Matthews created the original gargoyle in 1996. Stone opened in San Marcos in 1996 at the location currently home to Port Brewing Company and The Lost Abbey. 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. Stone Brewing has been voted by the readers of Beer Advocate as the #1 "All Time Top Brewery on Planet Earth." Stone Brewing is rated as a "world class brewery" by the two largest beer enthusiast websites, RateBeer and BeerAdvocate. Compared to the macro-produced lagers, many Stone brews feature alcohol percentages that are well above average, ranging from 4.8% to 13%. 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." Most of Stone's beers are characteristic of west-coast craft brews, meaning that they have a high hop content. The brewery's first beer was Stone Pale Ale, which was considered to be its flagship ale until it was retired in 2015. Based on 2020 sales volume it is the ninth largest craft brewery in the United States. Founded in 1996 in San Marcos, California, it is the largest brewery in Southern California. Stone Brewing (formerly Stone Brewing Co.) is a brewery headquartered in Escondido, California, USA. Maria Stipp (Chief Executive Officer) ģ25,645 US beer barrels (382,137 hL) (2015)
The tours are an excellent way to sample craft beers at various locations while someone else does the driving-and shares beer-centric insights and information along the way.For the English beer brand, see Stones Bitter.ģ3☀6′57″N 117☀7′12″W / 33.1157°N 117.1199°W / 33.1157 -117.1199 Stone Brewing If you want to visit a brewery that isn’t immediately recognisable to your friends at home, there are too many to list here, but a few particularly notable ones include Belching Beaver Brewery, Societe Brewing Company, Pizza Port (don’t be thrown by the name-it’s a top-notch brewery that serves pizza at five locations), Alpine Beer Co., Wild Barrel Brewing, Coronado Brewing Company and Mother Earth Brew Co.īeer tours, like the ones offered by Brewery Tours of San Diego, Scavengers Beer & Adventure Tours and the entertaining Brew Hop, are big here too. Those better-known names barely scratch the surface.
Don't miss Stone Brewing Company either, which has its massive headquarters, complete with a beer garden, in Escondido, as well as several shops, a farm and pubs at PetCo Park, Liberty Station and San Diego Airport.Īlso not to be missed are craft breweries Lost Abbey (famed for its bottle-conditioned ales), AleSmith (which focuses on English-style ales), Ballast Point (brewers of seasonal beers such as Habanero Sculpin IPA and Curry Export Stout) and Green Flash , which all get rave reviews from locals and international beer experts alike. The city was named the 'Top Beer Town' in America by Men’s Journal, and the New York Times has proclaimed that it 'is rapidly becoming the country’s best craft beer scene'.įirst, taste the beers by one of the best-known producers: Karl Strauss Brewing Company, which opened in 1989 and is named after co-founder Chris Cramer’s cousin (who just happens to have been a master brewer from Germany). The craft brewery explosion came pretty early to San Diego, and the San Diego Brewers Guild now has more than 130 breweries as members.
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