Steve Wagner is Stone Brewing’s president & co-founder, as well as its original brewmaster, and is regarded as the brewing brain behind the beard belonging to his business partner,Greg Koch. He developed the award-winning recipes for some of Stone’smost beloved beers, includingStone IPA, StonePaleAle,StoneSmokedPorter,StoneImperial RussianStout,Stone OldGuardianBarley Wine and theheralded,nay,exalted Arrogant Bastard Ale. Founded in 1996, Stone has consistently been one of the fastest-growing and highest-rated breweries in the world. Currently the 10th largest craft brewer in the United States, Stone is known for brewing unique, big-character, aggressive beers, largely due to Wagner’s love affair with the almighty hop. Today, hop heads roam the planet in search of the most piney, citrusy, tropical, bitter hopbombtheycanfind.BackwhenWagnerwas divingdeepintobeer,therewere fewsuchoptions, so he followed his stylistic inclinations and created themhimself, providing beer fans witha bevy of hallmark styles that have since been re-created and reimagined the world over.