Speakeasy Ales and Lagers

Infobox Brewery
name = Speakeasy Ales and Lagers


caption =
location = San Francisco, California
United States
owner = Independent
opened = 1997
production =
active_beers = brewbox_beer|name=Big Daddy I.P.A.|style=India Pale Ale brewbox_beer|name=Prohibition Ale|style=Amber Ale brewbox_beer|name=Untouchable|style=Pale Ale brewbox_beer|name=Double Daddy|style=India Pale Ale
seasonal_beers = brewbox_beer|name=Hunters Point Porter|style=Porter brewbox_beer|name=Bootlegger Black Lager|style=Lager brewbox_beer|name=Old Goodfather|style=Barleywine
other_beers = brewbox_beer|name=Streetsweeper|style=Wheat beer

Speakeasy Ales and Lagers is a microbrewery located in the Hunter's Point neighborhood of San Francisco, California

History and production

Speakeasy was founded in 1997 by Steve Bruce and Forest Gray. cite news|publisher=Bay Crossings|url=http://www.baycrossings.com/news_archive_view_next.asp?id=1701&mon=12&yea=2006|accessdate=2007-08-02| title=Speakeasy Ales & Lagers: The Eyes Have It | Author=Joel Williams|date=December, 2006]

Speakeasy brands its beers with humorous reference to 1930s prohibition-era mobsters and organized crime. Prohibition is one of the more popular local beers in San Francisco, available in approximately 200 bars and restaurants and 1,000 stores in the San Francisco Bay Area, although bottled beer is available regionally in California, eleven other states and British Columbia as well. Its beers are flavorful and high in alcohol, ranging from approximately 5% to 10% alcohol content by volume. Unlike many others, it does not operate on-site sales, restaurants, or other retail operations except tours by appointment on Fridays, as well as a Friday happy hour that is open to the public. .

References

External links

* [http://www.goodbeer.com/ goodbeer.com] - official website
* [http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/559 BeerAdvocate profile]