21st Amendment Brewery
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Industry | Alcoholic beverage |
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Founded | 2000 |
Headquarters | 563 2nd St. San Francisco, California, USA |
Products | Beer |
Owner | Nico Freccia Shaun O'Sullivan |
Website | 21st-amendment |
21st Amendment Brewery is a restaurant and brewery located in the South Park neighborhood of San Francisco, California, two blocks from AT&T Park. The brewery's name refers to the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which ended Prohibition.
History
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The brewery was founded in August 2000 by Nico Freccia and Shaun O’Sullivan. 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] That year, the company was the fiftieth top selling craft brewery in the US.[5]
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]
Awards
Name | Style | Honors |
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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
- ^ "The 21st Amendment Story". Retrieved 2013-04-22.
- ^ a b "South of Market brewpub ales hit grocery shelves". San Francisco Business Times. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ "We've Survived Our First weBEERnar!". 2008-10-16. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
- ^ Parr, Rebecca (18 February 2014). "21st Amendment to open major brewery, plans restaurant in San Leandro". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ^ "Top Craft Breweries In America: Brewers Association Names 50 Best-Selling Companies" (PDF).
- ^ a b http://21st-amendment.com/
External links
- Drinking establishments in the San Francisco Bay Area
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- South of Market, San Francisco
- Beer and breweries in the San Francisco Bay Area
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