21st Amendment Brewery

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 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.

Prior to 2015, 21st Amendment’s retail beers were canned in Cold Spring, Minnesota. In 2012, 21st Amendment planned to case 45,000 barrels of beer, up from 28,000 in 2011. In 2014, plans were announced to open a production facility and tasting room in San Leandro, California. The production brewery started brewing in 2015 and currently has capacity at 150,000 – 180,000 barrels. In 2018 the company was named by the Brewers Association the 26th largest craft brewery in the United States.

The brewery’s name refers to the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which repealed Prohibition.

The San Leandro Brewery & Tap Room

Join us at our San Leandro Brewery & Tap Room for experimental brews, seasonal drafts and collaboration beers at our East Bay location. Take a tour, play corn hole, or just hang out and enjoy some food and beer inside or in our outdoor beer garden. Enjoy a bite from our 21st Amendment Brewery food truck, which offers a menu of some of our pub favorites. We kindly ask that you no longer bring outside food into the Tap Room–our food truck has something for everyone! Don’t worry, we still welcome your birthday cakes and goodies if you’re throwing a party. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to find out about special events, live music, food specials and more. We hope to see you soon!

San Francisco Pub

The 21st Amendment Brewery & Restaurant is a full service pub open seven days a week. For the weekend warriors, we offer brunch until 2 PM. Located in the SOMA district, just two blocks from where the San Francisco Giants play ball. We serve freshly prepared pub favorites while offering daily food specials. We pour our own handcrafted beers as well as a few guest beers from time to time.

For more information, visit the brewery website at 21st-amendment.com.

21st Amendment Brewery is an independent craft brewer.

Inside the taproom at 21st Amendment Brewery & Pub in San Francisco, California