21st Amendment Brewery
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21st Amendment Brewery is a restaurant and brewery
located in the South Park
neighborhood of San Francisco, California
, two blocks from AT&T Park
. The brewery's name refers to the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
which ended Prohibition
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The brewery was founded in 2000 by Nico Freccia and Shaun O’Sullivan. O’Sullivan had previously worked as an assistant brewer at Triple Rock Brewery & Alehouse in Berkeley
.
21st Amendment's retail beers are canned in Cold Spring, Minnesota
for cost reasons.
Brewery
A brewery is a dedicated building for the making of beer, though beer can be made at home, and has been for much of beer's history. A company which makes beer is called either a brewery or a brewing company....
located in the South Park
South Park, San Francisco
South Park is a small neighborhood South of Market in San Francisco, California. It centers on the small, oval-shaped park of the same name, and South Park Street, which encircles the park...
neighborhood of San Francisco, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, two blocks from AT&T Park
AT&T Park
AT&T Park is a ballpark located in the South Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Located at 24 Willie Mays Plaza, at the corner of Third and King Streets, it has served as the home of the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball since 2000....
. The brewery's name refers to the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition...
which ended Prohibition
Prohibition in the United States
Prohibition in the United States was a national ban on the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol, in place from 1920 to 1933. The ban was mandated by the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, and the Volstead Act set down the rules for enforcing the ban, as well as defining which...
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The brewery was founded in 2000 by Nico Freccia and Shaun O’Sullivan. O’Sullivan had previously worked as an assistant brewer at Triple Rock Brewery & Alehouse in Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
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21st Amendment's retail beers are canned in Cold Spring, Minnesota
Cold Spring, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,975 people, 1,116 households, and 785 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,431.1 people per square mile . There were 1,145 housing units at an average density of 550.8 per square mile...
for cost reasons.