21st Amendment Brewery

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Crisis. What Crisis? This July, 21st Amendment Brewery co-founders Nico Freccia and Shaun O’Sullivan are breaking out of Alcatraz — again — for the newest release of their Hop Crisis Imperial IPA.

San Francisco, CA — Baseball is here again, the flip flops and shorts are out and 21st Amendment’s favorite summer brew Hell or High Watermelon Wheat is back.

San Francisco, CA — After two years in seclusion, 21st Amendment Brewery’s acclaimed beer Monk’s Blood is now available for a limited time. Monk’s Blood’s most ardent worshippers may want to drink one now and cellar one for later before the craft beer once again disappears with monk-like mystery at the end of May. Brother… Read more »

It’s hard to call it a homecoming when you never really left, but that’s exactly how 21st Amendment’s Dave Wilson views his recent appointment as partner and president with the San Francisco-based craft beer company. Over the last three years, Wilson has literally worn two hats. At industry events, he’d sometimes wear both a 21st Amendment embroidered hat and a Crux Fermentation shirt.

San Francisco’s 21st Amendment, which began producing beer under contract at Minnesota’s Cold Spring Brewing Company in 2008, is coming home. On Tuesday, 21st Amendment — a brewpub originally founded in 2000 by Nico Freccia and Shaun O’Sullivan — announced plans to build its own, $21 million brewing facility this year.

San Francisco, CA – You might not expect a Saison in winter any more than the enemy expected Washington to cross the icy Delaware. So with a boatload of bravado, the 21st Amendment Brewery is sneaking up on winter and attacking it with the flavors of summer. Sneak Attack is 21st Amendment’s winter seasonal offering,… Read more »

The 21st Amendment Brewery announced today that Ted Whitney has joined the team as their new Director of Sales. Ted comes from the great Boulder, Colorado-based Avery Brewing Company where he worked for nearly seven years, most recently as their National Sales Director. Ted began a career in wine sales but he soon realized he… Read more »

San Francisco, CA – ‘Tis the season that evokes memories of good friends, delicious meals and a warm fire – the very elements that inspire the brewers at 21st Amendment Brewery as they develop their seasonal spiced ale, Fireside Chat, a holiday favorite each year. A true artisanal craft brew, Fireside Chat is in stores… Read more »

San Francisco, CA – For an inventive company such as 21st Amendment Brewery, which has only been selling its packaged beer for five years, being named to the San Francisco Business Times list of 100 Fastest-Growing Private Bay Area Companies is a huge honor. At a ceremony in San Francisco on Wednesday, the award-winning brewery… Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO — He Said let’s brew a dark beer with pumpkin and spices and put it in a light colored can. He Said let’s brew a light beer with pumpkin and spices and put it in a dark colored can. So they did both and produced a pumpkin beer collaboration like no other: two… Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO — The hop crisis may be over for now, but the hop syndicate is still trying to control the market in the face of booming growth in the craft beer industry. Ex-cons Nico and Shaun still have a few tricks up their sleeves from doing hard time on the Rock.

SAN FRANCISCO — As the story goes, it is 1859 and Shaun and Nico have just arrived in San Francisco for the gold rush. Ten years late. Soon they find themselves in a dinghy in the middle of the Bay thanks to a forged treasure map given to them by scheming shop owner Cornelius De… Read more »

21st Amendment Brewery’s new brew – Sneak Attack Saison – is as much a metaphor for its growth in the past two years as it is a creative attempt to capture consumer mindshare by releasing a summer beer style during the winter.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — If you were going to sneak across the Delaware River unnoticed, you might not consider doing it in a boat full of guys in brightly striped swim shorts waving flags. In winter. With George Washington. But then again you’re probably not 21st Amendment Brewery, the bold minds behind the newest farmhouse-style… Read more »