(San Francisco, CA) – The San Francisco Bay space gained a brand new technology of star breweries within the 2010’s. Following within the footsteps of Anchor Brewing, Marin Brewing, twenty first Modification Brewing and Drakes, younger startups Cellarmaker Brewing and The Uncommon Barrel carried the torch for contemporary craft beer tastes. Whereas Cellarmaker made a reputation for his or her unfiltered hoppy beer and different “clear beer” choices, The Uncommon Barrel joined the American Bitter/Wild Ale motion, one thing that was very a lot in model and demand after they opened up in 2013. Whereas being a “bitter solely” home proved difficult, the gifted people at The Uncommon Barrel continued alongside, making some minor changes to remain present with the traits. Whereas pundits predicted the challenges TRB would face available in the market, it seems they have been seeking to make a change. Here’s a be aware from their Instagram web page:
Over the previous six months, we’ve been exploring a sale of the brewery. Like many others, the monetary toll of the pandemic hit us onerous and we decided that the easiest way of stopping a closure could be to discover a associate to take over The Uncommon Barrel.
In the present day we’re happy to announce that we’ve reached a deal to promote to our associates at Cellarmaker Brewing, who will proceed to supply and promote The Uncommon Barrel model along with making their nice beer in our facility.
For the previous 10 years, we at TRB have had the good honor to work with so many terrific associates throughout this business, an extended checklist of great staff and passionate clients. We thanks all from the underside of our hearts on your assist and kindness.
As a part of the transition of The Uncommon Barrel model to Cellarmaker we might want to shut earlier than they will formally take over. The precise date of that’s nonetheless TBD however we are going to preserve you up to date. We anticipate many questions however please bear with us throughout this transition. Extra updates will come however for now we simply needed to say thanks for the years of assist.
Keep bitter.
In the meantime, Cellarmaker is on the tail finish of weathering the storm of COVID 19, particularly the acute restrictions town of San Francisco positioned on hospitality companies. All whereas spinning up a brand new location in Oakland. In the present day, we be taught that they have been unable to come back to phrases to maintain their unique Howard Avenue location in San Francisco, and fortuitously for Cellarmaker and The Uncommon Barrel, issues have fallen into place.
We’re excited to announce that we’re buying The Uncommon Barrel model and facility in Berkeley, California. We’re thrilled to double down on our East Bay presence alongside our upcoming Oakland location @cellarmaker.oakland slated to open in February of 2023. We love the power and sense of group within the East Bay. We’re honored to affix many associates within the space, producing top quality beer for the higher Bay Space.
We’ve been shut associates with the The Uncommon Barrel crew since earlier than their model and ours launched in 2013 and have labored collectively carefully all through the previous decade on numerous collaboration beers, traveled to occasions collectively and even celebrated our 5 12 months anniversaries collectively. It’s been a privilege to contemplate them associates and colleagues. We are going to proceed the Uncommon Barrel model and product line along with utilizing the brewery of their facility to offer an elevated presence of Cellarmaker beer all through the Bay. Extra Pale Ales. Extra Lagers. Extra Barrel Aged Barleywine!
In essentially the most bittersweet means, our lease at our Howard Avenue location is coming to an finish and we’ve been unable to achieve any affordable settlement with our landlord to maneuver ahead. In all honesty, we outgrew the Howard Avenue house a very long time in the past regardless of persevering with operations there. We’ve been on the hunt for a bigger location to develop the model for a while, the TRB house in Berkeley is simply what we want. The choice to shut Howard Avenue isn’t one thing we took frivolously and was extremely troublesome.
We sincerely admire every considered one of you that has visited us at our Howard Avenue location over the previous 9 years. We are going to proceed to function the tasting room by the tip of December and hope you’ll be part of us for one (or three) remaining beers earlier than we are saying goodbye to our unique flagship location.
The Home of Pizza in Bernal Heights isn’t going anyplace and can proceed to function, serving as our San Francisco location. Please proceed to go to us there for our Detroit Fashion Sq. Pies and Cellarmaker beer.
The Cellarmaker Berkeley location will start making beer for our model as soon as the license switch is full in a month or so. We intend to reopen the taproom at that location within the Spring. At present we’re focusing our workforce’s power on opening @cellarmaker.oakland.
Thanks for your entire assist. We sit up for Cellarmaker’s subsequent chapter @cellarmaker.berkeley
Sincerely,
Connor, Kelly and Tim
