Greg Koch sells out

[tomthirtysix]

Greg, Koch, who vowed to never sell out to the man, who has focused more on bs lawsuits than making good beer, who has tried to felx his craft beer muscles and push smaller breweries around, has sold out. Employees of Stone were told at an 11p PST zoom call.

Stone Brewing to be Sold to Sapporo Holdings

Stone Brewing Company is being sold to Sapporo Holdings, the two companies announced today.

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Greg Koch is an abosulte POS and I hope once the checks are done being cashed, he's got nothing leftover after paying his legal fees. Damn shame, because they used to make good beer.

 

[bfreebern]

I haven’t had a Stone beer in years. I have had a Sapporo though. Funny how $165M, with a potential for more, changes peoples attitudes.

 

[jfields]

Never have had a single beer by them where I said “Wow! This is really good!”

 

[cody5thou]

Never have had a single beer by them where I said “Wow! This is really good!”

You live around the best breweries in the US!

 

[Smokin'Sims]

Never have had a single beer by them where I said “Wow! This is really good!”

I think I did. But it was back around 2005, when I was new to beer.

 

[tomthirtysix]

I was a fan of Arrogant Bastard. I was in a cigar bar in Pittsburgh that had it on tap. It paired so perfectly with my VSG. That was the first time I had a beer pairing that really clicked.

I don't know if at some point they became more about the branding than the beer or if I became more about the beer than the branding. Probably a combination of both. I used to have a pretty extensive vertical of their barleywine going. Maybe it was around the time they stopped brewing that and went straight HOPSHOPSHOPS I stopped drinking them.

 

[jfields]

I was a fan of Arrogant Bastard. I was in a cigar bar in Pittsburgh that had it on tap. It paired so perfectly with my VSG. That was the first time I had a beer pairing that really clicked.

I don't know if at some point they became more about the branding than the beer or if I became more about the beer than the branding. Probably a combination of both. I used to have a pretty extensive vertical of their barleywine going. Maybe it was around the time they stopped brewing that and went straight HOPSHOPSHOPS I stopped drinking them.

What was that one they did that had grape must in it?

I just find this so hypocritical now after the way he would go on the attack to all the sellouts to big beer.