As if Big Bear Lake contractor and entrepreneur David Stone, Jr. wasn’t busy enough with a wine room, four lodges, a reservation center and a music venue, he is set to open another business in the mountain resort community – a microbrewery.

The Stone Summit Brewery, scheduled for a grand opening in early November, will brew the many varieties of Stone’s Stone Summit Beer including honeyblonde, porter, India Pale Ale and seasonal flavors like pumpkin spice.

Over the last decade, Stone, 49, has been snatching up property throughout the city, converting deteriorating, shuttered hotels into 5-star lodges including the Bear Creek Resort and Fireside Lodge. He opened a wine room and vineyard at his Wolf Creek Resort in March. In June, he opened a live music venue called The Cave at the former Village Theater. He also owns the Big Bear Lake Reservation Center on Village Drive.

And now, Stone is opening his microbrewry – all to add a little more snazz to the city, reminiscent of a Vail or Aspen, Co., and to help bolster the city’s economy.

“This is just another shot in the arm to help them out,” said Stone, who divides his time between homes in Big Bear Lake and Glendora.

Microbreweries have become in vogue in recent years, sprouting up all across the Inland Empire. Yucaipa welcomed its first microbrewery in June with the grand opening of Brew Rebellion, and the Chino Valley Brewery in Ontario will be celebrating its one-year anniversary in October.

One of the more established microbreweries, Hangar 24 in Redlands, recently celebrated its fifth anniversary.

Aside from a variety of tasty beer, Stone Summit Brewery will also feature live entertainment and a gastropub serving up gourmet food.

“We’re trying to give you a packaged experience — where you can do many things,” Stone said.

In early August, Stone had his 16 fermentation and storage tanks loaded onto a flatbed truck and hauled from the now-defunct Cucamonga Brewing Company restaurant in Rancho Cucamonga to the location of his new microbrewery at 40827 Stone Road, in the heart of Big Bear Lake Village.

Stone had previously brewed his beer under an agreement with the Cucamonga Brewing Company and sold the beer at his Wine Room at Wolf Creek Resort, He said he will continue selling his beer at his Wine Room when his microbrewery opens, and hopes to grow his brand by getting the beer into as many local restaurants and pubs as possible, and then in establishments across the state and nation.

Stone said his endeavors serve an ancillary purpose: to help create jobs and inject more revenue into the economy of the city he plans to retire to. He said his microbrewery will create at least 15 jobs, and he employees roughly 100 people at his other businesses in the city.

“It really gives me a sense of accomplishment and excitement to see people do well,” said Stone, a high school dropout who made his fortune in the contracting business (he holds six contracting licenses and is co-owner of Superior Electrical, Mechanical, & Plumbing Inc. in Rancho Cucamonga) before venturing into real estate and entrepreneurship. “I enjoy being a hands-on employer.”