21st Amendment Brewing

Posted in 21st Amendment Brewing, Seasonal Return

21A’s Hop Crisis On Shelves

20130625-092243.jpgYour hop bomb of a summer drinker in back. 21st Amendment’s Hop Crisis is on shelves in 4 pack cans. The beer is an imperial IPA aged on oak.

“A few years ago, when hop prices shot through the roof, making it more difficult to brew bitter beers, we decided there was only one thing to do. Make the biggest, hoppiest beer we could imagine. And we really wanted to celebrate the Imperial IPA style by doing something a little more original. Aside from the higher alcohol and intense hop bitterness, we felt aging the beer on oak would add some additional layers of flavor. Because oak can overwhelm the hops, we chose a light, subtle oak character to accentuate the dry hop bitterness and add a unique character to the beer.”

Style: Imperial IPA (Oak Aged)
Availability: 12oz cans, Draft.

9.7% ABV

Posted in 21st Amendment Brewing, New Releases

21st Amendment Adds Draft Only Imperial Jack

Here’s a story about a brewery, a pub regular, a homebrew collaboration, and a kindly English grandfather.

Actually the Cliffnotes version: 21st Amendment is brewing Imperial Jack, an ESB, using a recipe they’ve collaborated with a pub regular/ homebrewer Richard Brewer-Hay. The brew was originally called Grandpa Jack in honor of Richards’s late grandfather, both of whom are from England. Richard and 21st Amendment’s Shaun O’Sullivan came together to make a stronger version, Imperial Jack, and will be traveling back to England together to brew it.

Style: Extra Special Bitter
Availability: Draft

8.5% ABV

 

Posted in 21st Amendment Brewing, Coming Soon

21st Amendment Preps Lower Da Boom in Cans

Pop Quiz. How many barleywines in a can you name? Add another to your list. Previously only available on draft, 21st Amendment (San Fran) plans for a 2013 release of Boom.

Deep, mahogany color, rich malt candied, rock sugar flavors with sweet burnt currant and fig aromas. It’s strong alcohol content is tempered by a clean bitterness and complex flavors. This Barley Wine is named for Cornelius de Boom, the San Francisco Belgian Consulate General (1850 to 1851) and surprisingly the name of the alley along-side the 21st Amendment on 2nd Street.

Style: Barleywine
Availability: Draft (Now), Cans (soon)

10.5% ABV

 

Posted in 21st Amendment Brewing, Coming Soon

Farmhouse Ale in a Can: 21st Amendment Sneak Attack Saison

21st Amendment Sneak Attack Saison

A new seasonal on the horizon for 21st Amendment Brewery (San Francisco, CA) – Sneak Attack Saison. Note the drunk Washington crossing the Delaware references in the label. The first thing that strikes me about Sneak Attack is how few saison/farmhouse ales there are on the American beer market in cans.  Brewery Vivant, Surly Brewing, and Hillard’s (Seattle, WA) immediately come to mind.

Style: Saison/Farmhouse Ale (w/ Cardamom)
Availability: 12 oz cans Arrival: TBA

6.2% ABV 

Posted in 21st Amendment Brewing, Seasonal Return

21A’s Hop Bomb, Hop Crisis Returns

21st Amendment (San Francisco, CA) announced the return of Hop Crisis today. Those who love hops, you’ll be glad this one is back. Hop Crisis is an oak aged imperial IPA, available on draft and in 4 pack cans.

“A few years ago, when hop prices shot through the roof, making it more difficult to brew bitter beers, we decided there was only one thing to do. Make the biggest, hoppiest beer we could imagine. And we really wanted to celebrate the Imperial IPA style by doing something a little more original. Aside from the higher alcohol and intense hop bitterness, we felt aging the beer on oak would add some additional layers of flavor. Because oak can overwhelm the hops, we chose a light, subtle oak character to accentuate the dry hop bitterness and add a unique character to the beer.” 

Style: Imperial IPA (Oak Aged)
Availability: 12oz cans, Draft. Limited release.
Area:  CA, OR, WA, AK, ID, MN, OH, MA, NY, NJ, DC, MD, DE, PA, VA, GA and NC.

9.7% ABV

 

Posted in 21st Amendment Brewing, Press Releases

21st Amendment Releases Hop Crisis (PR)

SAN FRANCISCO – 21st Amendment founders Nico and Shaun need to break out of Alcatraz. And fast.The Hop Syndicate is hoarding hops in a remote warehouse, depriving the People of their right to hoppy, aromatic beer. This is Not Cool. Shaun and Nico have to do something. They need to Free the Hops!

21st Amendment Brewery today announced the re-release of Hop Crisis, an oak-aged Imperial IPA with big malt flavor at 9.7% alcohol by volume and 94 IBUs (International Bittering Units-that’s bitter!). Hop Crisis is the latest installment in the 21st Amendment’s Insurrection Series, a limited edition, once-in-a-while, four-pack release of a very special beer that rises up in revolt against common notions of what canned beer can be. Hop Crisis was the winner of the Great American Beer Festival silver medal in 2010 in the Imperial IPA category and is rated a 99 out of 100 on the consumer ratings and social media website ratebeer.com.

21st Amendment co-founder and Brewmaster Shaun O’Sullivan says of the idea behind the beer, “A few years ago, when hop prices shot through the roof, making it more difficult to brew bitter beers, we decided there was only one thing to do. Make the biggest, hoppiest beer we could imagine. And we really wanted to celebrate the Imperial IPA style by doing something a little more original. Aside from the higher alcohol and intense hop bitterness, we felt aging the beer on oak would add some additional layers of flavor. Because oak can overwhelm the hops, we chose a light, subtle oak character to accentuate the dry hop bitterness and add a unique character to the beer.”

“The graphics on our four-pack box tell the story of convicts Nico and Shaun’s adventure to Free the Hops,” noted co-founder Nico Freccia.  “A daring escape through the sewer pipe, surfing monster waves while being chased by a great white shark and a high speed getaway on the San Francisco cable car are all part of the adventure,” he adds. “We just really felt we had an opportunity to have some fun with this beer.”

Hop Crisis is available in four-pack cans and on draft beginning August 13th at bars and stores in all seventeen of 21st Amendment’s current distribution territories which include CA, OR, WA, AK, ID, MN, OH, MA, NY, NJ, DC, MD, DE, PA, VA, GA and NC. For up to date availability, events and promotions, visit 21A’s website at www.21st-Amendment.com.

About 21st Amendment Brewery:

Hey, we’re Nico & Shaun. We live for great beer. When we opened the 21st Amendment Brewpub in San Francisco in 2000, we vowed to do things differently. To us, the 21st Amendment means much more than just an end to Prohibition. It means the right to brew beer, the freedom to be innovative, and the obligation to have fun.  

Posted in 21st Amendment Brewing, Coming Soon

21st Amendment’s Spring Saison

21st Amendment Spring Saison21st Amendment is looking to celebrate spring with a saison offering.   

Style: Saison
Availability:  Draft only, as of 4/30/12
Arrival: TBA

6.2% ABV