Speakeasy Ales and Lagers

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Speakeasy Ales & Lagers
Industry Alcoholic beverage
Founded1997
FounderForest Gray / Steve Bruce
Headquarters San Francisco, California
United States
Products Beer
OwnerHunters Point Brewery / Ces Butner

Speakeasy Ales & Lagers is a craft brewery that was founded in 1997 by Steve Bruce and Forest Gray in the Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco, California, USA. [1] The company brands its beers with references to 1930s prohibition-era mobsters and organized crime. Prohibition Ale (an amber ale), the first beer the company produced, and Big Daddy IPA (an India Pale Ale), are two of the brewery's most popular beers. Speakeasy beer is primarily available in California, but has been distributed to over thirteen U.S. states and internationally. Speakeasy opened a tap room at the brewery in 2013, which is located at 1195 Evans Ave in San Francisco, CA, USA. [1]

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On March 10, 2017, Speakeasy announced that it had ceased operations for an indefinite period after struggling financially following a 2015 expansion for which they borrowed money from Union Bank. [2] As a result, the company was placed into court ordered receivership and the brewery owner, Forest Gray, was forced out. Two months later Speakeasy Ales & Lagers was sold to Hunters Point Brewery, a holding company owned by Ces Butner, who is a former beer distributor based in Oakland, CA. [3]

Products

Speakeasy Ales & Lagers has produced a large variety of unique beers and are organized into distinct series.

The Usual Suspects

Session Series

The Limited Series

Infamous Series

Syndicate Series: a unique blend of vintage strong ales aged in bourbon barrels no less than twelve months.

Official Website

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References

  1. 1 2 Williams, Joel (December 2006). "Speakeasy Ales & Lagers: The Eyes Have It". Bay Crossings. Archived from the original on 2007-07-07. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
  2. Mobley, Esther (March 10, 2017). "San Francisco's Speakeasy brewery to cease operations". SFGate. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  3. Mobley, Esther (May 8, 2017). "Speakeasy Ales & Lagers gets new owner, bar taps will stay open". SFGate. Retrieved 9 May 2017.