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So, please join me in welcoming Greg. Greg Koch : Thank you. Thank you very much.
Randy Clemens: Here we get intimate. Greg Koch : Whoa. That wasn't part of the arrangement, Randy. Randy Clemens: Thank you.
Randy Clemens: Thank you. Greg Koch : Sure. Where's mine? Randy Clemens: Hi. How you guys doing?
Male #1: Good. Randy Clemens: All right. Greg Koch : Randy Clemens, everybody. Co-author. Stone Brewing. Right here.
Enough of that slide, though. Greg Koch : Cheers. Randy Clemens: Thank you. So, if you could just talk a little bit about the pre-history--how you and Steve met.
So, if you could just talk a little bit about the pre-history--how you and Steve met. Greg Koch : Yeah. So, I actually--. I give a lot to Anchor Steam because Anchor Steam was the first beer that opened my eyes.
I mean, how did Davis get you both to San Diego? Greg Koch : The conversation actually didn't begin there. Although, not quite literal of "Hey, do you wanna maybe start a brewery together?" But instead, we had that in the back of our mind as we started the conversation of, "Hey,
Randy Clemens: So you were sanitizing everything. Greg Koch : I was sanitizing. I was the bottle washer, cleaner, sanitizer.
Randy Clemens: Gotcha. So--. Greg Koch : Did I answer the question? I forgot what the question was already.
And how does San Diego come into the equation? Greg Koch : OK. So, Steve and I started planning opening a brewery. During this time, I was busy with another business and Steve actually was called up to Portland to house sit for his brother, who was going on a long sabbatical and said,
It was July 26th, 1996. Greg Koch : It's happened a couple of times in our 16-year history. Randy Clemens: OK. Greg Koch : Not too many.
Randy Clemens: OK. Greg Koch : Not too many. Greg Koch : So, you find this spot. It's in San Marcos, North County, San Diego.
I mean, what did people think of the brewery and what did people think of the beer? Greg Koch : So, craft brewing had been, as you saw from that chart, had been growing from around the 25 to nearly 55 percent annual growth rate. You can tell the year we opened, it was around seven percent, if I remember correctly, but then in our first year of business, 1997, it went down to two percent.
You're gettin' it around town in this fancy Ford Aerostar there. Greg Koch : That's right. Randy Clemens: Very nice.
Randy Clemens: So, did you scale back? Greg Koch : What? Hell no. Randy Clemens: OK. Greg Koch : Is that my cue?
Randy Clemens: It's, yeah. Greg Koch : Oh, it's my cue. Randy Clemens: Yes. Greg Koch : I'm gonna read a little--.
And what's with that? Greg Koch : Yeah. OK. So, it wasn't. So, when I wrote those words and continued on with, I suppose, the insults or the elbow
Randy Clemens: But the hundred cases sold? Greg Koch : They sold quickly. Randy Clemens: So you made more?
Randy Clemens: So you made more? Greg Koch : We made more and it sold out. And we made more and it sold out.
You're still bleeding money in the tune of, I think you told me, 30 thousand dollars a month. Greg Koch : Yeah, so now we're talking. So, Arrogant Bastard Ale came out November 1997.
So, if we dropped off a case of beer, we actually lost probably--I think I calculated it once, but only once because it was too painful to do again--we were losing about five bucks Greg Koch : Well. So we started talking to the big brand wholesalers and also the wine and spirits wholesalers,
So, if we dropped off a case of beer, we actually lost probably--I think I calculated it once, but only once because it was too painful to do again--we were losing about five bucks Greg Koch : So, back when we started, we realized that we had strong philosophies about beer, strong attitudes about beer.
So, if we dropped off a case of beer, we actually lost probably--I think I calculated it once, but only once because it was too painful to do again--we were losing about five bucks Greg Koch : Groundworks. Randy Clemens: Groundworks is awesome.
So, if we dropped off a case of beer, we actually lost probably--I think I calculated it once, but only once because it was too painful to do again--we were losing about five bucks Greg Koch : Yeah. It was great.
So, if we dropped off a case of beer, we actually lost probably--I think I calculated it once, but only once because it was too painful to do again--we were losing about five bucks Greg Koch : Over the years, we--.
So, if we dropped off a case of beer, we actually lost probably--I think I calculated it once, but only once because it was too painful to do again--we were losing about five bucks Greg Koch : Yeah. And so, I've always thought of us as Stone and really the craft brewing industry as being
So, if we dropped off a case of beer, we actually lost probably--I think I calculated it once, but only once because it was too painful to do again--we were losing about five bucks Greg Koch : Well, we've had this philosophy at Stone of don't be different to be different.
So, if we dropped off a case of beer, we actually lost probably--I think I calculated it once, but only once because it was too painful to do again--we were losing about five bucks Greg Koch : Right. Because my thought process was what's a more amazing beer list?
So, if we dropped off a case of beer, we actually lost probably--I think I calculated it once, but only once because it was too painful to do again--we were losing about five bucks Greg Koch : Yeah. So, the great thing about craft beer is also holds true in a lot of the non-commodity,
So, if we dropped off a case of beer, we actually lost probably--I think I calculated it once, but only once because it was too painful to do again--we were losing about five bucks Greg Koch : Yeah. I think that was a long way of saying "yes" to that, leading up to that.
So, if we dropped off a case of beer, we actually lost probably--I think I calculated it once, but only once because it was too painful to do again--we were losing about five bucks Greg Koch : So, it's a picture of me with Sam, my friend Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, from Delaware.
So, if we dropped off a case of beer, we actually lost probably--I think I calculated it once, but only once because it was too painful to do again--we were losing about five bucks Greg Koch : And by the way, Buff, B-U-F-F, it's an acronym.
So, if we dropped off a case of beer, we actually lost probably--I think I calculated it once, but only once because it was too painful to do again--we were losing about five bucks Greg Koch : Unquestionably. Because now enthusiasts, geeks--how many people in this room are not geeks?
So, if we dropped off a case of beer, we actually lost probably--I think I calculated it once, but only once because it was too painful to do again--we were losing about five bucks Greg Koch : Whatever you want.
So, if we dropped off a case of beer, we actually lost probably--I think I calculated it once, but only once because it was too painful to do again--we were losing about five bucks Greg Koch : I don't know.
So, if we dropped off a case of beer, we actually lost probably--I think I calculated it once, but only once because it was too painful to do again--we were losing about five bucks Greg Koch : OK. Lightening rounding with some slides here.
So, if we dropped off a case of beer, we actually lost probably--I think I calculated it once, but only once because it was too painful to do again--we were losing about five bucks Greg Koch : Pardon? Randy Clemens: Some for beers.
So, if we dropped off a case of beer, we actually lost probably--I think I calculated it once, but only once because it was too painful to do again--we were losing about five bucks Greg Koch : Oh, yeah.
So, if we dropped off a case of beer, we actually lost probably--I think I calculated it once, but only once because it was too painful to do again--we were losing about five bucks Greg Koch : Good. Male #3: I always try a Saison whenever I can.
So, if we dropped off a case of beer, we actually lost probably--I think I calculated it once, but only once because it was too painful to do again--we were losing about five bucks Greg Koch : So, we'll have a chance again.
So, if we dropped off a case of beer, we actually lost probably--I think I calculated it once, but only once because it was too painful to do again--we were losing about five bucks Greg Koch : Yes, indeed.
So, if we dropped off a case of beer, we actually lost probably--I think I calculated it once, but only once because it was too painful to do again--we were losing about five bucks Greg Koch : Oh. This is the first time this has been shared on camera.
So, if we dropped off a case of beer, we actually lost probably--I think I calculated it once, but only once because it was too painful to do again--we were losing about five bucks Greg Koch : Well, that slide, we're showing the dip and the rise of the number of breweries in the United States.
So, if we dropped off a case of beer, we actually lost probably--I think I calculated it once, but only once because it was too painful to do again--we were losing about five bucks Greg Koch : So, that's a great question.