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What are the errors on the page? Therascal99 (talk) 22:20, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Therascal99's edits appear suspiciously like those of blocked users Sgt. Dizzle Guy and Lou Pepe, discussed in Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/96.247.37.61 (3rd), i.e., editing beer-related articles, pointing out who is Jewish, editing sports-related pages, etc. Plus, she appeared as soon as Sgt. Dizzle Guy and Lou Pepe were blocked. Perhaps a check-user is in order?Editor437 (talk) 05:13, 6 January 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnelwayrules (talk • contribs) [reply]

"Summary" section

"Summary" section, which lists the details of SBC, needs an entire rewrite. It currently violates Wikipedia's standards on puffery language, also making many unsourced claims. I plan to do it myself eventually, but if anyone else has the desire, feel free.--Chimino (talk) 13:13, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Primary Source Material

I noticed that the vast majority of the sources come from Stone's websites and its affiliates. Though the article itself does not read like an advertisement, doesn't this make the article inherently biased, as per the wikipedia guidelines? Thanks for your help, person who responds to this. Fred.Pendleton (talk) 00:13, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Claims not supported by references

Am I missing something? I could not find evidence supporting these broad claims in the reference links supplied:

Stone Brewing is rated as one of the best brewers in the US and world by the two largest beer enthusiast websites, RateBeer and BeerAdvocate.^[1]^[2] Stone Brewing has been voted by the readers of Beer Advocate as the #1 Best Brewery all time ever, two years in a row.^[2]^[3]

^ "Stone Brewing World Bistro and Gardens". RateBeer. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
^ ^a ^b Kitsock, Greg (June 20, 2007). "A Bitter Divide". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
^ "Stone Brewing Co". BeerAdvocate. Retrieved 2011-05-24.

I can well believe that these claims are true, but they either need to find a primary independent source that supports them, or they need to be deleted.--MelanieN (talk) 23:14, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Beer Advocate link does indeed rate the brewery as "world class", but I don't evidence of the stated claims in the other links. Ratebeer rates an associated brewpub as "world class", not the brewery itself.

Also, Beer Advocate did rate Stone Brewery as the "all time top brewery on planet Earth" as well as several of Stone's offering in the 25 "all time top beers on planet Earth." Stone reproduces that part of the magazine on their website here: http://www.stonebrewing.com/news/081211/ - I think it would be fair to cite that magazine article.

They also list a bunch of their awards at http://www.stonebrewing.com/press/facts.asp and the sources for those could be cited as well. ~Amatulić (talk) 00:08, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, that's very helpful. I'll change "one of the best brewers in the US and world" to "world class brewer" per the sources. (May mean more or less the same, but we should use the wording used by the sources.) I do think we can cite the "all time top" article even though it is linked to the brewery's page. Certainly the awards should be cited in the article. --MelanieN (talk) 18:18, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I fixed the sources and wording for those claims. I'll need more time to cite the awards because they have won a ton of them. --MelanieN (talk) 18:32, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Probably not all of those awards are notable. I'd say the first four listed are worth mentioning, but not the numerous beer festival awards. It's like in the wine world: just about every winery in existence has won an award at a local festival, but there are only a handful of notable awards that really matter. ~Amatulić (talk) 19:02, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, major awards only (e.g. World Beer Cup). And when possible I would rather use the awarding organization as a source rather than the company's web page. So it may take me a few days but I'll get something together. --MelanieN (talk) 20:45, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

company name (and name of entire page)

Hello, I work at Stone Brewing Co. Happy to see we have a Wikipedia page. Could you please change the name from "Stone Brewing Company" to "Stone Brewing Co."? That is our official name. Thank you. -Ian Wendlandt Stone Brewing Co. Chief of Staff - Office of the CEO — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sandiegoian (talk • contribs) 23:13, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thanks for the suggestion. And thanks for identifying yourself when you requested the change; that's very much in accord with Wikipedia's policies about conflict of interest. If you have other changes you think should be made, just post them here and someone will take a look at them - and carry them out if appropriate. --MelanieN (talk) 23:22, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A question, Sandiegoian: as I was cleaning up the links I found a link from BrewDog in Scotland. That page lists the following beer: "Bashah (9% ABV) - (Black As Sin Hoppy As Hell) a hybrid of imperial stout, Belgian abbey ale and IPA, made in collaboration with Stone Brewing". Does that refer to your company, or are they referring to some other brewery named Stone Brewing? --MelanieN (talk) 23:36, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, I found out that it is in fact yours. I think something should be added to the "collaborations" section about it. --MelanieN (talk) 15:18, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Reads like an Advertisement

This entry reads like an advertisement for Stone Brewing. Suggest an outside party update it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Razzanof (talk • contribs) 04:45, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

stone brewery/ Escondido/ca

I just read article in the e. m.escondido mAGAZINE. I BELEIVE STONE brewing CO. DISCRIMINAYATES AGANIST WOMEN. iN MAY I ORDERED A HOUSE CHARDONNEY AS WELL as a friend of mine, We were charged 14.00 per glass. This is a pure rip-off of women who do not drink beer. p.s. I — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.218.14.245 (talk) 02:04, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Woot Stout

I came here looking for information about Woot Stout,[1] which I discovered last year. It seems to be seasonal, a collaboration, and possibly a special release, so I am not sure how it would be classified in the tables in this article. ~Anachronist (talk) 02:26, 16 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Acquisition by Sapporo

The Sapporo article says the acquisition was completed. This one does not yet. A source per the other article: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/story/2022-09-02/end-of-an-era-stone-brewing-completes-165-million-sale-to-japans-sapporo 96.235.24.46 (talk) 23:42, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[RB-1] "Stone Brewing World Bistro and Gardens". RateBeer. Retrieved 2011-05-25.

[WP-2] Kitsock, Greg (June 20, 2007). "A Bitter Divide". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2011-05-24.

[BA-3] "Stone Brewing Co". BeerAdvocate. Retrieved 2011-05-24.

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