Brewdog, the Scottish brewer and pub operator, has signed an exclusive deal with Stone Brewing Co to import its craft beers.
Brewdog’s import and distribution centre will supply of Stone’s entire product range to the UK. This will include its Stone Go To IPA, Stone IPA Stone Ruination IPA and Arrogant Bastard Ale as well as limited edition and seasonal beers.
The San Diego-based brewery will supply its beers, via BrewDog, in bottles and kegs for on-trade customers by April.
James Watt, co-founder of BrewDog said: “We have always been huge fans of Stone Brewing Co. and have been lucky enough to make some epic collaboration beers with them. They have always been an inspiration to us, having been frontline ambassadors of the craft beer revolution in the USA for almost 20 years. This partnership is a natural extension of the passion we share for getting people excited about craft beer and shaking up the status quo. With this new deal, the flourishing UK craft beer scene just got even more exciting.”
He added the company is already in talks with more breweries from around the world as part of its plans to set up a global distribution network to supply the UK with “the best craft beers on the planet”.
”We already source the most exciting craft beers for our own bars, and this new distribution division is the opportunity to take that to the next level.
“We always strive to make other people as passionate about craft beer as we are. Not just from BrewDog, but from all great craft breweries. More people brewing, serving and drinking craft beer from a range of killer breweries can only be a good thing. Everything we do across our entire business, from our brewery to our bars, and now our new import and distribution division is a testament to that mission.”
Last year BrewDog launched a Development Fund with allocations of up to £100,000 of its annual profits to help establish other up and coming craft breweries with mentoring support and assisting them in building an international sales network
The initial funding was awarded to London-based Brew By Numbers, and CAP brewery in Stockholm.
