"Bill Benzel" > wrote in message news:AyW%e.171$_%
> Suggest you have a look at their web site ( http://www.stonebrew.com )
> and tell me what you find that portrays them as bad boys.
>
> Do bad boys spend years petitioning the government to make the phrease
> "Imperial Russian Stout" acceptable to ATF?
>
> Locally, Stone's image among average consumers of "good beer" and beer
> geeks alike is quite the opposite.

I strongly suspect the OP's question on "breaking rules" and
"anti-establishment" meant the beer geek establishment, and supposed style
category rules, not actual anti-social behavior. I could be wrong...but I
wouldn't bet much on it.

--
Lew Bryson

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