21st Amendment Brewing
21A’s Monk’s Blood Put On Long Hiatus
21st Amendment’s Monk’s Blood has just made it’s seasonal appearance. It will be the last time for a while. After this year it’s gone for while.
Shaun (Brewmaster and co-founder Shaun O’Sullivan) said, “We have so many things happening in the brewery right now, it’s time to let Monk’s Blood take a break so we can play a little more with some other really special brews.”
Monk’s Blood is a Belgian Style Dark Ale brewed with eight malts, Belgian candi sugar, cinnamon, vanilla bean, dried local black mission figs and aged on oak. It’s a member of 21st Amendment’s Insurrection Series, a once-in-a-while, four-pack release.
Look for Monk’s Blood in all of 21st Amendment’s territories: CA, OR, WA, AK, ID, MN, OH, MA, NY, NJ, DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, GA and NC. [PressRelease]
Drink Up! 21A’s Bitter American Is Here To Stay
You want a low abv session beer tailgate with, beach it up with, or just drink the crap out of, 21st Amendment’s Bitter American is where it’s at. It’s just 4.4% (don’t even leave a comment about 4% vs 5% session debate.) Bitter has a lot of hops without all the booze. It’s flavor packed. And now, won’t be going away so easily.
Press Release:
(San Francisco, CA) — 21st Amendment Brewery rings in the New Year with great news for craft beer lovers everywhere. Days after it was named one of the “Top 10 Beers of 2011″ by the Washington Post, the popular winter seasonal Bitter American is being brought back, but this time as a year-round offering.
“People were “Bitter” when we ran out last year. Yep I said it, Bitter!,” said 21st Amendment Brewery co-founder Nico Freccia. “We got so many emails and tweets asking us to make this a year-round beer, we just couldn’t ignore them. It’s the perfect antidote to the big beers of winter and also the perfect summer brew.”
“Bitter American is a great beer during colder times when strong beers seem to be pretty prevalent,” added founder and Brewmaster Shaun. “When we first brewed this beer it really scratched the lower-alcohol-session-beer-itch that I would get when I was tired of drinking barley wines, imperial stouts and other stronger hoppy beers. I wanted and I think a lot of good beer drinkers want a session beer where you can enjoy a few pints of a beer with huge flavor but without all the alcohol. Bitter American is a mere 4.4% ABV. It’s got all the flavor & you can keep moving.”
If you’d been rocketed into space against your will, you might be a little bitter too. Bitter American is our long-overdue tribute to unsung, unwitting heroes everywhere. This American session ale packs a lot of hop and malt flavor into a refreshingly lower-alcohol brew, making it the perfect beer to have on hand when you have history to make.
“The amazing thing about brewing Bitter American is achieving a balance between malt flavor and hops,” says O’Sullivan. “Our secret is the use of a special, imported English heirloom malt called Golden Promise. This malt has a rich, full body and distinctive flavor that gives the beer a complex, light caramel and toasty flavor. It sets up a nice firm malt backbone allowing us to hop up the beer for incredible aromas and flavors without over bittering the beer.”
Availability: 12oz cans, Draft. CA, OR, WA, AK, ID, MN, OH, MA, NY, NJ, DC, MD, PA, VA, GA and NC.
About 21st Amendment Brewery
Who the heck are these guys? Hey, we’re Nico and Shaun. We live for great beer. In 1920, there were thousands of breweries across America making unique handcrafted beer. The passage of Prohibition wiped out this great culture. After thirteen years without beer, the states ratified the 21st Amendment, ending Prohibition in America. At the 21st Amendment Brewery, we celebrate the right to brew beer, the freedom to be innovative, and the obligation to have fun. www.21st-Amendment.com
21st Amendment Arrives In North Carolina Today
Straight from 21A’s mouth: Not only is today Repeal Day, but we are also launching the 21st Amendment in North Carolina. 

We hope to see all of you Carolinians out there tonight at the following good beer places for 21A tastings as we hit the state running:
Tastings and Beer on Draft will take place TODAY at:
Chip’s Wine & Beer Market Tasting; Kill Devil Hills 12noon-3pm
Sam’s Quick Shop Tasting; Durham 4-6pm
City Beverage Tasting; Winston-Salem 4-7pm
Bottle Revolution Tasting; Raleigh 4:30-6:30pm
Bruisin Ales Tasting; Asheville 5-7pm
Bestway Tasting; Greensboro 5-7pm
Duckworth’s-Ballantyne location; Charlotte 5-7pm
Mellow Mushroom-Wrightsville Beach; Wrightsville Beach 5-8pm
Peabodys Tasting; Boone 5:30-8:30pm
Crescent Moon; Hickory 5:30-8:30pm
Tyler’s Taproom-Durham Location; Durham 6-8pm
Common Market Tasting; Charlotte 7-9pm
The Thirsty Monk; Asheville 7-9pm
Flying Saucer-Raleigh location; Raleigh 7-10pm
Olde Town Draught House; Greensboro 7-10pm
21st Amendment Lower De Boom Barleywine
21st Amendment Lower De Boom Barleywine. Year round draft offering at 21A’s brewpubs.
Style: Barleywine
9.5% ABV
Draft Mag’s Top 25 For 2011 (Already)
Some are questioning the prematurity of the – best of 2011 list. (Just the first week of November still right? My rent check still hasn’t cleared.) Either way, here is the list. One thing to note, beer – especially craft beer, is about as opinionated as a presidential election. Be sure to head over to the full article for the full story.
Goose Island – Pepe Nero
Firestone Walker – Abacus
Brooklyn Brewing – The Concoction
Nebraska Brewing – Hop God
New Belgium – Le Terroir
Stone Brewing – Sublimely Self Righteous
Weihenstephaner -Original Premium
Aspall – Dry English Draft Cider
Boulevard/Deschutes – Collab #2 White IPA
Anchorage Brewing – Bitter Monk
De Musketiers – Troubadour Magma
Odell Brewing – Friek
21st Amendment – Hop Crisis
Heineken – New Castle Brown
Crooked Stave – W.W.B.R.
Lost Abbey – Red Poppy
Koningshoeven – La Trappe Isid’or
Unibroue – Quelque Chose
Sixpoint Craft – Sweet Action
Shorts – The Gambler
Almanac Beer – Summer 2010
Stillwater/The Brewer’s Art – The Debutante
White Birch – Tavern Ale
21st Amendment/Ninkasi Collab, November 7th
21st Amendment & Ninkasi Brewing’s collaboration Allies Win The War! will be arriving (shipping) on Monday November 7th. 21A’s Shaun O’Sullivan and Ninkasi’s Jamie Floyd used to work together at Steelhead Brewing in San Francisco, CA. They recently got together over a mash tun and brew kettle to create a new canned collab.
The beer is an old ale with dates, based off a recipe they have brewed before. Allies was brewed and canned at 21st Amendment, and will go through 21A’s distribution channel.
Interesting note – this will be the first time that some markets have seen a Ninkasi beer, even if it’s a just a collaboration. Floyd and O’Sullivan host a few release parties for the new beer:
First stop is 21A at 5 pm
City Beer store at 7 pm
Zeitgeist at 9 pm
11 pm until close
Availability: 12oz cans, Draft.
Arrival: 2 Week November, 2011
8.5% ABV
[21AFB]
Sexy Peek At Quingenti El Camino
Quick peek at another release in Stone Brewing’s Quingenti Millilitre Series – El Camino (un) Real Black Ale. A 3 way collaboration between 21st Amendment, Firestone Walker & Stone released in March, 2010. El Camino is an American Strong Ale brewed with fennel, chia, pink peppercorns, and figs. This Quingenti release finds Camino aged in Virgin American Oak.
500 ml bottles
6.8% ABV
