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Stone Brewing Co. is a brewery headquartered in Escondido, California, USA. Founded in 1996 in San Marcos, California,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Press Room )〕 it is the largest brewery in Southern California. As of 2014, it was the ninth largest craft brewery in the United States and fourteenth largest brewery overall, based on sales volume. The brewery's first beer was Stone Pale Ale,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pre-History )〕 which the company considers to be its flagship ale.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Stone Pale Ale )〕 Most of their beers are characteristic of west-coast craft brews, meaning that they have a high hop content. Compared to the macro-produced lagers, many Stone brews feature alcohol percentages that are well above average. The alcohol-by-volume content of Stone brews ranges from 4.2% to 13%.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Beers Overview )〕 Stone Brewing is rated as a "world class brewery" by the two largest beer enthusiast websites, RateBeer and BeerAdvocate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Stone Brewing World Bistro and Gardens )〕 Stone Brewing has been voted by the readers of Beer Advocate as the #1 "All Time Top Brewery on Planet Earth." In 2015, the company announced that it's going to open Stone Brewing Berlin in the German capital. A brewery is expected to open in 2016. The company hosted the closing event of Berlin Beer Week 2015. ==Overview== Stone opened in San Marcos in 1996 at the location currently home to Port Brewing Company and The Lost Abbey.〔 In 2006, Stone relocated from the original brewery to a new, custom-designed facility in Escondido. In 2013 the company opened a packaging hall just south of the brewery which houses the bottling and keg lines. The brewery in Escondido produced 213,277 US beer barrels in 2013. The site is also home to a restaurant, Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens - Escondido, a restaurant with a large outdoor patio and of gardens. The brewery also houses a Stone Company Store which sells Stone merchandise as well as 1- and 2-liter growlers that can be filled with Stone's nine year-round beers and special releases. In May 2013 a second Stone Brewing World Bistro and Gardens opened in the Liberty Station development in the Point Loma neighborhood of San Diego. The facility cost $8 million and can seat 700 patrons. In 2013 Stone opened a location in Terminal 2 of the San Diego International Airport. In addition to the locations at Escondido and Liberty Station, there are Stone Company Stores in Oceanside, Pasadena, and in San Diego in South Park and Little Italy. The stores sell beer in bottles, kegs and growlers.〔 Stone also operates a 19-acre organic farm known as Stone Farms, just north of the brewery in Escondido. In June 2008, Stone Brewing covered the roof of the brewery with solar panels, cutting their energy costs nearly in half. The 1,561 roof-mounted solar modules will offset more than of carbon emissions over its lifetime, which is equivalent to planting of trees. In July 2014, Stone Brewing Co. announced plans to open a brewery and restaurant in Berlin, Germany. On October 8, 2014 sources indicated Stone Brewing Co. had chosen Richmond, VA as the site for its first brewery in the eastern United States. The other two finalists for the brewery were Columbus, Ohio and Norfolk, VA. Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe made the formal announcement about the new brewery on October 9, 2014 at 2 p.m. EST. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stone Brewing Co.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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