Stone's latest hyped announcement

[sacrelicio]

Mixed message. On one hand, the mission statement says "Stone Brewing Co. is poised to become the first American craft brewer to own and operate a brewery in Europe, and we need your help to make it happen."

Later they state "Yes, this will happen without your support in this campaign…eventually…but by joining us, you can make it happen better, sooner and faster."

It should basically say, "We have built these gardens in Escondido, Point Loma, Pasadena, Oceanside and North Park. They are more expensive than we thought. We would rather not borrow the money from the bank and pay interest so we will pre-sell some party favors to pay for it."

They have 5 locations in CA?!?

 

[drgarage1]

They have 5 locations in CA?!?

6! There's also the one at the airport.

 

[Dunt1]

Wait, this kind of sets a precedent for being a complete ************!

Is it too late for me to do a kickstarter for my wedding?

$25 gets two song requests from the DJ. (No Free Bird)
$50 gets you a second helping of Prime Rib.
$100 gets you a dance with the bride.
$500 gets you a ******* from the from the groom.
$1000 allows you to house sit/dog sit and drink one beer a day from my cellar during our honeymoon. (No Loons)(Molly is a tricky pup, don't make too much eye contact)
$10k is the Voyeur Package. A rollaway cot in out hotel room on the big night. Video is encouraged but the happy couple gets the final edit.

Thanks guys. I know I can count on you to get this thing paid off.

Picture of your wife and is masturbating allowed?

 

[jmgrub]

Picture of your wife and is masturbating allowed?

You know you only watch amateur, so ~5 and up is probably chill.
Of course masturbating is allowed.

 

[sacrelicio]

6! There's also the one at the airport.

I mean ****, if they want to sell some limited, overpriced stuff at the gift shop or whatever, and use the proceeds to fund Stone Euro Disney, fine, but the whole "donation" thing is ridiculous, even vulgar.

 

[nanobrew1]

6! There's also the one at the airport.

Don't forget the hotel, the farm, and the barrel room all up in North County too.

 

[evilc]

Don't forget the hotel, the farm, and the barrel room all up in North County too.

Petco Park...

 

[montycapuletti]

6! There's also the one at the airport.

 

[jmgrub]

They'll be in the elementary school cafeterias before you know it.

 

[JulianB1]

They'll be in the elementary school cafeterias before you know it.

Stone Happy Meals at McDonald's with a little gargoyle figurine included.

 

[jmgrub]

Stone Happy Meals at McDonald's with a little gargoyle figurine included.

With a Levitation juicebox because kids should be able to drink session ales.

 

[drgarage1]

With a Levitation juicebox because kids should be able to drink session ales.

With a side of belgo-anise fries!

 

[Jnorton00]

Stone is going to sue for using their logos likeness without permission.

 

[jtmartino1]

All those locations and they still can't generate enough capital to expand to a different country?

Well then maybe they shouldn't!

 

[matedog]

One article said that the anticipated construction costs are $25 million (can't find the article now, of course), so as someone suggested earlier, this is really a big publicity stunt with the crowdfunding just generating 4% of the total costs. I guess their take is that supporters get to feel like a part of the expansion and get some overpriced schwag along with it. Stone gets a bunch of publicity and a small chunk of the costs covered, which is probably closer to 3% after prizes are doled out.

 

[ficklenicholas]

Picture of your wife and is masturbating allowed?

No picture. You can silently masturbate but you have to finish on my face.

You know you only watch amateur, so ~5 and up is probably chill.
Of course masturbating is allowed.

Careful Jeremy, you have to purchase a separate perk to be able to broker deals.

 

[jmgrub]

No picture. You can silently masturbate but you have to finish on my face.



Careful Jeremy, you have to purchase a separate perk to be able to broker deals.

Sorry, I thought this was a pyramid scheme and I was an affiliate. My b

 

[nanobrew1]

One article said that the anticipated construction costs are $25 million (can't find the article now, of course), so as someone suggested earlier, this is really a big publicity stunt with the crowdfunding just generating 4% of the total costs. I guess their take is that supporters get to feel like a part of the expansion and get some overpriced schwag along with it. Stone gets a bunch of publicity and a small chunk of the costs covered, which is probably closer to 3% after prizes are doled out.

It does seem like this was a publicity stunt/campaign. But if so, why not make the prizes appealing. If it is advertising they could even setup cost so they nearly break even. But that way more people would jump on if things are a good deal, and they could have a more "successful" fundraising campaign. As you said, they are only looking at getting 3% from this fundraiser, so why not just make it 0 or 1% and get some more interest built up. As of now, the majority of publicity is not positive.

 

[matedog]

It does seem like this was a publicity stunt/campaign. But if so, why not make the prizes appealing. If it is advertising they could even setup cost so they nearly break even. But that way more people would jump on if things are a good deal, and they could have a more "successful" fundraising campaign. As you said, they are only looking at getting 3% from this fundraiser, so why not just make it 0 or 1% and get some more interest built up. As of now, the majority of publicity is not positive.

My guess is they didn't think it through that thoroughly.

 

[coldafpipes]

It does seem like this was a publicity stunt/campaign. But if so, why not make the prizes appealing. If it is advertising they could even setup cost so they nearly break even. But that way more people would jump on if things are a good deal, and they could have a more "successful" fundraising campaign. As you said, they are only looking at getting 3% from this fundraiser, so why not just make it 0 or 1% and get some more interest built up. As of now, the majority of publicity is not positive.

It's a poorly thought out stunt. Greg going on a sabbatical was hilarious enough, but this scheme seems like the ideas of a wealthy enough dude who spent a few months getting absolutely baked & drunk in a kind of post-pubes I need to find my cack in europe...backpacking trip.
Remember, people made these guys famous:

 

[evilc]

I'm back but I'm going to remain on Facebook hiatus for awhile. Too much going on at Stone Brewing Co. Gotta admit, I've liked not staring into a little (or big) screen hardly at all during my sabbatical. Thus my not immediately diving back into social media. Going to try to maintain some of that connection I rebuilt with the so-called "real world." It's out there. I've seen it. The rumors are tru...e! I've asked my team to post this for me (since they still have access to my account and I don't). But I wrote 'em. It's definitely me, folks. But wanted you to know I won't see your replies...just yet. Apologies. Don't mean to be rude. Just need to focus. Big time. Got some amazing stuff to share in the coming weeks, and share I shall. (Note: "Shall" is not a word I use a lot. The more you know.) OK. Taken enough of your time for now. Thanks for still being here after I got back...even though I'm not actually "all here" myself. ;-]

This guy wants to have sex with himself - and I don't mean fap. I think he really wants to **** his own ass.

 

[beerandraiderfan]

Er, wait, I guess they're actually friends:

It all makes sense now.

1, 4, 5, 3, 2

$30k for $300 worth of Stone is still better than $30 for a subscription to belgium trip advoca, -- er, 'beer' advocate.

 

[arren]

This guy wants to have sex with himself - and I don't mean fap. I think he really wants to **** his own ass.

At some point we've all thought about ******* our own ass; ****, I'd donate to Stone's cause if that was one of the rewards.

 

[evilc]

 

[sandiego67]

Petco Park...

Inside Petco Park on the 3rd level, outside Petco Park at the old Wine Steals space. They also have a place down near the Santa Fe Depot train station.

 

[sandiego67]

Genuinely surprised how slowly it is moving. I expected their fans to eat it up. Speaks volumes to the misstep I think.

After 5 days, on pace for +/- $480,000

 

[user 304985]

The $30k thing isn't on the indiegogo site now, and shipping is now included on the glass/shirt (i thought it wasn't at first?). Maybe they're realizing how ****** some of these 'perks' are?

 

[GhettoFabulous]

You can sell me gasoline, even if the oil required to produce it necessitates a costly, deadly and disastrous US foreign policy.
You can sell me clothes, even if it was produced by Bangladashi children in sweatshop, death-trap factories.
You can sell me bacon cheeseburgers, even if the animals the ingredients came from were forced to endure lives of torture and endless suffering.
But if you are a big craft brewery with a tacky crowd sourcing campaign, I will never buy your belgo anus imperial stout.
You have to draw the line somewhere. We, as human beings, are moral creatures after all.

 

[RedCoffee]

You can sell me gasoline, even if the oil required to produce it necessitates a costly, deadly and disastrous US foreign policy.
You can sell me clothes, even if it was produced by Bangladashi children in sweatshop, death-trap factories.
You can sell me bacon cheeseburgers, even if the animals the ingredients came from were forced to endure lives of torture and endless suffering.
But if you are a big craft brewery with a tacky crowd sourcing campaign, I will never buy your belgo anus imperial stout.
You have to draw the line somewhere. We, as human beings, are moral creatures after all.

Shush. I'm still interested in seeing how long this inferno rages.

 

[evilc]

I love oil, sweatshop electronics and clothes, animal meat, and beer.


Greg Cock is a homie.