Having enjoyed stratospheric growth in the New World, are U.S. craft brews set to take on the (insular, dismissive, lucrative) European beer market? Stone Brewing is betting so:
But Greg Koch, co-owner of Stone Brewing, wants to change that. Based in Escondido, California, Stone just closed its request for proposal (PDF) to construct a brewing facility in Europe. If it works out, in a few years Stone will be the first American craft brewery to make its product outside the United States.
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July 13, 2010 at 2:50 pm
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July 13, 2010 at 2:51 pm
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July 13, 2010 at 3:04 pm
so bizarre to see Escondido, California in a post! I grew up 10 miles from there. Escondido is home of the ugly strip mall…It’s the sadder San Diego county cousin of Jefferson City. Who knew they housed world class beer?