Bitter American brewed
by 21st Amendment Brewery - San Francisco, CA
21st
Amendment rings in the New Year with great news for craft beer
lovers everywhere. Days after it was named one of the "Top 10 Beers
of 2011" by the Washington Post, the popular winter seasonal Bitter
American is being brought back, but this time as a year-round
offering.
"People were "Bitter" when we ran out last year. Yep I said it,
Bitter!," said 21st Amendment Brewery co-founder Nico Freccia. "We
got so many emails and tweets asking us to make this a year-round
beer, we just couldn't ignore them. It's the perfect antidote to the
big beers of winter and also the perfect summer brew."
"Bitter American is a great beer during colder times when strong
beers seem to be pretty prevalent," added founder and Brewmaster
Shaun. "When we first brewed this beer it really scratched the
lower-alcohol-session-beer-itch that I would get when I was tired of
drinking barley wines, imperial stouts and other stronger hoppy
beers. I wanted and I think a lot of good beer drinkers want a
session beer where you can enjoy a few pints of a beer with huge
flavor but without all the alcohol. Bitter American is a mere 4.4%
ABV. It's got all the flavor and you can keep moving."
 
If you'd been rocketed into space against your will, you might be a
little bitter too. Bitter American is our long-overdue tribute to
unsung, unwitting heroes everywhere. This American session ale packs
a lot of hop and malt flavor into a refreshingly lower-alcohol brew,
making it the perfect beer to have on hand when you have history to
make.
"The amazing thing about brewing Bitter American is achieving a
balance between malt flavor and hops," says O'Sullivan. "Our secret
is the use of a special, imported English heirloom malt called
Golden Promise. This malt has a rich, full body and distinctive
flavor that gives the beer a complex, light caramel and toasty
flavor. It sets up a nice firm malt backbone allowing us to hop up
the beer for incredible aromas and flavors without over bittering
the beer."
About 21st Amendment Brewery
Who the heck are these guys? Hey, we're Nico and Shaun. We live for
great beer. In 1920, there were thousands of breweries across
America making unique handcrafted beer. The passage of Prohibition
wiped out this great culture. After thirteen years without beer, the
states ratified the 21st Amendment, ending Prohibition in America.
At the 21st Amendment Brewery, we celebrate the right to brew beer,
the freedom to be innovative, and the obligation to have fun.
www.21st-Amendment.com
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