First Beverage Financial, the investment banking arm of First Beverage Group, announced that it acted as the exclusive financial advisor to both 21st Amendment Brewery and Funkwerks Brewing Company in their new partnership with Brooklyn Brewery.

Brooklyn Brewery, along with California’s 21st Amendment (21A) and Colorado’s Funkwerks today announced the establishment of a combined sales team, which will be led by Brooklyn vice president of business development Dave Duffy.

The 21st Amendment Brewery has transformed their summertime favorite Hell or High Watermelon wheat beer into a mind blowing, shake your booty beauty named Watermelon Funk.

Imagine you’re at a summer concert to catch your favorite band and they start playing the opening strains of that one song you know and love, but then suddenly turn a corner and embark on a 15-minute mind-blowing riff.

The arrival of a New Year marks a time of change for many, but 21st Amendment Brewery is kicking down the door in 2017 with a number of exciting additions. From new beers, new packaging and new market expansions, the Bay Area brewery is coming in hot with a Beer Calendar full of excitement.

Just as General Washington boldly navigated the Delaware River in the freezing dead of night to take enemy forces by surprise, 21st Amendment Brewery is ambushing the cold with the re-release of its seasonal Belgian-style Saison, Sneak Attack, featuring the flavors of summer to combat the winter months.

Just as General Washington boldly navigated the Delaware River in the freezing dead of night to take enemy forces by surprise, 21st Amendment Brewery is ambushing the cold with the re-release of its seasonal Belgian-style Saison, Sneak Attack, featuring the flavors of summer to combat the winter months.

The gypsy brewers are finally settling down. Lured by increased revenue from taproom beer sales, a growing number of nomadic brewers are deciding to build their own brick-and-mortar operations.

At 9.5% ABV,El Camino (Un)Real is a dark strong ale that drinks like an Imperial Stout with a hook – it has a firm bitterness and malt complexity with licorice, vanilla and higher alcohol esters.

Are some U.S. brewers at risk of expanding faster than their market demand? And should you go with a bathroom or a taproom? Both topics were on the table at last week’s Brew Talks when a panel of brewery owners talked growth and expansion strategies in the craft beer space. Meeting during the Craft Brewers Conference in Philadelphia were Firestone Walker co-founder David Walker, along with 21st Amendment co-founder Nico Freccia and Devils Backbone COO Hayes Humphreys.

Another craft-focused contract brewing operation has entered the fray. Great Central Brewing Company (GCBC) broke ground on a new 32,000 sq. ft. contract brewing facility in Chicago last week. Scheduled for a summer 2016 opening, the brewery joins a growing list of craft-minded contract facilities established to help other small producers scale up, instead of focusing on their own in-house labels.

After teasing broader East Coast distribution in September, Maui Brewing has officially expanded its reach throughout Florida, New York and Massachusetts, the company announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, Seattle’s Fremont Brewing is making its first significant foray outside of Washington, extending its relationship with Columbia Distributing to include Oregon, the company announced today.

21st Amendment Brewery and Wirtz Beverage announced today a partnership that will bring the California-based craft brewery’s portfolio of beers to southern Nevada for the first time. “We’re so excited that Nevada is one of the first Western states to distribute 21st Amendment beers from the new San Leandro brewery,” said Michael Shetler, Craft Brand Specialist for Wirtz Beverage Nevada. “This is a great new chapter in the evolution of 21st Amendment and Wirtz Beverage is excited to help introduce new beers like El Sully Mexican Lager and Toaster Pastry – great innovations to complement their core lineup.”

Just months after opening their new 95,000 square foot state-of-the-art brewery in San Leandro, 21st Amendment co-founders Nico Freccia and Shaun O’Sullivan introduce their newest creation, Toaster Pastry, India-Style Red Ale. Toaster Pastry, in a new 19.2 ounce can, is Freccia and O’Sullivan’s creative nod to the former Kellogg Factory space that is 21st Amendment’s new home. The first time the world will be able to enjoy this new beer will be during the brewery’s Grand Opening Celebration party in San Leandro on August 29.