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THE 21ST AMENDMENT STORY
In 2000, Nico Freccia and Shaun O'Sullivan founded the 21st Amendment Brewery in San Francisco's historic South Park neighborhood. The popular brewpub is now at the heart of the new city center, just south of the financial district and only two blocks from the San Francisco Giants baseball park. In addition to eight rotating taps of multiple award-winning hand-crafted house beers, the pub has been voted "Best Brewpub", "Best Burger" and "Best Happy Hour" by the San Francisco press. Freccia and O'Sullivan met in early 1995 in San Francisco. Both had just moved from southern California to the Bay area when they heard the calling of beer. O'Sullivan, a former photographer and paralegal, "traded his suits for boots and was saved by beer". He moved to Berkeley and took a job as assistant brewer at the Triple Rock Brewery there. Freccia, a writer, actor and, by extension, restaurant professional, was also an avid homebrewer. Frustrated with the lack of beer culture in the L.A. area, he moved to San Francisco and began writing for the Celebrator Beer News, the west's largest beer publication. Freccia and O'Sullivan met, became friends and, while sitting together in a summer class on brewing science at UC Davis, hatched their plan for what would become the 21st Amendment. What is the 21st Amendment? Around the turn of the 20th century, in the year 1900, there were thousands of small breweries operating across America. When Freccia and O'Sullivan were researching old San Francisco breweries (trying to find a cool name for their new brewery), what really made an impact was the discovery that there were about 40 breweries operating just within the city limits of San Francisco (by comparison, today there are eight with a population more than double what it was in 1900). They realized that the brewery captured the essence of the neighborhoods of San Francisco. They were the local gathering places. Places to exchange ideas, debate politics and philosophy. Places for families to come together on weekends. Places that provided something unique-hand crafted beer that was different at every brewery and that defined the taste of a neighborhood. In 1920, Prohibition wiped out this culture and put the "local" out of business. For 13 years, social interaction was largely driven underground, to the speakeasies, where regular citizens became a nation of outlaws. But with the passage of the 21st Amendment, repealing Prohibition, we, as a society, were able to begin the slow climb back to reclaiming the essence of the neighborhood gathering place. At the 21st Amendment, they celebrate the culture of the great breweries of old, making unique, hand crafted beers, great food, and providing a comfortable, welcoming atmosphere that invites conversation, interaction and a sense of community.
Hell or High Watermelon Wheat We start by brewing a classic American wheat beer, which undergoes a traditional secondary fermentation using fresh watermelon. A straw-colored, refreshing beer with a kiss of watermelon aroma and flavor.
BREW FREE! OR DIE IPA BREW FREE! OR DIE IPA is brewed with some serious west coast attitude. This aromatic golden IPA starts with a sucker punch of six different hops to the nose, quickly balanced by a solid malt backbone. Our top selling beer at the pub, this IPA starts big and finishes clean leaving you wanting more.
Back in Black IPA Inspired by Paul Revere's midnight ride, we rebelled against the British style IPA, embraced the more aggressive American version and then recast it in bold, brave, defiant black. Our Black IPA is a Declaration of Independence from the tyranny of the expected. like an American IPA but with the addition of rich, dark malts, this beer has all the flavor and hop character you expect with a smooth, mellow finish.
Hendrik's Imperial Espresso Stout Imperial Espresso Stout / 7.5% abv Two Rivers Apple Cider Fresh from harvest, via Two Rivers Cider Co / 6.5% abv Updated August 16, 2010 21a Blog 10 Years Ago Ten years ago on August 2nd at about 4:59 pm, Nico and Shaun looked at each other and repeated a long running comment, "Let's open a brewpub someday", at the moment they unhitched the front door lock....Shaun's mom and dad were the first in line (and there was a good line), ... read more August 11, 2010 21a Twitter @dwaynefishel ...maybe8 hours ago
@CatherineBerg Awesome time last night tasting beers @ESBale with beer from @simplybeer. Thanks!8 hours ago CONTACT INFO21st Amendment Brewery Nico Freccia - Co-Founder/Businesss Operations Shaun O'Sullivan -- Co-Founder/Brewmaster/Media Relations GENERAL CONTACT Big picture Information: info@21st-Amendment.com Pub Information: 21st Amendment Pub and Brewery Sales and Marketing Information: Beer Sales Press Contact: press@21st-amendment.com
Driving directions & printable map The 21st Amendment is located at 563 2nd Street -- between Bryant and Brannan. Just east of South Park. Just 2 blocks north of Giants Park. Easy access to BART, Muni and Caltrain. 21st Amendment Related PostsSpeakeasy Ales and Lagers, San Francisco,CAStone Brewing Co. San Diego, CA, GABF 2010 Blind Pig IPA, Russian River Brewing Co. Santa Rosa, CA Ale Smith Brewing Company, San Diego, CA, GABF Port Brewing Co. San Marcos, CA |
