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Main Ingredient
An Industry Steeped in Philanthropy
By Kirk Richardson
Nov/Dec 2007

Main Ingredient
Photo by John Hamilton

Alex Amarotico, Co-Owner of Standing Stone Brewing Co., is featured on the cover of Main Ingredient, a publication of the Oregon Restaurant Association.


Green On Tap
Standing Stone Brewing Company in Ashland takes its carbon footprint seriously
By John Darling
January 6, 2008

If it can be greened, Standing Stone Brewing Company in Ashland plans to green it — and they're getting noticed for it, snagging a state Sustainability Award for 2007.


Beverage World
Solve the Energy Efficiency Equation
By William Atkinson
June 15, 2007

Managing energy and waste is good for the bottom line as well as the environment. Standing Stone Brewing Co. (Ashland, OR, USA) has a lofty goal: zero net energy.


Sustainability on Tap: Standing Stone Garners
State of Oregon Sustainability Award

June 5, 2007

(Ashland, OR) Standing Stone Brewing Company was recognized for on of its house specials on June 1 - sustainable business practices. The family-owned establishment was one of eight recipients of the State of Oregon Sustainability Award, selected from 75 businesses, nonprofits and government agencies. Gov. Kulongoski and Sec. of State Bradbury presented the awards. "As [the] award winners demonstrate, Oregon is pioneering efforts to create more sustainable business structures, attracting investment and economic opportunities to the state," Kulongoski said.


Ashland Daily Tidings
Standing Up For Sustainability
By Melissa Schweisguth

Alex Amarotico, co-owner of Standing Stone Brewing Company, has long been interested in protecting the environment. With his term on the city council at an end, he has focused on implementing a wide-ranging sustainability plan at the restaurant-brewery. One of the company's first aspirations is to achieve "net zero energy" - generating as much energy on-site as its operations consume...


Oregon Department of Energy
BREWING SUSTAINABILITY: Standing Stone Brewing Co. is leading the way in restaurant energy conservation.
By Kathy Shinn

Visitors and locals flock to Standing Stone Brewing Company, one of Ashland’s best-loved eateries with its full range of meals and hand-crafted ales, stouts and porters. Patrons enjoying a scrumptious wood-fired oven pizza may not realize, however, that the owners and operators are leaders in restaurant energy conservation.

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New York Times
WHAT'S DOING IN; ASHLAND, ORE.
By SUSAN G. HAUSER
May 4, 2003

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.


AAA Via Magazine
Hamburgers Worth a Road Trip
July 2006

STANDING STONE BREWING CO. Ashland, Ore.
"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."