Is 21st Amendment Brewing Rising From The Dead?
21st Amendment Closes Taproom, Production Facility; November 10th A Social Post Image With Caption Leave Fans Hopeful... Will 21st Amendment Brewing Re-Open?
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On August 28, 2025, 21st Amendment announced that their co-founders would be stepping away from the business they started 25 years ago.
https://www.facebook.com/ShaunOSullivan/posts/10162989310499787
21st Amendment Brewery Closed
The announcement was also posted through O’Sullivan’s personal Instagram account.
A few days later, Brewbound reported that the production facility in San Leandro and taproom in San Francisco would close by early November. The brewpub actually would go on to close sooner than that on the last day of the Giants schedule (which also happened to be a home game). The Giants baseball stadium is a few blocks down the street from the taproom.
Well, if you were looking for the announcements on 21st Amendment’s website or social media posts recently, you won’t find them.
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A cryptic post on November 10 left fans hopeful and confused.
“Brew Free or Die - and we’re not dead yet 🍻#BrewFreeOrDie”
If the posting had occurred on Halloween, it would have been more fitting or at least more ambiguous.
Nothing else has been posted as far as I can tell. The Google businss listing for the taproom is marked as permanently closed as of December 1st.
No jobs have been posted on the career pages nor job sites. An email sent to them on December 1st yielded an auto-reply:
Thank you for reaching out!
We’ve received your message and someone will get back to you as soon as possible. We appreciate your patience!
If you are looking for our beer try our Beer Finder: https://21st-amendment.com/pages/beerfinder
Cheers,
21st Amendment Brewery
I will reach out with any updates as soon as I learn of them.
21st Amendment Brewery News, Updates
Update: December 5, 2025
Another post from 21st Amendment (first since last post above) further adds to the mystery around what is coming next from them.
“…we’re not done yet. BREW FREE OR DIE!”
Update February 17, 2026
In more news, there are job posts attributed to 21st Amendment seeking a brewer lead and brand ambassor positions. There were no jobs found on their own website but as often the case, this may not mean much as some businesses are slow to update their own websites, use 3rd parties, lack necessary web developers etc. to coordinate efforts across the business.
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