re: Stone Brewing Co Bringing American Beer to the Motherland of Beer

I see modern internet crowd funding as a way to help the guy just starting out. If Stone doesn't need the money (and it doesn't appear they do), then sell memberships like other breweries do. That's essentially what they're doing. Leave crowd funding alone instead of watering it down. That's just my opinion though, which doesn't mean jack shite in the grand scheme of things.