Press and Awards

Awards * Media Placements

MEDIA TOOLS

• Media Contacts: Alex Amarotico and Danielle Amarotico
• Archived Press Releases
• High Resolution Photo Galleries
• Fact Sheets: About Standing Stone * Sustainable Business Practices (pdf) *
  Sustainable Food & Beer (pdf)
• Blog: News on Tap
• Twitter: Follow us @ssbc

AWARDS

• Oregon Business, 100 Best Green Businesses to Work For, 2012 (#3 out of 415)
• Travel Oregon, Sustainable Tourism Leadership, 2012
• Sustainable Business Oregon, Sustainable Business Innovation, (Operations) 2011
• League of American Bicyclists, Bike Friendly Business, (Silver) 2011
• Business Conservationist of the Year, Ashland Conservation Commission, 2011
• Oregon Business, 100 Best Green Businesses to Work For, 2011 (#2 out of 415)
• Bicycle Transportation Alliance, Alice Award, 2011
• Southern Oregon Magazine, Reader's Choice Best Small Business, 2011
• Gold (Hefeweizen), Bronze (Amber Ale), Lallemand Brain of Brewers Contest, 2010
• Oregon Business, 100 Best Green Businesses to Work For, 2010 (#3 out of 503)
• Oregon Business, 100 Best Green Companies, 2009 (#26)
• North American Organic Brewers Festival, Peoples Choice Award, Double IPA, 2009
• Ashland Chamber of Commerce Green Business Practice of the Year, 2009
• Rogue Valley Transportation District, Bicycle Friendly Business of the Year, 2009
• Mail Tribune Readers' Choice Awards, Best Microbrew 2009, 2008
• State of Oregon, Sustainability Award (Small Business/Focus Award), 2007

MEDIA PLACEMENTS

• Responsible Refuse, Mail Tribune, 3/5/12
• Innovation in Sustainable Operations: Standing Stone Brewing Co., Sustainable Business Oregon, 11/11/11
• Free Range Flock, Mail Tribune, 9/14/11
• Standing Stone Number Two on Green List, Mail Tribune, 5/27/11
• On the Scene: 100 Best Green Companies Awards, Oregon Business, 5/26/11
• Ashland Brewpub Wants Into the Livestock Business, Oregon Sustainable
  Business, 5/18/11
• The New Craft Brewers (featuring our intern Acacia Baldner), The New Brewer, March/April 2011. (PDF 1.35 MB)
• Fiery Passion for Pizza, Oregon Wine Press, 2/11
  
• Straight from the Ranch, Oregon Healthy Living, 12/20/10
• Aspiring to Beer Greatness (intern Acacia Baldner), Daily Tidings, 12/10/10
  
• Cheers, to Creative Hot Drinks, Daily Tidings, 12/10/10
  
• Family Revives Hops Crops, Mail Tribune, 9/12/10
• Business Booming for Hops Farmers (our local hops), KTVL, 9/4/10
• Ashland Brewpub Wants to Branch Out (leasing land for livestock), KTVL, 9/1/10
• The Coop at the End of the Scramble (our chickens), KTVL, 8/23/10
• Ashland Restaurant Hatches Local Foods Plan for Land, Mail Tribune, 8/17/10
  
• Best Green Brewpubs in US, Daily Green, 7/24/10
• Ashland Pub Hosts Yoga for Employees, KTVL TV 10, 7/9/10
• 100 Best Green Companies to Work for in Oregon, Oregon Business, 6/10
• Oregon Brewery is Serious About Being Green, Mother Nature Network, 1/25/10
• Oregon Brewpub Balances Business With Sustainability, Daily Blender, 1/14/10
• Standing Stone Brewery Offers Free Bikes to Pedal-Powered Commuters, Fast Company, 9/22/10
• Oregon Brewery's Solution to Employee Engagement: Free Bikes, GreenBiz.com, 9/22/09
• A Fine Mind for Local (Food) Finds, Ashland Daily Tidings, 9/12/09
• All The Taste Without The Waste: Standing Stone Brewing Co. adopts wine kegs as part of its agenda on sustainability, Ashland Daily Tidings, 6/18/09
• 100 Best Green Companies, Oregon Business, 6/09
• Word Of Mouth: Standing Stone Brewing Company (Review), Mail Tribune, 3/20/09
• Farm-To-Table Meat, Mail Tribune, 1/7/09
• Hop Prices Come Home, Mail Tribune, 5/19/08
• Green On Tap, Mail Tribune, 1/6/08
• An Industry Steeped in Philanthropy, Main Ingredient, Nov/Dec 2007
• Alex Amarotico, Co-Owner of Standing Stone Brewing Co., is featured on the cover of Main Ingredient, a publication of the Oregon Restaurant Association, for a piece focused on philanthropy in the foodservice industry.
• Solve the Energy Efficiency Equation, Beverage World, 6/15/07
• Standing Up For Sustainability, Ashland Daily Tidings, 3/22/07
• Low on Energy Use, High on Sustainability (PDF) Oregon Department of Energy
• Hamburgers Worth a Road Trip, AAA Via Magazine, 7/06
• "A wonderful burger is this brewpub's six ounces of grilled buffalo on house-made focaccia," says Pam Palmer of Ashland. "The buffalo comes from the nearby Applegate Valley and is extremely lean."
• What's Doing in Ashland, Ore., New York Times, 5/4/03
• For a more casual meal, the Standing Stone Brewing Company, 101 Oak Street, (541) 482-2448, is open every day for lunch and dinner, serving pizza ($8.75 to $10.25), burgers ($5.50), soups, salads and desserts, including marionberry cobbler à la mode ($4.25). The décor in the former auto service garage is simple and industrial. Live music some evenings and Sunday afternoon. Dinner for two, with beer, $30.