[9] The company's best known brand is Arrogant Bastard Ale, which has been described as a "watershed beer" that "put San Diego on the craft brew map.

[12][13] Stone Brewing has been rated as a "world class brewery" by two beer enthusiast websites, RateBeer and BeerAdvocate.

[14][15] Stone Brewing has been voted by the readers of Beer Advocate as the #1 "All Time Top Brewery on Planet Earth.

[17] Stone opened in San Marcos in 1996 at the location currently home to Port Brewing Company and The Lost Abbey.

[19] 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.

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.

[5] In June 2008, Stone Brewing covered the roof of the brewery with solar panels, cutting their energy costs nearly in half.

The 1,561 roof-mounted solar modules will offset more than 538,000 pounds (244,000 kg) of carbon emissions over its lifetime, which is equivalent to planting 204 acres (0.83 km2) of trees.

[23] On October 8, 2014, sources indicated Stone Brewing had chosen Richmond, Virginia, as the site for its first brewery in the eastern United States.