Drake's Brewing Company
San Leandro, CA
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Drake's Flyway
Pilsner · 4.6% ABV
An Americanized version of a North German style pils. Hop forward with a dry, crisp body, this beer exhibits floral and spicy notes derived from the use of Vanguard, a domestic Noble hop...484.6 miles away at Olde Sonoma Public House · See all places
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Drake's Denogginizer
Double IPA · 10.0% ABV
Drake's Denogginizer is a big, bold, Imperial IPA. Denog is our most powerful regular offering, at a whopping 10% ABV and 100 IBUs!484.6 miles away at Olde Sonoma Public House · See all places
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Drake's Aroma Coma
Double IPA · 8.0% ABV
Citrus hop assault, lives up to its name. Pale Malt & few handfuls of Rye & Crystal, then dry hop it twice with a massive amount of Citra. Inhale Aggressively! -
Drake's Hopocalypse Black Label
Triple IPA · 12.5% ABV
Hopped-up with a tide of Chinook, Jarrylo, Amarillo, El Dorado. Citrus, pineapple, mango & orange spice.The darkness drops again but now I know…The End is Beer. -
Drake's Aroma Prieta
IPA · 6.75% ABV
Shake out from Aroma Coma with Aroma Prieta. Aroma Coma’s sister beer mirrors its twin starting with primarily American 2-row barley malt and a touch of Caramalt for body... -
Drake's Jolly Rodger Imperial Coffee Stout 2014
Imperial Stout · 9.0% ABV
Imperial Stout brewed with Blue Bottle(TM) coffee. Drake’s Jolly Rodger naturally acquired a taste for the finer coffees brought to life by artisan, specialty roasters... -
Drake's 1500 Dry Hopped
American Pale Ale · 5.5% ABV
Dry-Hopped Pale Ale. For batch number 1500,Josh & Brian decided to brew a big hoppy beer, yet make it quaffable,generously dry-hopped with Amarillo & Simcoe -
Drake's Alpha
IPA · 3.8% ABV
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Drake's Hefeweizen
German Hefeweizen · 4.9% ABV
This spicy, fruity beer has hints of clove and banana and is crafted for easy drinking. -
Drake's Jolly Rodger Imperial Coffee Porter 2015
Porter · 8.1% ABV
A naturally sun-dried Colombian coffee with a creamy body and ripe berry flavors. We added a rare coffee blossom honey which imparted an aromatic honey sweetnes -
Drake's Jolly Rodger Imperial Coffee Stout
Imperial Stout · 9.0% ABV
After years of amassing booty on the high seas, Drake’s Jolly Rodger naturally acquired a taste for the finer coffees brought to life by artisan, specialty roasters... -
Drake's Jolly Rodger Imperial Coffee Stout 2015
Imperial Stout · 9.0% ABV
Imperial Stout brewed with Blue Bottle™ coffee. Drake’s Jolly Rodger naturally acquired a taste for the finer coffees brought to life by artisan, specialty roasters... -
Drake's Hopocalypse Green Label
Double IPA · 9.3% ABV
Drake’s winter offering is a deep orange monster that is loosely filtered to keep the integrity of the malt & hops intact. -
Drake's Hopocalypse White Label
Double IPA · 8.4% ABV
Fill your final days with a glass of Hopocalypse Hazy White Double IPA. It will ease you into end times, notes of tangerine, papaya, melon, peach, and mango. -
Drake's 7X70
IPA · 7.0% ABV
7×70 IPA clocks in at 7% ABV and 70 IBUs (hence the name) and starts with a citric burst from the Amarillo, El Dorado, and Citra hops in the boil... -
Drake's Aroma Therapy
Double IPA · 10.0% ABV
Aroma Therapy is the Double IPA partner of Aromas Coma and Prieta. -
Drake's Jolly Rodger Barrel Aged Imperial Coffee Porter 2015
Porter · 10.6% ABV
This year's Jolly release is a collaboration with Oakland's own Highwire Coffee company... -
Drake's Barrel-Aged Jolly Rodger 2015
Porter · 10.2% ABV
This limited edition of Jolly Rodger was matured in bourbon and rye whiskey barrels which, over time, imparted a smooth vanilla undertone and oaky roundness. -
Drake's Barrel Aged Jolly Rodger Imperial Coffee Porter 2016
Porter · 10.2% ABV
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Drake's Santa's Brass
Barleywine · 14.8% ABV
Aged on Bourbon and Port barrels, this slightly sweet beer drinks exactly like a big barleywine should... -
Drake's Brightside Extra Brut
IPA · 7.0% ABV
Features notes of white grape skins, citrus rubbed pine needles, and orange creamsicle. -
Drake's Drakonic
Imperial Stout · 8.75% ABV
Drake’s Imperial Stout includes Crystal Malt, Chocolate Malt, and Roasted Barley. -
Drake's Best Coast
IPA · 7.0% ABV
A classic West Coast IPA, Best Coast is a harmonious fusion of resinous pine and orange peel cascading over a backdrop of lightly toasted caramel and brisk bitterness. -
Drake's Black Label Drakonic
Imperial Stout · 13.9% ABV
Imperial Stout aged in whiskey bourbon barrels -
Drake's Black Robusto
Porter · 7.0% ABV
A robust Porter, Drake’s Black Robusto has a roasty character and is stronger in alcohol than a regular porter (thus robust’)... -
Drake's Brightside Brut
Brut IPA · 7.0% ABV
Dry, crisp & hoppy, Brightside is a new style of IPA called Extra Brut. Enzymes added during production to fully ferment malt sugar, creating an ultra-dry beer -
Drake's Death of the Sun
Imperial Stout · 14.2% ABV
Death of Sun came the day the world went black. A beast of an Imperial Stout aged for over a year in the cosmic dark of Heaven Hill Bourbon Barrels... -
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Drake's Hella Fresh
American Pale Ale · 5.5% ABV
1500 Wet-Hopped with Hood Hops Ranch,Hood,Ca. Fresh picked Cascades by the Drake's Brewers. A hop-forward American Pale Ale... -
Drake's Jolly Rodger Ale
Black IPA · 8.75% ABV
For centuries the Scots have been masters at brewing beer. At Drakes we have attempted to honor their efforts. -
Drake's Jolly Rodger Imperial American Black Ale
Black Ale · 11.5% ABV
Winds are changing again for Drake’s Jolly Rodger as we hoist sails toward unforgiving, bitter, black seas... -
Drake's Reunion Barleywine Ale
Barleywine · 9.8% ABV
American Barleywine brewed by all present and former Drakes Brewers. -
Drake's Spicy Chocolate Alliance
Imperial Stout · 8.4% ABV
This 8.4% ABV imperial porter, brewed with ancho chiles and cacao nibs, is big and rather viscous, with a smooth roasted malt character... -
Drake's Tree Beer
IPA · 6.7% ABV
Tree Beer takes you to both those moments of aromatic pine-exhultation as distinctly, tree-like notes of woodsy pine resin marry with orange-like aromas from Citra and Amarillo hops in the kettle a... -
Drake's Abdominal
IPA · 11.0% ABV
We think you will enjoy this beer. For our 15th Anniversary beer we decided to throw the "style guideline" books out the window and create our own style... -
Drake's Celebrator 30
Triple IPA · 12.3% ABV
-30- is dry hopped with a mix of Old-School Cascade, Simcoe and Amarillo, and New School Idaho 7 hops. It's strong, somewhat dry & has a toasty malt character. -
Drake's Dark Wing
IPA · 7.5% ABV
A bit of an outlier for us in IPA land. Normally, we favor dry, crisp and lean malts in our IPAs, but in this case we are blending a sweet/juicy malt profile with profoundly fruity/tropical hops... -
Drake's Denogginizer CBC
Double IPA · 9.75% ABV
A monster of a beer made with a colossal mash of malted barley and finished with an irresponsible amount of West Coast hops. -
Drake's Dry Stout
Stout · 4.7% ABV
Comprised of Two-Row and Roasted Barley, and a select blend of dark malts, Served on nitrogen, you will enjoy the creamy mouthfeel, medium body, and the roasty & chocolate-like flavors! -
Drake's Dry Stout Nitro
Dry Stout · 6.5% ABV
Comprised of 2-Row malt, roasted barley, and a select blend of dark malts and served on nitrogen. -
Drake's Electric Owl Coffee Brown
Brown Ale · 8.0% ABV
Suspended on a wire perches high above the brewery, our guardian owls screech faithfully night and day. -
Drake's Expedition Ale
American Strong Ale · 12.4% ABV
This triple red ale steps up our burly Exxpedition Imperial Red (with its puny two Xs in its name) to 12... -
Drake's + Faction Tree Beer
IPA · 6.7% ABV
Brewed in celebration for the SF Beer Week. A collaborative effort between Drake's Brewing and soon-to-be-open Faction Brewing... -
Drake's Foraging Raccoon
IPA · 7.0% ABV
A substantial dry hop gives a boost of tropical fruit, citrus and a slap of pine from Chinook, El Dorado, Jarrylo, and Citra hops. -
Drake's Get Stupid
IPA · 6.0% ABV
Features light bittering & huge aromatic charges from several tropical fruit forward hop varieties.Call it hazy,this "almost NE-style IPA" is juicy & delicious. -
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Drake's Hop Salad
IPA · 8.0% ABV
Simcoe and German Magnum hops, Caramalt, Two-row barley... just to name a few enticing ingredients that will create a hefty beer around 8% ABV. -
Drake's Hop Sandwich On Rye
IPA · 8.8% ABV
A Double Rye IPA. New Zealand hops, Motueka, Mosaic, Polaris -
Drake's Hop Vice
IPA · 6.2% ABV
Unfiltered, brewed with wheat and rye. Melon-like aromatics, along with melon and white grape skins. Floral pine notes with a bit of spice. -
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About the brewery
Amid the burgeoning micro-brewing community of Bay Area California, two men stepped into a former Chrysler Dodge factory. These men were Roger Lind, the founder of Drake’s Brewery, and the other was John Martin, Roger’s friend and former boss at Triple Rock Brewpub in Berkeley. Lind was a brewer at Triple Rock, one of the first brewpubs in America. He proved himself an excellent brewer, and chose to build his brewery inside the factory building, located in the heart of industrial San Leandro. He decided to brew draft-only English-style ales.
Lind constructed a 15 Barrel brewing system using repurposed dairy steel and several “Grundy” tanks imported from England during the 1980s. The gravity fed brewing system was hand made, and it served not only as the brewing system, but as a symbol of hard work and adaptability. A bit of a privateer himself, Lind decided to name his “Lind Brewing Company” beers after the English privateer Sir Francis Drake.
On the side of the brewhouse wall Lind spray-painted the word “Brew” in bold blue letters. The simple word was a daily mantra, re-affirming the purpose of Lind’s endeavor amid the pioneering 1980s. Twenty-eight years later, “Brew” remains on the brewhouse wall. It continues to serve the same purpose, reminding staff, that at the heart of everything Drake’s does, we will always “Brew.”
Since 1989, Drake’s has earned its reputation as a home for excellent brewers and beer. Lind departed San Leandro in 1998, but left his brewery in the hands of men and women who would earn countless medals at Great American Beer Fest, the World Beer Cup, the California State Fair, and many others.
In 2008, the life of the brewery came full circle when John Martin and his business partner Roy Kirkorian took over the brewery. Since then the brewery’s focus has evolved. Drake’s mainly produces West Coast style ales using an abundance of high quality hops, malt, and a neutral California Ale yeast strain. The brewery’s production has also expanded. Drake’s beer is distributed throughout California and has become a staple in the state’s brewing community.
In 2011, Drake’s Barrel House opened at the San Leandro brewery to serve as the tasting room and retail home of the company. Hundreds of wine and spirit barrels adorn the walls. Drake’s core, limited, experimental, and barrel-aged beers can be found here, fresh on tap, in addition to food from the Brew! Kitchen.
Four years later In 2015, Drake’s opened the Dealership in Downtown Oakland, inside the shell of a former Dodge Dealership and repair shop. The beer garden and full service restaurant was built largely of repurposed wood and steel from the existing structure. In a short time, the Dealership has become renowned for its excellent food menu, featuring locally sourced, farm fresh, and seasonal ingredients.