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| Industry | Alcoholic beverage |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Products | Beer |
Production output | 20,000 barrels |
| Owner | Tyler Catalana, Justin Catalana |
| Website | http://www.fortpointbeer.com/ |
Fort Point Beer Company is a beer company located in the Presidio of San Francisco, California, in the United States.
Two brothers, Tyler Catalana and Justin Catalana, started Fort Point in 2014. The pair owned a small restaurant and brewery, Mill Valley Beerworks, in Mill Valley, California; [1] Mill Valley Beerworks employee Mike Schnebeck joined the Catalanas as head brewer at the new beer-only venture. [2] Their brewery is located in the Presidio of San Francisco's Crissy Field, overlooking Fort Point. They are a member of the San Francisco Brewers Guild. [3]
They began canning their beers in 2015, selling them in local San Francisco retailers. [4] Uniquely, they are serving as their own distributors. [5]
In 2016, Fort Point opened a kiosk at the Ferry Building in San Francisco. [4] The kiosk includes six tap handles, with beer delivered daily from the brewery, and available in pints or to-go in growlers. [6]
Fort Point's beer lineup focuses on everyday session beers designed to compete with popular macrobrewers such as Stella Artois or Budweiser rather than other local microbrewers. [5] They brew four core beers: KSA (a kölsch-style ale), Villager (a San Francisco style IPA), Westfalia (a Nuremberg-inspired red ale), and Park (a single hop pale ale series), as well as a host of seasonal and special releases. They brewed a special beer designed to be paired with food, Tosca, exclusively for local restaurant Tosca Cafe. [7]
In 2015, they won a Good Food Award for Manzanita, a smoked altbier with manzanita wood. [8]
In 2014, their production was 2,000 barrels; by 2015, they produced 6,000 barrels of beer. The brewery currently produces over 20,000 barrels a year and plans to produce 30,000 in 2018. [4] [9]
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