21st Amendment Brewery

21st Amendment Brewery
Industry Alcoholic beverage
Founded 2000
Headquarters 563 2nd St.
San Francisco, California, USA
Products Beer
Owner Nico Freccia
Shaun O'Sullivan
Website 21st-amendment.com

21st Amendment Brewery is a brewery and restaurant located in the South Park neighborhood of San Francisco, California, two blocks from AT&T Park. They also have a brewery and tap room in San Leandro, California. The brewery's name refers to the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which ended Prohibition.

History

21st Amendment Brewery and taphouse in San Francisco, CA

The brewery was founded in August 2000 by Nico Freccia and Shaun O’Sullivan. The two had developed the idea for 21st Amendment brewery while attending a brewing class together at UC Davis. O’Sullivan had previously worked as an assistant brewer at Triple Rock Brewery & Alehouse in Berkeley,[1] 20 Tank Brewery and Steelhead Brewing in San Francisco.

The San Francisco Business Times wrote that it "made a name for itself as a local brewery and restaurant where SoMa techies could lunch and Giants fans could gather before a game."[2] It has been voted "Best Brewpub", "Best Burger" and "Best Happy Hour" by the San Francisco Press.

Prior to 2015, 21st Amendment's retail beers were canned in Cold Spring, Minnesota.[3] In 2012, 21st Amendment planned to case 45,000 barrels of beer, up from 28,000 in 2011.[2] In 2014, plans were announced to open a production facility and tasting room in San Leandro, California.[4] The production brewery started brewing in 2015 and currently has capacity at 80,000 - 100,000 barrels. In 2016 the company was named by the Brewers Association the 31st largest craft brewery in the United States.[5] The company continues to brew select brands in Cold Spring, Minnesota distributing that beer throughout the United States.

Beers

21st Amendment's slogan, "Celebrate the right to be original," is displayed on many of their cans, 6-pack and 4-pack carriers, posters, merchandise and web site.[6]

They brew and can several year-round beers including Brew Free! Or Die IPA, Down To Earth session IPA, Back in Black black IPA; seasonal beers including Hell or High Watermelon wheat, Sneak Attack saison and Fireside Chat winter spiced ale; and limited-offering Insurrection Series beers including Hop Crisis imperial IPA, Monks Blood Belgian-style dark ale, Marooned on Hog Island oyster stout, and He Said Belgian Tripel/He Said Baltic Porter. They also offer a rotating assortment of beers that are available on tap only.[6]

21st Amendment Brew Free! or Die IPA

Awards

Name Style Honors
Holiday Spiced Ale Winter Warmer 2001 Great American Beer Festival Silver
Shot Tower Stout Stout 2003 Great American Beer Festival Silver
Double Trouble Imperial IPA Imperial India Pale Ale 2007 Great American Beer Festival Bronze
Diesel Imperial Smoked Porter Smoked Porter 2009 Great American Beer Festival Bronze
Hop Crisis! Imperial India Pale Ale 2010 Great American Beer Festival Silver
Imperial Jack Imperial Extra Special Bitter 2010 World Beer Cup Gold
Amber Waves Amber Ale 2011 Great American Beer Festival Gold
Bitter American Session Beer 2012 Great American Beer Festival Bronze
HQT Indigenous Ale 2011 Great American Beer Festival Gold
HQT Indigenous Ale 2012 World Beer Cup Silver
MCA Stout 2013 Great American Beer Festival Silver
Toaster Pastry Double Red 2015 Great American Beer Festival Silver
MCA Stout Session Beer 2015 Great American Beer Festival Silver
Down to Earth Session IPA 2016 World Beer Cup Silver
Toaster Pastry Double Red 2016 World Beer Cup Bronze
El Sully American Cream Ale 2016 Great American Beer Festival Gold

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The 21st Amendment Story". Retrieved 2013-04-22.
  2. 1 2 "South of Market brewpub ales hit grocery shelves". San Francisco Business Times. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "We’ve Survived Our First weBEERnar!". 2008-10-16. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
  4. ↑ Parr, Rebecca (18 February 2014). "21st Amendment to open major brewery, plans restaurant in San Leandro". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Top 50 Breweries of 2016". Brewers Association. 2017-03-15. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  6. 1 2 http://21st-amendment.com/

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