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 325,645
US beer barrels in 2015. The site is also home to a restaurant, Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens - Escondido, an 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 and 40-ounce and can that can be filled with Stone's 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. It is housed in the former mess hall and several other historic buildings of the former
Naval Training Center San Diego. In addition to the locations at Escondido and Liberty Station, there are Stone Company Stores in
Oceanside,
Pasadena, and in San Diego's
Little Italy community. The stores sell beer in bottles, kegs and
growlers. In Summer 2014, the company announced plans to open Stone Brewing Berlin in the German capital. A 100
hectoliter brewery with onsite can filling in Berlin Mariendorf went into operation in June 2016. At that time, Stone Berlin began distributing Stone IPA and Arrogant Bastard Ale to Austria, the Baltics, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. In 2016 a corner of Stone Brewing Berlin opened as a full restaurant and gardens, Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens - Berlin. In April 2019 the entire Stone Brewing - Berlin operation was sold to Scotland-based
BrewDog. On October 8, 2014, sources indicated Stone Brewing had chosen
Richmond, Virginia, as the site for its first brewery in the eastern United States. The other two finalists for the brewery were Columbus, Ohio, and Norfolk, Virginia. Virginia Governor
Terry McAuliffe made the formal announcement about the new brewery on October 9, 2014. The brewery held the opening of the Stone Company Store Richmond in March 2016 and began brewing, kegging and bottling Stone IPA in July 2016. In May 2016, the company announced plans to open a tap room and 10-barrel brewing system in
Napa, California. The facility is housed in the historic Borrero building in downtown Napa and opened in May 2018. On February 12, 2018, Stone filed a lawsuit against
MillerCoors, the makers of
Keystone beer, alleging that they were attempting to co-opt their name after a brand revamp that emphasizes the word "Stone" on the sides of their products. In June 2022, Stone and
Sapporo Breweries announced that they had reached an agreement for Sapporo to purchase Stone Brewing for $168 million, with the purchase expected to close in August 2022. The sale did not include Stone Distributing, which is set to become its own independent company. On January 30, 2025, Sapporo Breweries announced a $91 million impairment charge on the goodwill of their acquisition of Stone Brewing. ==Awards==