While this name right here stone,
they have helped build San Diego's craft
beer scene and now believe it or not,
they're celebrating 25 years.
So we're gonna start talk to Stone Brewing.
Of course, Lizzie Younkin is joining
us this morning because 25 years I
mean that is quite an anniversary.
To celebrate, you've come a long way.
Good morning Lindsey. Good
morning. Yeah, you're right,
there's not a whole lot of properties
who have been around for 25
years, so we're celebrating you.
Started back when craft beer was just this.
Like cool thing that maybe some people.
Talked about but Wolf wow it has
taken over our town so stone
has been a big part of that.
So Lizzy, I want to start
off with talking about that.
The craft beer scene here has
exploded and stone tell us about
the contributions you've made
to helping build this industry.
Yeah, I you know Stone started in 1996,
so at the time craft beer
just was the underdog right?
So you know, when stones started
to bottle their beers, they said,
hey, let's bring our friends along.
We have to self distribute.
Let's bring our friends along and
to this day Stone still doing that
still distributing like 45 other craft
breweries around town that makes
up for something like 30% of the
craft beer that Sandy Agens enjoy.
So you know it always trying to put our
best foot forward for the community.
Stones donated $4 million locally
and employs about 800 people.
About 500 of those are here in San Diego,
so just doing our best you know,
we do homebrew competitions
to spotlight homebrewers.
We've lent out the services of our QA lab.
Just really trying to be leaders
for this industry.
Yeah, I remember so along time ago,
Lizzy, I did a documentary on craft beer
scene here in San Diego, how it's grown.
And that was years ago.
And I mean, it's like, you know,
exponentially grown now.
But I met Greg Cook,
then one of your founders and he
was just so excited for everyone.
Which I think is a big thing
that stone stands for.
Tell us a little bit about that.
It's not like you're worried
about the competition, right?
That's
so true. And you know,
actually Greg Cook, our co-founder.
He mentioned he helped Co.
Found the San Diego craft Brewers skills.
Yeah, so absolutely.
It's always been a collaborative thing,
so we're still celebrating that today.
That is a mentality that we make a priority.
I love that. And Lizzie,
you sent some beer in today,
which thank you very much.
By the way, everyone who's
watching right now this gargoyle
if you could real quick the logo
tell us a little bit about that
right there about the gargoyle.
This familiar face that we always see.
Yeah, yeah, the gargoyle.
He's a protector right?
And hold in olden days.
Gargoyles were used to protect,
so that's what stone it stands for,
protecting the beers and the
good quality ingredients of the
Bears and what we believe in.
So no, it's not. The devil is
the protector of our peers.
Yeah, protector and you've
made quite a few great beers,
well known ones and you sent this
25 year anniversary Triple IPA.
Lizzie it's early in the morning,
but I'm going to taste this.
It's a 12% beer.
What are you guys doing?
Tell us about it? Well
you know it's 12 1/2 + 12 and a half.
25 OK, we could improve 25% ABV beer.
So we settled on 12 1/2.
I like that, so it's
amazing. It's really, it's really
dank, really fruit forward.
It's a triple IPA so you know we
tried to go big this big anniversary.
Well cheers, Lizzie 'cause
I'm celebrating with you.
I have one to cheer good.
Yes, let's drink together.
I didn't want to be alone here.
Oh oh, I love a good triple that is good.
Wow that's delicious, very crisp.
Somehow you made a triple that was crisp.
That's amazing. Real quick.
Also what's going on behind you?
They're having too good of a 10 so
I have some of our team stone out here.
They are warming up for the weekend.
We have some events coming up around town.
To be clear we're in Escondido right now.
We have a beer dinner here
that's already sold out,
but we do have tickets available
and we have some non ticketed
events for some other locations.
So yeah, this. I guess Friday,
Friday is our taproom events.
So we're gonna have live music and
beer specials and flights all day.
No tickets needed.
And then on Saturday at Liberty Station
we have a $25 ticketed event where
we'll have games like this out down
at Liberty Station and food stations,
with food available for purchase to
get 3/3 drinks with your ticket.
So it should be a lot of fun trying
to keep it kind of intimate.
And if you can't come out and celebrate,
at least you could pick up a
triple IPA and enjoy that home.
Oh yeah, yeah,
definitely want to pick this up.
'cause we know these anniversary
special beers are, you know, keepsakes.
I feel like but you know, just keep.
They can drink the beer in the inside and
that reminds me, we do.
We also have a lot of 25th
anniversary merch so shirts,
growlers, glassware and stuff.
'cause they're all. You're right,
there's a lot of people in San
Diego who collect this stuff every
year around stones anniversary
and Lizzy, I do wanna ask 'cause
I'm just curious about this,
but you've had so many well known
beers throughout the years.
What are some of your top ones right now?
I mean, you guys have a cult following.
People come to town from all over the world.
To try these beers and
have him at the brewery.
What are some of your top ones?
Yeah, so Stone IPA continues to be our
best seller and that was our actually
first anniversary beer in 1997,
so that one continues to be our top seller.
Nationwide actually sold
internationally as well,
but we also recently launched
Stone Buena visa Salt Lime Lager,
so that's a Mexican style lager.
It's a lot lighter, really crisp,
that was amazing and it's
actually really catching up.
The Stone IPA in sales and then recently
we just launched our heartfelt airline,
Buena Vida Hard Seltzers
that I was gonna say.
Yeah that's a new thing that you
guys are doing too. So amazing.
Thank you so much for being
on and it looks like a party
behind you so I'll let you go.
Have fun with those ******** guys.
They keep high fiving I'm like
oh they must be really good.
Hey, are you there?
Actually you know I picked them out
because they're actually cordial partners.
Established formal party.
No, that's like any corn holes we
can actually buy them at our stores.
We actually just started selling those so
well. Might someone down
loves classrooms in China.
I need to get that for our yard.
Thank you. Congrats on your
continued success and is so glad.
Congrats on 25 years. It's amazing.
Cheers to thank you. Cheers.