Drake’s Brewing Company

Microbrewery in San Leandro, California, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Triple Rock Brewing
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 1998

Contact
1933 Davis St, #177, San Leandro, CA, 94577, United States
Subsidiaries
Drake’s Brewing Company owns 1 brewery:
Description
During the dawn of micro-brewing in the Bay Area Roger Lind started Lind Brewing Company, which would later become Drake's Brewing. Lind was a brewer at Triple Rock in Berkeley, one of the first brewpubs in America, and set off on his own to brew draft-only English-style ales. In 1998 Roger Lind sold the brewery to a local coffee company, which continued to brew Drake's beer. A new era started in 2008 John Martin and Roy Kirkorian, purchased the brewery. Over the ensuing 10 years, they've expanded brewing capacity, distribution, and started producing West Coast style ales using an abundance of high quality hops and malt. A new 60-barrel brewhouse and fermentation tanks to match, boosted our brewing capacity, ensuring more people could find and enjoy Drake's beer was opened in 2016.

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7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
0.355l can from Beer Republic. Aroma is citrusy, piney, ripe tropical fruity and resinous. Pours cloudy dark golden color with large soapy off-white head and sparkling
appearance. Taste starts medium sweet toasted malty and and resinous, following is herbal, mild fruity and piney,
mouthfeel is smooth but rather dry, while finish is pretty bitter. Medium to full body, oily texture and average carbonation in palate. Best from the west…
Tried from Can from Beer Republic on 30 Apr 2025 at 10:11

8/10
St georges whiskey barrels on the label. Sweet sweet ruby port notes and creamy vanilla bourbon notes. Malty tangy dark fruits and toffee.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Apr 2025 at 14:33

7.5/10
Tried on 09 Apr 2025 at 19:18

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7
Optisch Eidotter, feiner Schaum. In der Nase hopfig, Pinien, im Trunk schöne Frucht- und Piniennoten, erst süß, dann bitter, süffig, lecker.
Tried from Can on 02 Apr 2025 at 16:23

8/10
Tried from Draft on 27 Mar 2025 at 16:25

8.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
375ml bottle from Tavour. Opaque jet black pour. No head, just a scant tan ring around the interior of my glass. Big aromas of dark coffee, dark roasted malt and whiskey. First sip is bittersweet chocolate and espresso, quickly followed by the sensation of warming alcohol. Smooth and viscous mouthfeel. There is an underlying note of bitter espresso that lingers on the back of the tongue. This is a complex and somewhat intense brew, yet it is quite enjoyable if I do say so. Earthy, yet balanced. Yum!
Tried from Bottle from Tavour on 26 Mar 2025 at 04:24

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 8
Old rating from 2017 - 330ml bottle brought back from my NYC trip. Pours golden with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of biscuit, grain, earth, dark fruits, caramel & malt. Moderate body. Crisp clean mild bitter finish
Tried from Bottle on 13 Mar 2025 at 22:06

8.5/10
RB score 3.81
Tried from Can on 08 Mar 2025 at 21:21

8/10
RB score 3.66
Tried from Bottle on 08 Mar 2025 at 21:20

8/10
RB score 3.8
Tried from Bottle on 08 Mar 2025 at 21:19