, which abandon Keystone’s own heritage by falsely associating with the one true STONE®. 

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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.

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.

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.

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.