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Stone Brewing

🌍 United States · Regional · Known for American IPA
Known for American IPA

Founded in 1996 in San Diego County, Stone built a reputation on aggressive, unapologetically bitter beers. Arrogant Bastard — with its confrontational branding — became a symbol of uncompromising craft. Their Escondido campus is one of the most visited craft brewery destinations in America.

4Beers
2Styles
6.6%Avg ABV
1996Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
0%
catalogue avg 43%

Beers by Stone Brewing

4 beers
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Arrogant Bastard Ale
American Strong Ale · 7.2%
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Stone Delicious IPA
American IPA · 7.7%
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Stone Go To IPA
Session IPA · 4.5%
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Stone IPA
Stone IPA
American IPA · 6.9%
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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 4 beers in the catalogue.

Emerging signature · based on 4 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
hoppyevery beer
4 of 4 beers
bitterevery beer
4 of 4 beers
citrusy
3 of 4 beers
dryevery beer
4 of 4 beers

With 4 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Varied4 beers · 2 style families
IPA 3Strong 1

A handful of styles across their range — a shared thread has to hold across each of them.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 318 other breweries making American IPA and Session IPA.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
typical for American IPA and Session IPAStone Brewing
in no beersin every beer
dry
in all 4 of their beers · typical American IPA and Session IPA brewery: 2 in 5
Notably more dry than typical.
orange
in 3 of 4 · typical American IPA and Session IPA brewery: 2 in 5
Notably more orange than typical.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 77%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
1 / 4
beers above the median
#1481
best ranked beer
Stone Go To IPA

Their beers place in the Top 77% of the catalogue on average, across 4 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Stone Brewing

Founded in 1996 in San Diego County, Stone built a reputation on aggressive, unapologetically bitter beers. Arrogant Bastard — with its confrontational branding — became a symbol of uncompromising craft. Their Escondido campus is one of the most visited craft brewery destinations in America.

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