Stony Creek Brewery
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| Industry | Craft Brewery |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Branford, Connecticut, United States |
| Products | Beer, Wine |
| Website | StonyCreekBeer.com |
The Stony Creek Brewery is a Craft Brewery established in 2010 by Manny Rodriguez and Peggy Crowley, located in Branford, Connecticut. "Stony Creek first launched as a contract-produced craft brand"; they produced only a small number of craft brews through a larger company, in this case, Thomas Hooker Brewery. Up until 2012 they were little known and had little potential for growth. Ed Crowley, husband of co-founder Peggy Crowley, worked as a Co-owner at Dichello Distributors in 2012 when he noticed an increase in the market of craft brewing. He gave up his position at Dichello Distributors and pursued his dream of craft brewing. Over the next three years, he rebranded Stony Creek Brewery and reopened in February 2015.
Prior to their rebranding, Stony Creek Brewery was a small-scale contract-produced craft brand known for their IPA’s named after Connecticut's two state area codes, 203 and 860. They also featured a 203 Lager and a 401 IPA as a salute to Rhode Island's only area code. As a small-scale craft brand without a brewery of their own, Stony Creek had minimal options for expansion. Eventually, Ed Crowley saw the shift in market share from large core brands to small, local craft brews. "I started seeing some of the more local brands coming in and taking a half a point of market share," he said. "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." He sold his shares of Dichello Distributors (50% of total shares) to get start up money for the rebranding of Stony Creek Brewery.
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