News broke this afternoon about a tragic accident at the Stone Brewery in Escondido, California over the weekend.  Stone Brewing has yet to officially release the name of the individual but news stations in the area were reporting the victim as Matt Courtright. While we can not confirm the name for sure what we can confirm that any loss is a great loss especially in the close knit craft beer community. The following has been posted on the breweries website.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victim and to the Stone Brewing family. Please join us in raising a pint in their memory.