Drake's Brewing Company is a craft brewery in San Leandro, California. The company started in 1989 as a wholesale-only kegged beer seller under the name Lind Brewing, after company founder, Roger Lind. Drake's operates out of the old Caterpillar Inc. production facility located behind a Walmart. In 2008, Drake's was sold to the owners of Triple Rock Brewery and Alehouse, a brewpub in Berkeley, California..
In 2015, Drake's opened a new taproom in an old car dealership building in Oakland, called Drake's Dealership. In 2018, Drake's opened a taproom, restaurant and events center in West Sacramento called The Barn.
Drake's operates a taproom called Drake's Barrel House inside its barrel aging warehouse in San Leandro, California. Most of the barrel aged beers are unique to the taproom and are not usually available for growler or keg fills; Drake's first bottling of a barrel aged beer, Reunion Barley Wine Ale, occurred in 2013.
In 2023, Drake's Brewing Company acquired Bear Republic Brewing's formula, recipes, and intellectual property.
Awards 1500 PalePale Ale2014 California State Fair Bronze, 2010 World Beer Cup Silver, 2008 Great American Beer Festival SilverAmberExtra Special Bitter2004 World Beer Cup SilverBlack Robusto PorterRobust Porter2014 California State Fair Silver, 2013 Great American Beer Festival SilverDenogginizerImperial India Pale Ale2009 Great American Beer Festival SilverDrake's Goldbrewed as Lind Brewing CompanyBlonde/Golden Ales1991 Great American Beer Festival BronzeIPAIndia Pale Ale2004 World Beer Cup Bronze, 2002 Great American Beer Festival GoldRye RobustitoWood and Barrel-Aged Beer2016 World Beer Cup Silver, 2016 Great American Beer Festival BronzeSanta's BrassBarley Wine2018 Great American Beer Festival GoldPatches O'Houlihan Irish-Style Red Ale2023 World Beer Cup Bronze
See also List of breweries in California
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