2015: Stone vs Troegs

2015 Brewbracket Opening Play In Round

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Stone Brewing Co. was founded in 1996 by Greg Koch and Steve Wagner in San Marcos, CA.   VS   Tröegs Independent Brewing
The winner is ... Tröegs Independent Brewing
Stone Brewing
36% (14 votes)
Troegs
64% (25 votes)
Total votes: 39

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The American Homebrewers Association just released their annual list of the top 25 breweries in the US, and guess what? Two of them are going head-to-head in today's brewbracket matchup. Tröegs Brewing Company, out of Hershey, Pa. came in at number 19 on the list, and Stone Brewing Company from Escondido, Cal. is ranked all the way up at number 2.

Do you agree? Does Stone deserve to be ranked so high? What about compared to Tröegs? Vote above for who gets to advance to in our play-in round for the summer brewbracket contest.

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