Stone Brewing

Regional Brewery in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Duvel Moortgat
Associated with 6 Venues

Established in 1996

Contact
1999 Citracado Parkway, Escondido, CA, 92029, United States
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Description
Founded by Greg Koch and Steve Wagner, Stone Brewing has come a long way since opening in San Diego County in 1996. Now the ninth-largest craft brewer in the U.S., we operate brewing facilities on both coasts – Escondido, California and Richmond, Virginia. On top of making badass beers for over two decades, we operate restaurants and tap rooms across three continents as well as the largest craft-centric beer distribution business in the U.S. Our beers are available in all 50 states and more than 40 countries worldwide.
Stone Brewing was bought in 2022 by Sapporo Brewing (Japan) and in 2026 by Duvel Moortgat (Belgium).

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8.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
dark amber pour with a nice beige head. aroma is loaded with dark roasted fruity malts. some nice ripe fruit, some cloves, and a touch of chocolate. really remins me of a very mild trappist type ale. flavor is very nice. more of he sweet bready fruity malts. again reminds me of a really nice dark and fruity trappist ale minus the strong alcohol presence. Really en excellent ale.
Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:01

9.2/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9
Pours a beautiful golden color, with a small white head. The aroma is breathtaking! Sweet cherries, loads of lemon, and lime zest, sweet fruity candi sugar, and just an overall abundance of sweet fruity esters, just amazing! I could stick my nose in this all day! The flavor is awesome! more of those great fruits! apricots, lemons, limes, cherries, bananas. A great sweet cherry finish. Holy hell this is outstanding. Its like fruit cup in a glass. This has aged VERY well. simply perfect!
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:01

9.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 10 Texture 8 Overall 9.5
bomber from the cheese man!
2006 edition.
Murky brown pour with a very small off white head. Aroma is BIG on sweet malt, and some nice hops, and a touch of fruit. Wow, this smells so much of a big glass of caramel. Flavour is very smooth, some big matly notes, the hops come through in the finish, they leave that high alpha soapiness in my mouth, with a touch of pine. Finish is nice and bitter, but not too bitter, they hops are present enough, and do they job beautifully, and the malt is the star, it leavs a wonderful sweet/caramel maltiness, and adds a bit of a brandy like sweetness. Excellent barley wine, i enjoy its not a hop monster like many other american barley wines i’ve had.
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:01

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
0.355l can. Aroma of citrus, passion fruit, pine and biscuit. Pours hazy pale golden color with large soapy off-white head and average sparkling appearance. Taste starts refreshing citrusy and tropical fruity, following is grassy, bready and piney, mouthfeel is smooth and rather dry, while finish is average bitter. Light body, thin texture and average carbonation in palate. Thin haze…
Tried from Can from E.Leclerc Ljubljana on 27 Feb 2025 at 20:41

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
an exellent IPA, but i have to admit i was a bit dissapointed, yes it had all the atributes of a great IPA, but i found it a bit underwhelming for all the hype, and the style ratings. Not a hop forward as i would have expected, quite subdued i found.
Tried on 27 Feb 2025 at 09:31

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
bottle at the mondiale ’07
very very dark, with a slight beige head.
aroma is soy sauce, smoke, and roasted malt.
flavour is bitter, and again the soy sauce is prevalent. finish is bitter, and kinda malty. nice porter.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2025 at 06:12

9.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 10 Flavor 10 Texture 8 Overall 10
bottle at mondiale ’07
aroma is awesome! so citrucy, and floral, its just shredding my sense of smell. Flavour is much of the same, just a shrdding of the taste buds! so much hops, and citrus. I LOVE IT! The bitterness is fierce, and to punches you in the mouth. amazing stuff!
Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2025 at 06:12

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 10 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
wow, this was strong. The aroma is amazing. A citrus kick to the face, and some nice sweetness to it. OUTSTADING. BUT, the flavour is all pine, the citrus seems to drop off quite a bit, all i got was pine and booze. It got a little better as ir warmed up, and some sweetness came through. a Very nice DIPA, but a little too piney for my taste
Tried on 27 Feb 2025 at 06:11

7.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 9
nice stout. pour very black like it said it would. small tan head, that disapears quickly. aroma is chocolate, coffee, and alcohol. flavour is the same. nice bitterness to it. i didnt feel it was very thick like others have suggested. overall still very very nice.
Tried on 27 Feb 2025 at 05:32

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can at home. Slight hazy golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are fruity stone fruit and lemon citrus. Slight bitter finish. Medium body.
Tried from Can on 26 Feb 2025 at 19:43