"Unfortunately, despite great work from the team, in the face of a challenging craft beer category and other economic pressures impacting our customers and consumers, it has not been possible to grow the brands to the level needed to sustain the brewery as part of our UK and Ireland production network," they said. "This decision has not been taken lightly, and we are providing our 15 impacted employees with every support," Molson Coors said.
What was once one of the largest brewing companies in the U.S. is now planning to close at the end of the year. 21st Amendment Brewery, whose brewing operations are headquartered in San Leandro, announced Nov. 4 will be its last day. Owner Nico Freccia told the SF Chronicle his company's sales have declined by roughly 20% every year since 2021, and that the brewery's lender will no longer fund the business due to its cash bleed.
The founders of 21st Amendment Brewery, with a production facility in San Leandro and a brewpub near the ballpark in San Francisco, announced today that they will be closing both locations, and winding down the business in the coming months. Co-owners Shaun O'Sullivan and Nico Freccia founded the brewery in 2000 25 years ago. The business began as a brewpub, but they later began canning their beer and were one of the first in both California, and the
