Stony Creek Brewery

The Stony Creek Brewery is a craft brewery established in 2010 by Manny Rodriguez and Peggy Crowley,[1] located in Branford, Connecticut.[2] Until 2012, the company produced only a small number of craft brews through a larger company, Thomas Hooker Brewery.[1] That year, Ed Crowley, husband of co-founder Peggy Crowley, began pursuing an increase in craft brewing. Over the next three years, he re-branded Stony Creek Brewery and reopened in February 2015.

Stony Creek Brewery

Type	Private
Industry	Craft brewery
Founded	2015
Headquarters	Branford, Connecticut , United States
Products	Beer, wine
Website	stonycreekbeer.com

Ground level behind Stony Creek Brewery with dock and Branford River in background

History

Contract production (2010–2012)

Prior to their re-branding, Stony Creek Brewery was a small-scale contract-produced craft brand.[2][3] As a small-scale craft brand without a brewery of their own, Stony Creek had minimal options for expansion. Eventually, Crowley saw the shift in market share from large core brands to small, local craft brews, saying "I started seeing some of the more local brands coming in and taking a half a point of market share. I would sit back in my chair as an A-B [Anheuser-Busch] guy or a Heineken guy would say 'I am losing taps to local brands.' ... Dichello's core brands started to suffer and, at that point, my family and I decided that 2012 was the proper time to get out."[1] He sold his shares of Dichello Distributors (50% of total shares) to get start up money for the re-branding of Stony Creek Brewery.

Re-brand (2012–present)

Crowley worked to re-brand Stony Creek. He began by bringing in his son Ed Crowly Jr. as owner.[2] Next, Ed Crowley Sr. worked with his former business colleague Andrew Schwartz to design the job description for the Brewmaster at Stony Creek—a job Schwartz eventually took himself.[1] Jamal Robinson was then acquired by Crowley from Blue Point Brewing Company to become Stony Creek's Director of Sales.[1] Finally, Crowley brought in Michael Kiser, a brand strategist.[1] Kiser worked with Crowley to create a visual brand.

The re-branded Stony Creek Brewery opened its first facility in Branford, Connecticut in February 2015.[2][1] The Indian Neck facility took four years of planning and 10 months of construction to complete.[2] The brewery's 30,000 square feet makes it the second largest brewing facility and taproom in Connecticut, trailing only Two Roads Brewing Company in Stratford, Connecticut.[4] There is a 2,500 square foot tasting room.[5] According to BrewBound.com, the Stony Creek Brewery produced "more than 10,000 barrels during its first 12 months."[1]

Products

Active

Name	Type	ABV	IBU
Cranky	IPA	6.8%	68
Big Cranky	Double IPA	9.5%	95
Little Cranky	Session IPA	4.5%	50
Dock Time	Amber Lager	4.8%	N/A
Sun Juice	Belgian Summer Ale	5.3%	N/A
Crum	Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Amber Ale	6.2%	N/A
Snow Hole	Double Red Winter Seasonal	8.5%	85
Chahklit	Baltic Porter	8.5%	N/A
Crimsang	Soured Double IPA	9.5%	95
Reposado Negro	Black Wheat Wine	9.2%	N/A
Lichtenlizzy	Hybrid of a Berliner Weisse and a Smoked Rauch	3.5%	N/A

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Former

Name	Type	ABV
Black Ale	American Black Ale	6.0%
Brewford Gold	Blonde Ale	4.6%
Nitro Black	Black IPA	6.0%
In the Red	American Amber Ale	5.3%
Nitro Belgian Blonde	Blonde Ale	6.9%
Nitro Pale Ale	Pale Ale	5.6%
Nitro Golden Rye	Rye Beer	5.8%
Creeker Xpa	Triple IPA	4.3%
Cranked	Imperial Double IPA	9.5%
BlAger	Black Lager	9.2%
Double Red	American Amber Ale	8.5%
Choc Dock	Vienna Lager	4.8%

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References

1. "The 'New' Stony Creek Brewery". brewbound.com. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
2. "Branford's Stony Creek Brewery Reinvents Itself As Destination Venue". courant.com. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
3. "Stony Creek Brewery Breaks Ground on Branford River Site". nbcconnecticut.com. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
4. "Beer Making to Begin Soon at Branford's New Stony Creek Brewery". connecticutmag.com. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
5. "Stony Creek Brewery in Branford continues to grow as it turns into a destination spot". nhregister.com. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
6. "Stony Creek Brewery". stonycreekbeer.com. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
7. "Stony Creek Brewery Untappd". untappd.com. Retrieved 2015-11-02.

External links

• Official website