Stone Brewing's Company Store officially opens tomorrow in Pasadena. But this isn't a bar. The 16 year-old company's first L.A. establishment will operate more like a wine tasting room, offering small samples, growler fills, bottle sales, and keg rentals of their award-winning beers, as well as a selection of brand merch. There will also be special pours of limited edition brews in the Pasadena storefront, like the wildly popular Mint Chocolate Imperial Stout that sold out last week.
Stone will join the likes of Pasadena's sizeable beer scene, including Haven Gastropub, Lucky Baldwin's, and Craftsman Brewing, which was established in 1995.
Stone's chief executive and co-founder Greg Koch used to live in LA himself, and acknowledged in a recent L.A Times piece that even though our city's craft beer scene is younger than San Diego's, there's a lot going on here, and he's happy to have Stone in the mix.
The Escondido-based brewery's storefront quietly soft opened a few weeks ago, but the hours have been eratic as they are finding their footing. The official celebration of the grand opening tomorrow. From there on out, hours are Sunday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
