The Brew Site
San Francisco’s 21st Amendment Brewery teamed up with CLS Farms of the Yakima Valley in Washington to release a new double IPA—Close Encounters of a Hop Kind. It’s a summer seasonal featuring newer variety hops, including the brand new X-14 (unnamed) hop. Details: 21st Amendment Brewery and lauded family-owned hop … Continue reading
There’s a brand-new summer beer out from 21st Amendment Brewery, a hoppy pilsner that the brewery is calling summer in a can: Coaster Pils. I thought it was a seasonal (which would make sense) but apparently it’s a year-round addition to the 21st Amendment lineup. Details: 21st Amendment Brewery welcomes … Continue reading
San Francisco’s 21st Amendment Brewery offers a line of IPAs built around its classic flagship, Brew Free! or Die IPA, including Blood Orange and Tropical versions. The brewery must have felt that Brew Free! or Die was a bit old fashioned, as it announced a reimagining of the beer for … Continue reading
Here in the United States, December 5th is regarded as Repeal Day—the day the 21st Amendment to our Constitution was ratified, which repealed the 18th Amendment—thus ending the “Noble Experiment” of Prohibition in the U.S. To commemorate the anniversary I decided to pick a beer from San Francisco’s 21st Amendment … Continue reading
When I posted my interview with Greg Koch of Stone Brewing, mention was made of upcoming collaboration brews Stone was spearheading. This month it’s with 21st Amendment Brewing and Firestone Walker Brewing, and the Stone Blog has a good writeup of what was brewed and the overall process: Shaun O’Sullivan … Continue reading
Yesterday I reviewed 21st Amendment’s IPA, and today it’s their watermelon beer getting the treatment: Hell or High Watermelon Wheat. (Told you it was punny.) I’ve tried this beer several times on tap: at the Oregon Brewers Festival in past years and more recently at The Abbey Pub here in … Continue reading
21st Amendment Brewing out of San Francisco—they of the (formerly) Watermelon Wheat fame that is always a hit at the Oregon Brewers Festival—began canning two of their beers just under a year ago, and it was fairly recently that they started distributing in Oregon. I found them both at The … Continue reading
Okay, "the month for beer" may be a slight exaggeration, but there are at least two "Beer Month" things going on that I know about. First is Strong Beer Month: February 1st, marks the start of the 7th Annual Strong Beer Month. The brewers of the 21st Amendment and Magnolia … Continue reading