Stone Company Store

This place is a really great, casual spot to hang out with friends. I’ve been here before, but most recently in January when I threw a surprise birthday brunch for my boyfriend.
It’s a tasting room and store with a wide array of Stone beers, all at reasonable prices. They usually have some seasonal beers on tap as well. I had a $ 4 four ounce pour that was super tasty… Stone 24 Carrot Golden Ale; it tasted like carrot cake! I haven’t yet been when they’ve had Enjoy By though, which is surprising and a tad disappointing. They also sell growlers, pony kegs, and Stone apparel.
They don’t take reservations, so some of our party got there around 11:30am and were able to get a huge table outside. Although they don’t serve food, they don’t deny you from bringing your own, or ordering from nearby spots. The Luggage Room is next door and has such tasty pizza!
The Stone Company Store in Pasadena isn’t huge… it could be hard to get a seat at one of the few tables. But once you get a table, you’ll realize what a great neighborhood spot this is!

Cool tasting room! They have a fairly large bar with roughly 12 – 16 rotating taps. They have 3 different sized beers so that you can taste them or get a regular size pint. The prices are pretty decent and they have the microbrews that are only at stone brewery as well. The staff was helpful, friendly and fast! There’s a lot of seating both indoors and outdoors as well as stone merchandise. Parking is in the structure under with validation.

great place, friendly staff. Outside seating and dog friendly. No food but you can order from Luggage Room accross the way and eat at Stone.

I bought my first magnum bottle of Arrogant Bastard in 2002, so I know the brewery well. I’ve enjoyed multiple afternoons at their bistro in Escondido, and regularly follow their newest releases at my local bottle shop in Los Feliz. I own Stone t-​shirts and bottle openers.
Despite my love of the brewery, however, I find their Pasadena shop uncomfortable. Inside the tasting room, there’s seating for about 20 people, in a cold, austere room that’s dedicated primarily for merchandising. Last call is typically at 9:00PM and servings are relatively pricy at $ 6 a pint.
The outside terrace is nice, and customers are permitted to order pizzas from the Luggage Room across the plaza. The outdoor area is small, however, and families with children are left waiting for a space. I feel guilty hogging a table with my besotted self.
I think the interior could be reorganized to become warmer, friendlier and accommodate more people. Tasting hours should be expanded until 10PM at least, and there should be open endorsement of the room’s relationship with the Luggage Room. Anything less is just wasted space and wasted money.

Good selection of beer but zero ambiance. Also don’t get why a bunch of ‘meh’ T-​shirts are interspersed with the bar tables. Kinda cheesy, sorry, seems very 90s.

We have been Waiting for the gold line to finally open their east end
So we can go to the stone store
Pick up some of our favorite beverages and ride home with in style
Hope the train opens soon
Cheers

Tons of beers, decent indoor and outdoor seating, great transportation options…
But I don’t find this place quite as appealing as some of their competition. It’s a bit IPA heavy (last visit had 9 IPA’s out of 19 available beers) and the space is basically a rectangularly storefront carved out of the shopping area without as much personality as some others.
If you really enjoy Stone’s beers then you’ll enjoy it more than I did; if you enjoy beer but aren’t particular on Stone then I strongly suspect it’ll depend more on whatever they happen to have on tap when you visit.

This place is perfect and has a lot of things going for it:
— Next to a metro train stop.
— $ 1.50 sample drinks
— Great merchandise
— Super Chill
— A quick walk away from Old Town Pasadena

Friendly and knowledgable staff and well priced beers made the Stone company store a big surprise. Lots of IPA’s and Stouts on tap. A quick 5 sample flight will run you about $ 10 for 4−5/4oz pours. Lots of well priced swag as well.
If you’re a lover of the brews Stone is putting out there, definitely worth checking this casual spot out.

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ESSENTIAL TIPS & EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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# Let’s make this review quick and easy… relevant and informative.
# I walked down from the main bustling streets of Old Town Pasadena to quench my thirst and wondered where the hell this store was. It’s tucked inside the same plaza next La Grande Orange Café and Luggage Room.
# Yup yup, you can bring your growler and buy beer to-​go from the selection of draft beers on tap.
# No splash samples are given at the store so you can’t ask for a small taste to decide which beer you want to get. I know. Boo!
# You can get a 4 oz taster ($ 2), 8 oz glass ($ 3.50), or 16 oz glass ($ 6.50) for their usual beers. Special and limited release beers are a little more expensive. For example, my Ruination 2.0 and Thunderstruck IPA, and Chai Stout tasters were $ 2.29 each compared to the usual $ 2.
# They have this aluminium canning machine where you can get your beer canned into a large aluminum can! I think it’s a 40 oz. so you can play Edward Fortyhands with the cans and murder your sobriety. You also have the option of discretely taking your newly minted aluminum can in a brown paper bag to the park across the street and get messed up. «Look ma! I’m irresponsible wreck!», you say moments before passing out underneath one of the large trees in the park. One thing to note is that it’s not true canning because they fill the can up first at the tap before sealing it. It becomes exposed to oxygen so you it’s like a aluminum growler. You must drink it within a day or two before the beer begins to go flat.
# I like the clean, sleek interior of the store. I get this cool, cold stone and shade sensation when I’m inside. It’s a nice feeling being shrouded in A/​C and shaded away from hot sunlight while slowly drinking your beer without caring about the time.
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MY EXPERIENCE:
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I’m only writing a few notes about the things I haven’t said. I tried the Go To IPA w/​Lemon Peel and Vanilla and while it sounded funky, sweet, and refreshing… it was just funky. It cost me $ 1.83 for a taster instead of $ 2+. Maybe others agreed with me, stopped ordering it, and now the Stone Company Store is trying to sell it off.
The Chai Stout was cool. I’m not a stout person nor an actual stout person or else I’d need to lose weight. For me, stouts are darker and syrupy in nature and I just don’t enjoy getting full from coffee, chocolate, bourbon-​barrel aged dark water anymore. But, the chai added to this stout added a nice «exotic spice» layer that mellowed out the sweeter nature of the stout.
As for the other IPAs I tried, I enjoyed drinking them all. Then I got sleepy so I walked over to the park to sleep under the shade. Luckily, it was only me hugging an iPad 2 on the grass that I diagnosed at the Apple Store an hour earlier rather than three 40 oz. Stone aluminum beer cans curiously positioned around my body.

Tiny little place tucked away in the old train station plaza. Hard to find from the street, but it’s more than worth the hunt once you get there. It’s a company store with shirts, hats, souvenirs, and also a tasting room, with delicious Stone Brewing libations to sample. Low-​key, casual setting, with exceptionally friendly service.

The Stone Company Store puts a smile on my face before I even get there (and of course after I leave: P). This establishment is a godsend for those of us living in the Los Angeles/​SGV area and refuse to drive out to Escondido, CA, where their main brewery/​restaurant is located.
Although as of this writing, I have yet to visit the actual Stone brewery, however, this place does offer the most up-​to-​date Stone beers on tap. For instance, they will offer their main/​top selling beers, but will also continually rotate their seasonal selection of ales. As of this writing, the seasonal and limited choices were the Thunderstruck IPA, 24 Carrot Golden Ale (delicious!), Quadri… somethng Quarduple ale, etc. Keep in mind that this is a tasting bar that offers 4 oz. tasters for a couple of bucks, and full goblet pours for a little bit more.
The Stone Company Store itself is pretty low-​key, and therefore easy to miss. Parking is offered in the parking structure adjacent to the Stone building. Take the elevator or stairs up to ground level. and it’ll be there across form the pizzeria.
Must come and visit whenever you are in the Pasadena area.

The Stone Brewery was great! I did notice that the employees working at the time were all females, they were all very helpful and knew all about their beers.
Unfortunately the bad part is Stone does not have a flight option. They have many beers to choose from and for me personally I like to try a little bit of everything. They offer testers (4 ounces) however it becomes difficult remembering which beer is which.
By the way they have a refrigerator full of beers to take home.

Never before have I fucking cussed at a beer pourer… and I drink a lot of beer. Well, that changed yesterday.
I walked in and there were three servers. A female pourer with glasses, a typical bearded hipster guy, and a chubby David Arquette look-​alike. Since there is no line system I stood in front of the bar and waited for the people ahead of me to get their beers. You know, something called fucking ETIQUETTE.
After a big party was serviced by David Arquette, he went on to help another girl who had arrived ahead of me. Then she spills her glass so the female pourer has to clean up the mess. Then out of nowhere, some short ass Filipina girl walks in and gets serviced by bearded hipster guy…
At this point, I am getting irked. But instead of yelling at the midget for cutting and the hipster dickbutt for skipping me, I hold my anger in… breathe in, breathe out… namaste and shit.
So the Filipina girl gets her beers and then I expect to be served next… well guess what? David Arquette skips me too. This time for a bitch ass white guy and his Asian girlfriend. Seriously? Do I need to grow a set of A-​cup breasts before getting served at this motherfucker?
This is when I lost it. You see, I was the only one left standing in front of the bar area. So I yelled at David Arquette and said something like «Are you fucking serious? You guys have a fucked up line system. I have been standing here all this time. Do I really have to yell at you before I get a fucking beer?»
So yes, at this outburst the entire taproom looks. But I don’t give a shit. Then David Arquette says some bullshit like «oh at least now that you get your beers you will be happy.» Ummm hell fucking no.
He asks for my ID so I throw it at him and then the motherfucker tells me to take off my sunglasses. There is no way in hell that I look 20 or under but whatever. I take my shades off and shoot laser death ray beams at him.
I give him cash and he can’t even give my change back correctly. Fucking dipshit.
Seriously, fuck Stone. I shot them an email and have yet to get a response.
Also don’t be an assmunch and cut in front of other people when you see that the people that arrived before you are still waiting. I swear, millennials are all a bunch of entitled shitheads.
Here is the actual email I sent Stone.
«I just visited your Pasadena tap room and left livid. Correction, fucking livid. Your line system is ridiculous and your servers do a horrible job of identifying patrons that have been waiting a long ass time versus people that just walked in.
20 minutes ago I was bypassed twice before I had to scream at the worker that looked like a chubby David Arquette. The other bearded guy looked like your typical hipster and he skipped me for an Asian girl.
I guess the only way to get service at your shitty place is to grow some breasts. Honestly, I drink a lot of beer and I will never return to your tap room.
All I was offered as an apology was, ‘oh at least now that you get your beers you will be happy.’ Ummm hell fucking no.
You guys are arrogant bastards and I say fuck you.»

A kick ass place to enjoy some of the more rare Stone brews without making a trek down to Escondido. The store carries roughly a dozen or so beers, plus a smattering of different bottles available for purchase. They have growlers to take their beer home in a variety of sizes as well. The store also has a range of other merchandise with the very well known arrogant bastard gargoyle adorning them. I had my eye on a sweatshirt and a v neck, neither of which were purchased due to an experiment my hubs and I are doing in regards to consumerism. Anyhow, maybe when our experiment is over I will be back to purchase said items.
There is a small patio out front, which we opted not to sit on due to it being one of the few rainy days we have in LA. The bar itself is cool, standing room only as they don’t have stools at the bar, but they do offer a few pub tables with stools if you like. The bartenders are awesome, super personable and love to chat about beers, the brewing process, and all the possible things they are trying to make happen in the future. For example my hubs is a serious sour beer fan, and the mention of this tidbit made the bartenders eyes light up and started the conversation about them trying out a sour recipe, and the fact that we have to keep our eyes and ears open for a future tasting opportunity. Which lead to me immediately following them on all forms of social media possible.
I love this place and am super glad we have a place to buy stone beer straight from the tap without having to make a three hour trek to escondido, although the grounds are beautiful and definitely a must see at least once in your life. That is another review for another time. ;-)

My hubby had been wanting to visit this somewhat new extension of Stone Brewery. We went there on a Sunday afternoon and I have to admit it was hard to find, but perhaps my husband doesn’t want to admit he didn’t look up the directions! But it is nestled right beside the Gold Line terminal and it doesn’t have clear signage from the street.
It has a nice, but small outdoor patio area which was full because it was a beautiful day. The inside had some tall tables from what I remember and has lots of Stone merchandise, thus the name Company Store.
But the big drawback was that they only have one line and register for people to buy beer to consume on premises AND the hordes of those coming in to fill their growlers. We luckily got served before the crowds came, but they were lined up with two growlers each to fill. They should have a totally different area for fills and beer by glass to keep those with the same goal happy.
It’s great for locals to fill their growlers, but I would not go there just to have a beer.

I heard a number of good things about this places from my relatives, so I thought I’d visit this beer establishment. Conveniently located adjacent to the Del Mar Gold Line Station, this place is a small watering hole where you can enjoy the many varieties of Stone Brewery beer on tap. I am a fan of their beers especially because they are just so delicious.
I was looking for signage for this particular store, but there was no pronounced signage to be seen. Luckily, this train station is so small that it was particularly easy to find. It was diagonally across from «The Luggage Room Pizzeria.» In fact, you can even bring your growler to the pizzeria for a corkage fee of $ 5 which may be worth it if you are enjoying some beer with a group of friends. I think it would be worth it considering the quality of beer at the Stone Company Store.
Once we found the store, it was confusing as to where we order the beer. First, you have to pay for the beer at the front register. Then, you go to the bar counter with your receipt and the bartenders give you your selection of beer. There is no seating at the bar which would have been nice after a long day at work. There is not much seating around the place so bring a comfortable pair of shoes.
We ordered samplers of their Nany, Delicious, and the Buoy 1. They were all very easy to drink. It was nice that our bartender understood that we wanted beer that didn’t have too much of a bitter or hoppy taste. I wouldn’t be surprised if I was here again sampling some of their other selections on tap.

I didn’t know we had a Stone Company Store in L.A. until my neighbor showed up at a house party with a growler full of Go To IPA. Now I have a growler of my own, waiting prettily for its next fill.
Matt B. and I went with a group of friends on a lazy Sunday, and we ended up hanging out for several hours, from around 2 in the afternoon until dinnertime. We nabbed a table on the little patio, and other than some slightly brutal sunlight, it was a comfortable spot. We had plenty of space, and our dogs were welcome. The interior was nice, too, and the bar didn’t get crowded at all during our visit.
Service was pleasant and very fast. I like that you can get different sized pours at Stone stores, though I usually end up getting the 8-​ounce glasses. These are the biggest size, and while they’re not giant, they feel like full beers and they’re pretty cheap.
The beers are all pretty much great. There are about a dozen on tap, and I sampled most of the ones available when we went. I love the range of IPAs – the Cali-​Belgique and Go To are two beers I’ve started to seek out wherever I go, and I also enjoy the Enjoy By, the Delicious, the Sublimely Self-​Righteous Black IPA, and the Do These Hops Make My Beer Look Big (despite what is objectively a horrible name). I also liked the Smoked Porter and the 2014 Imperial Russian Stout.
I guess I have yet to find a Stone beer I don’t like. They’re all just very well brewed, delicious and easy to drink. I’m happy to be so nearby this Pasadena location, and I hope to make good use of it on a regular basis. My growler is ready for more action.

Stone Tasting room is my favorite place to sit and enjoy a good beer in Pasadena. They have a great rotation of small batch beers on tap along with their staples. There’s always something new I haven’t tried every time I go! You’d be remiss if you didn’t enjoy your beer on the patio along with the beautiful weather. Or enjoy your beer inside their simple tasting room. You can get a 4 oz, 8 oz, or 16 oz to enjoy. Or get a growler filled to go. They also have some six packs in the fridge.
Very conveniently located at the Del Mar Station. Attached station parking garage. Friendly staff.

Wow I never knew Pasadena had a Stone tasting room, such a wonderful surprise! This place was sooo great. We came here for our first stop on the LA Beer Hop Tour (Highly recommended by the way.) We tried 3 different beers and got to choose what we wanted. They had a lot of good choices on their menu. I loved everything I tried.
They have some souvenirs for purchase which were reasonably priced. I bought a Stone winter hat which was really warm for $ 22. They also had some food items for purchase such as mustard and hot sauce. A lot of Stone clothing gear as well. It’s also located in a wonderful location with a front outdoor patio to sit and enjoy your beers, and it’s right next to the metro train. They fill growlers too which is really cool. I’m so glad I was able to check this place out on my last trip out to Cali. :)