![]() Of course, they want to make good beer, too. However, until Founders Mario Benjamin and Chaz Hubbard turned their homebrewing hobby pro last December, there were zero Black-owned breweries in Oakland.īenjamin and Hubbard want Hella Coastal to represent the history of the Bay Area and support BIPOC producers and drinkers in the industry. Census recorded Oakland as the fastest-growing region in California with Blacks or African Americans composing 23.75% of the population. Which is pretty incredible considering The Black Panther Party started in Oakland. Oakland, CA Photography courtesy of Hella CoastalĪs Oakland’s only Black-owned brewery, Hella Coastal has been making waves in the Bay Area. The 12 Best New Breweries of 2021 Hella Coastal Here are our twelve picks for the best new breweries of 2021. We’ve presented the best newly-opened craft breweries in no particular order except for Hella Coastal, which we’re happily naming the best new brewery of 2021. Or it could be a new brand that just started brewing, but doesn’t have a brick and mortar yet. ![]() These could be places that have been producing beer for a while, but just opened a fresh taproom. These new spots gave us the chance to celebrate in a year where bright spots might have been few and far between.īelow, you’ll find a list of the top new breweries we found in 2021. You could argue that semi-isolation made hearing about a new brewery even more special. ![]() And we parked ourselves outside and ordered beers by scanning QR codes. In 2021, we ventured to taprooms - albeit in masks. While we’re still feeling the effects of a global pandemic, this year let us emerge from hibernation. Last year, we wrote our “ Best New Breweries” list from the safety of our home offices. However, we’re giving an extra tip of the cap to those spots that opened their doors for the first time. What's the buzz (pun intended) about? It's because all these independently owned operations showcase beer as art.We’re Grabbing a Fresh 4-Pack from These 6 NorCal Breweries to Throw in Our New CamelBak ChillBakĭuring another crazy year, we take our hats off to all of the almost 9,000 breweries that continued to serve beer. Read more about Beer Gardens in Sonoma County here. Local craft beers are also featured in nightlife spots like The Block, Brewsters Beer Garden, and Taps Restaurant and Tasting Room in Petaluma Barley & Hops Tavern in Occidental and Steele & Hops Public House in Santa Rosa. In Rohnert Park, brew houses include Bear Republic Brewing Co., (which moved here from its longtime home in Healdsburg) Parliament Brewing Company, which offers small-batch beers with names like Whatchamacallit IPA and Friend From Vermont New England Pale Ale and Old Caz Beer, which keeps a rotating array of their brews on tap, such as Steady State German Pilsner, Chismosa Mexican Amber Lager, and Catastrophe Rye IPA. Of course, that's not to overlook Dempsey's Restaurant & Brewery and the ever-popular Lagunitas Brewing Co. in Petaluma Fogbelt Brewing Company, Shady Oak Barrel House, and Third Street Aleworks in Santa Rosa Barrel Brothers Brewing Company in Windsor and Woodfour Brewing Company, Crooked Goat Brewing, and Seismic Brewing Company at The Barlow in Sebastopol. Also in February is Santa Rosa's FeBREWary, a ground-breaking celebration of craft beer and community from Santa Rosa breweries, and produced in conjunction with California Craft Brew Week. Their second, larger location now in Windsor features tours of the state-of-the-art beer making facility. Sonoma County's rich craft beer scene culminates in February, with the popular annual Pliny the Younger release (which in 2021 was held online in late January) by Russian River Brewing. Sonoma County's craft beer scene has become such a rich tapestry that Sonoma County has compiled a Craft Beverage Map showing local breweries, as well as cideries and distilleries. Sonoma County now has more than two dozen operating breweries, eight cideries, and 15 distilleries, with more opening seemingly every day. Artisan brewers have increasingly bellied up to the bar in Sonoma County Wine Country, creating finely crafted beers based on local ingredients, their production limited to small, coveted amounts.
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