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News Article    |   February 01, 2015

The American Craft Beer Takeover Has Begun: Stone Brews in Germany

This fall, U.S. craft brewing's explosive growth saw the industry break a 142-year-old record for number of breweries — there are now more than 4,144. California's Stone Brewing has followed that milestone with another huge landmark for American beer: It's built the first independent, American craft brewery in Europe. In early December, the first beers flowed from the tap lines at Stone Brewing Berlin, and instead of making lightly-hopped lagers to match the popular taste in Germany's capital, the brewery offered up its aggressive Stone IPA and Arrogant Bastard.

News Article    |   November 11, 2014

Stone Brewing Co-founder Greg Koch on His Recipe for Success

The brewery's CEO explains why he threw out the craft brewing rule book nearly two decades ago--and why it was the best decision he ever made.

News Article    |   October 15, 2014

God is Good: Stone Brewing Co.’s plan of not having a plan

In the old days, Stone Brewing Co.’s Greg Koch tells us, before people understood such things as yeast and fermentation, brewers would explain each successful batch of beer by exclaiming that God is good.

News Article    |   September 27, 2014

A craft brewer goes to Germany ... to make American-style beers

Koch hopes to persuade Germans and other Europeans that an American can make a high-quality beer.

Greg Koch, CEO and co-founder of the tenth-largest craft brewer in the United States, knows a thing or two about making beer.

Koch has built Stone Brewing Co., which was founded in 1996, into a brewer that generates more than $137 million in annual revenue. The company has reported 50% year-over-year growth (on average) since it was founded.

News Article    |   July 24, 2014

American craft beer goes to the heart of Germany

The American craft beer movement, born three decades ago as brewers sought to emulate the traditional styles of Germany, Belgium and the United Kingdom, is enjoying what one expert observer calls the "full-circle effect" as it becomes increasingly sought-after - and imitated - around the globe.

News Article    |   July 22, 2014

U.S. craft brewer taps German site

Stone Brewing is taking its craft to Germany, a country with some of the deepest brewing roots in the world.

The Escondido, Calif.-based Stone, which is ranked No. 10 in sales volume among U.S. craft breweries, plans to open a brewery in Berlin within the next two years. The move makes it the first American craft brewer to independently own and operate a brewery in Europe.

News Article    |   July 21, 2014

Stone Brewing plans for European expansion

Stone Brewing promises a more flavorful future for German beer drinkers.  The Escondido, California-based beer maker has announced plans to pour millions of dollars into creating the first European brewery independently owned and operated by a U.S. craft brewer. 

News Article    |   July 19, 2014

Stone Brewing to open brewery in Berlin

The Berlin beer scene is about to get bolder, brasher and a whole lot hoppier. Five years after announcing its desire to build a brewery in Europe, Stone Brewing Co. has closed on a deal to open a brewery and bistro in Berlin, becoming the first American craft brewer to independently own and operate a brewery in Europe.

 

News Article    |   July 19, 2014

Stone to open brewery in Berlin

In reversal of roles, U.S. craft brewery enters beer's historic heartland

News Article    |   July 19, 2014

How (Good) American Beers Are (Finally) Conquering Europe

If there’s a poster kid for America’s craft beer revolution, it’d be Southern California’s Stone. Since its 1996 debut, Stone has cranked out unrepentantly hoppy IPAs and brawny brews like Arrogant Bastard. The intensely flavored anti-lagers have gained a rabid following, saturating the country so thoroughly that even my Brooklyn bodega, once a barren cave of malt liquor and Coors Light, now stocks Stone IPA.