i forgot to mention that while we were brewing our inaugural batch, we were also drinking!
our beer list is as follows:
21st amendment – back in black
21st amendment – brew free or die ipa
cannery brewing – wildfire ipa
howe sound – devil’s elbow ipa
seattle magazine provides a list of the local brewers you need to know
esquire rates black ipas – and two of my faves make the top ten (deschutes hop in the dark and 21st amendment back in black)
the ultimate beer guide – by oxford of course
and more swag i brought back from 21st amendment in san francisco:
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| brew free or die ipa and back in black glasses |
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| brew free or die ipa t-shirt |
finally, post #2 about my afternoon at 21st amendment brewery in san francisco
i mean, it was only two weeks ago now…
let’s talk about the beers!
they have a couple of different menus within the restaurant,
one for the beer garden (all cans and kegs served into plastic cups)
the main bar, and one for the loft bar
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| main bar menu |
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| loft menu |
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| beer garden menu |
i began with a wee taster of the hell or high watermelon wheat ale (4.9%, 17 ibus) as i am not a big wheat fan
in fact i think like most of us i am somewhat wheat intolerant
crisp, watermelon notes are right on… not too much but definitely enough there to make you feel like summer
i can see why this one is such a huge seller for them
i also had a taster of my server’s favourite, the old glory red ale (7.3%, 70 ibus)
made me want a pint of it though, it is a total pleaser
hoppy, just dark enough to keep it interesting
my plan of attack though was to work my way through the ipas
so i decided that if my friend was late meeting me, i would have a pint of the old glory after the over hopulation and hop crisis, since the back in black wasn’t on tap…
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| they also have guest bottles you can try |
i thought i had ordered the endeavour pale ale (5.6%, 29 ibus) and had a whole review written up about how i couldn’t believe it was only 29 ibus because it tasted like 80… i found it very pleasing
then when i went up to order my next beer, the over hopulation, my lovely server whitney checked my tab and told me that she’d given me the over hopulation first, accidently
so… it was 80 ibus and 7.1%, which made me feel a whole lot better about my palate, and my alcohol tolerance!
deep goldon colour, good lacing
crisp, hoppy and delicious
and whitney bought it for me
it just doesn’t get better than that!
and whitney let me try the endeavour
which tasted like a pale ale with 29 ibus
oooh, love that endeavour is spelled with a “u” – so canadian of them!
kinda glad i started with the over hopulation accidently though
it was way more fun than the pale ale
moved right on to the hop crisis – the beer i had been most itching to try
imperial ipa, 9.7%, 94 ibus
served in a tulip glass, deep golden colour
strong lacing on glass, not much of a nose, but hello hops on the first sip
still some malt balance
not too fruity/citrusy, not too bitter
definitely an imperial and mega-hopped, but i wasn’t overwhelmed by alcohol or bitterness
heck, i found it rather smooth in a crisp way
my friend stacey arrived and ordered a south park blonde
5.1%, 17 ibus
my taste buds may have been fried when she let me try it, but i got nice malt flavours on that blonde!
stacey said “it tastes good, I like it”
me, i say not bad at all!
and i ordered a pint of the old glory
i think it was my favourite of the day
citrus hops, oak aged
(frankly it reminded me of a red racer esb…)
a thing of beauty and a joy to imbibe
by this time i was really quite delighted by the world around me
and wanted to never ever leave 21st amendment
i also wanted to try the oyster stout
and have a back in black from a can…
but fortunately for me i had other places to go and other beers to try!
my life is fun!
regular pints are $6
specials like the hop crisis are $7
cans are $4
563 2nd St
San Francisco, California 94107, United States
(415) 369-0900
ooooh, this sounds like the beer store i need to visit in san francisco this coming weekend
city beer store on folsom street
check out that beer list!
and it looks like i might get a brewery tour at 21st amendment
i’ll be at the pub/brewery on thursday afternoon!
(thought i’d kill the bit of time i have been arriving and my friend getting off work imbibing the back in black, hop crisis and over hopulation, all of which are on tap today… hopefully still on thursday!)
“Hi Rebecca,
Thanks for your note. Because we are a full service restaurant, there is always a brewer or a manger available that can potentially give small groups brewery tours. We often do impromptu tours provided we are not too busy–mid-afternoon is a good time for this.
I recommend you call ahead to the pub to set up a time for a guaranteed tour.
Their phone number is (415) 369-0900
Thanks for thinking of us and Cheers!
Craft Beer in a can.
Better for the beer.
Better for the environment.”
doh! my hopes went up, my hopes crash down…
“Hi Rebecca,
We show the brewery off before Beer School, a tasting event we run, but you just missed it. You can get a pretty good view of the brewery from a special window we have, but we do not open it up to the public when the Giants are in town. Just to warn you, Thursday is actually an early game day so it will be slammed that day.
Cheers!
-Zambo
Head Brewer
21st-Amendment Brewery”
oh well, hopefully i’ll still get to try the taps…
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