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“Rive Gauche picks up ‘Beer Jesus’ film for global distribution”
14th April 2020
German-based Sweetwood Films’ documentary The Beer Jesus From America has been picked up for global distribution by Rive Gauche Television.
The film, which is currently available on Amazon Prime in the US, follows the story of Greg Koch, co-founder of Stone Brewing, and his tumultuous journey to become the first American to build, own and operate his own large-scale independent craft brewery in Europe.
“The Beer Jesus From America has a compelling central figure, unique subject and great pop culture significance,” says Jon Kramer, CEO of Rive Gauche Television. “The film checks off everything audiences love to watch, including a fish out of water element.”
BREWPUBLIC - THE BEER JESUS FROM AMERICA – A FILM ON STONE BREWING’S ENTRY INTO BERLIN
26th November 2019
Greg may have been a bit naive when he decided to enter the German beer market and take on its brewing history, but in doing so the country is now beginning to embrace a larger array of beer styles that is evident over the past five years.
Beeradvocate - Now streaming “the beer jesus from america”
21st November 2019
This is a story not just about the birth of a brewery and the fight against mass market beer, it’s about an inspiring character who understands the importance of sticking to your dreams, no matter how crazy they might seem.
“Music and Questions” with documentary Filmmaker Matt Sweetwood
29th September 2019
Matt Sweetwood in conversation with Michael Langer on Deutschlandfunk
www.deutschlandfunk.de, Zwischentöne
le sous-bock — “documentary - The beer jesus from america”
15th April 2019
He will settle in a corner of Berlin, on a wasteland (an old glass factory), and offer a pretty incredible place for his brewery. It is on this project that the director Matt Sweetwood(to whom we owe already a film on the reports of the Americans to beer with Beerland,stooped while following Greg Koch. He signs a documentary: The Beer Jesus from America. What title! This is the nickname (The Beer Jesus) worn by Stone's co-founder.
KCRW BERLIN — "American filmmaker Matt Sweetwood on exploring Germany through its beer culture”
6th February 2019
“Beer is communication," said American filmmaker Matt Sweetwood, who moved to Berlin in 1995. "Beer gives the opportunity to sit down and talk and get to know people." Omnified contributor Hana Eckermann talks to the filmmaker about exploring Germany through its beer culture.
Brewbound - "Stone Brewing's Greg Koch to Star in Documentary"
22nd August 2018
Stone Brewing co-founder Greg Koch will be the subject of an upcoming feature-length documentary titled The Beer Jesus from America, which chronicles the construction and opening of the company’s Berlin brewery.
Food & Wine - The Beer Jesus of America "Stone Brewing's Journey to Make American-Style Craft Beer in Germany"
23rd October 2018
For generations, the global beer scene has been primarily influenced by German-style beers: The vast majority of beer sales are pale lagers that can trace their roots back to this part of Europe. But as craft beer continues to go international, American-style beers are infiltrating almost every part of the world, a revolution that threatens to dethrone Germany as the de facto beer king. If that trend continues, The Beer Jesus from America could also be a documentary about one of the more pivotal moments in the history of beer—whether Koch wants to call himself a “Beer Jesus” or not.
SAN DIEGO CITY BEAT “The Beer Jesus From America: Greg Koch”
5th November 2018
A talk with the co-founder of Stone Brewing about Berlin, beer and beyond // With a gray-streaked beard, shaggy hair and a look best described as middle-aged bohemian, Greg Koch has more than a passing resemblance to a whitewashed portrait of Jesus. While he doesn’t claim to be the savior of men (or beer, for that matter), there are definitely parallels between Koch of San Diego and Jesus of Nazareth.