Stone Brewing

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KoochenVagner's Brewing Co.
legal form Corporation
founding 1996
Seat Escondido , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
management Dominic Engels ( CEO )
Greg Koch ( Chairman )
Number of employees approx. 1200 (2015)
sales $ 217 million (2015)
Branch brewery
Website www.stonebrewing.com
Status: 2015

The Stone Brewing Company ( Stone for short ; officially KoochenVagner's Brewing Co. ) is an American brewery based in Escondido, California . It is considered the largest brewery in Southern California (as of 2011) and the tenth largest craft brewery in the USA (as of 2012). In 2014 the brewery produced 382,137 hectoliters of beer.

The company operates several restaurants and a shop at San Diego International Airport under the Stone Brewing World Bistro and Gardens brand .

history

The Americans Greg Koch and Steve Wagner founded the Stone Brewery in San Marcos in 1996 . In 2006 the brewery moved to a new building in Escondido. Since it was founded, the brewery has been able to steadily increase its output; in 1996 it was 469 hectoliters, in 2000 it was 10,962 hectoliters. In 2009, output of 115,587 hectoliters exceeded the 100,000 hectolitre mark for the first time. In 2015 around 382,000 hectoliters were brewed.

In 2016, Stone built a brewery in Richmond , the capital of the state of Virginia , and started production there in July of that year. The new brewery is designed for a capacity of around 700,000 hectoliters.

In 2006 the company opened its first restaurant, Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens in Escondido. The Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens - Liberty Station in San Diego followed in 2013, as well as a Stone Company Store as a reduced version at the local airport .

Stone Brewing Berlin

The first branch in Europe was a brewery in 2015 and the large restaurant Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens - Berlin in Berlin-Mariendorf in 2016 .

Stone Brewing announced the opening of a brewery in Berlin-Mariendorf in 2014, after examining several European locations since 2010. The planned investment was put at 25 million US dollars . The company has settled in the Marienpark Berlin business park on the site of the disused Mariendorf gasworks on Lankwitzer Strasse. The space and buildings rented by Stone Brewing were expanded and converted from summer 2014. In addition to the brewing facility in the historic Reinigerhaus and a bottling facility, a restaurant, a garden bar and factory outlet for beer, glasses and T-shirts were built by 2016.

It was planned to fill more than 100,000 hectoliters per year. The first brew was brewed in the 10 hectolitre facility in November 2015. In 2016 the main system with a capacity of 100 hectoliters was completed.

The large restaurant Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens offers space for up to 1200 guests on 2400 square meters in the historic building and the adjoining gardens. Up to 65 different craft beers are served and dishes are offered.

In 2018 the company opened another restaurant with 1200 seats in Berlin with the Stone Brewing Tap Room - Prenzlauer Berg ( English taproom , drinking room ).

In April 2019, Koch announced that the Mariendorf location would be sold to BrewDog on May 1, 2019 .

beers

Core beers

Stone Brewing Company beers
  • Stone pale ale
  • Stone IPA
  • Stone Ruination Double IPA
  • Stone Go To IPA
  • Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale

Seasonal and community beers

Stone offers five different special releases (as of March 2015).

Together with other US craft brewers, Stone brings out several limited beers.

Awards

Stone Brewing has won multiple awards at major beer competitions in the United States and around the world.

  • 2000 Great American Beer Festival Silver Medal for Stone Old Guardian
  • 2005 Great American Beer Festival Silver Medal for Stone Double Bastard Ale
  • 2006 World Beer Cup Bronze Award for Stone Ruination
  • 2006 Great American Beer Festival Bronze Medal for Stone Pale Ale
  • 2007 Great American Beer Festival Gold Medal for Stone Levitation Ale
  • 2008 World Beer Cup Bronze Award for Stone Pale Ale
  • 2010 Great American Beer Festival Bronze Medal for Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale
  • 2010 Great American Beer Festival Silver Medal for Stone Smoked Porter with Chipotle

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ A b Stone Brewing Laying Off 5% of Workforce . sdbj.com, accessed April 15, 2017.
  3. ↑ Peter Rowe: Stone Brewing announces $ 26 million expansion . In: The San Diego Union-Tribune , May 18, 2011, accessed April 15, 2017.
  4. ↑ Top 50 US Craft Brewing Companies . Brewers Association, April 10, 2013, accessed April 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ a b Facts About the Stone Brewery , accessed May 13, 2016.
  6. ↑ Ian Anderson: Stone officially brewing in Richmond . In: San Diego Reader , July 18, 2016, accessed April 15, 2017.
  7. ↑ Karri Peifer: Stone Brewing in Richmond is open . In: Richmond Times-Dispatch , February 19, 2016, accessed April 15, 2017.
  8. ↑ Our Story: The History of Stone Brewing . Stone Brewery website, accessed April 15, 2017.
  9. ↑ Anke Myrrhe, Kai Röger: American craft beer soon in Berlin . In: Der Tagesspiegel , July 20, 2014, accessed on April 15, 2017.
  10. ↑ Michael Pöppl: In love with Mariendorf. (PDF; 901 kB) In: Tagesspiegel Köpfe. April 15, 2017, pp. 48-49 , accessed April 13, 2016 .
  11. ↑ a b c Bernd Matthies: American brewery opened in Mariendorf . In: Der Tagesspiegel , September 14, 2016, accessed on April 15, 2017.
  12. ↑ Torsten Landsberg: Brewery in Mariendorf : Brewing craft beer is passion . In: Berliner Zeitung , December 14, 2015, accessed on April 15, 2017.
  13. ↑ Stone Brewing celebrates its first “Berlin-brewed” craft beer . about-drinks.de, November 11, 2015, accessed April 15, 2017.
  14. ↑ Franz Michael Rohm: “Stone Brewing” chef relies on flavors from all over the world . In: Berliner Morgenpost , April 1, 2017, accessed on April 14, 2017.
  15. ↑ Tara Nurin: Is Stone Brewing Opening A Second Berlin Taproom Because It Wants To Or Needs To? In: Forbes , April 30, 2018 (English). Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  16. ^ Greg Koch: Farewell Stone Brewing Berlin: Too Big, Too Bold, Too Soon . Stone Brewing, April 5, 2019 (English). Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  17. ^ BrewDog's new brewery in Berlin . brewdog.com, accessed April 6, 2019 (English / German; BrewDog takes over Stone Berlin BV ).
  18. ↑ Winner of the US beer festival
  19. ↑ World Beer Cup