Oakland, CA Photography courtesy of Hella CoastalĪs Oakland’s only Black-owned brewery, Hella Coastal has been making waves in the Bay Area. The 12 Best New Breweries of 2021 Hella Coastal Here are our twelve picks for the best new breweries of 2021. We’ve presented the best newly-opened craft breweries in no particular order except for Hella Coastal, which we’re happily naming the best new brewery of 2021. Or it could be a new brand that just started brewing, but doesn’t have a brick and mortar yet. These could be places that have been producing beer for a while, but just opened a fresh taproom. These new spots gave us the chance to celebrate in a year where bright spots might have been few and far between.īelow, you’ll find a list of the top new breweries we found in 2021.

You could argue that semi-isolation made hearing about a new brewery even more special. And we parked ourselves outside and ordered beers by scanning QR codes. In 2021, we ventured to taprooms - albeit in masks. While we’re still feeling the effects of a global pandemic, this year let us emerge from hibernation. Last year, we wrote our “ Best New Breweries” list from the safety of our home offices. However, we’re giving an extra tip of the cap to those spots that opened their doors for the first time. What Is a Slow Pour? And Is It Worth the Waitĭuring another crazy year, we take our hats off to all of the almost 9,000 breweries that continued to serve beer.

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