ANDERSON VALLEY BREWING COMPANY

NEARLY OLD ENOUGH TO BUY BEER—

CELEBRATES 20^TH ANNIVERSARY WITH PARTY AND NEW ALE

Boonville, CA, January 21, 2007 - To celebrate 20 years of producing its award-winning craft beer, Anderson Valley Brewing Company will welcome the public to a 20th Anniversary Celebration held on Saturday, February 2, 2008, rain or shine. The festivities begin at 2:00 p.m., with tours, carriage rides and disc golf. Beer tasting and hors d’ oeuvres begin at 4:00 p.m., followed by a four course dinner at 6:00 p.m. Dinner choices will range from Prime Rib to Vegetarian Eggplant Parmesan and a dessert to die for, Double Chocolate Abbey Style Cake. Admission is $65 per person. For more information and to purchase tickets, call (707) 895-2337, ext. 23, or go to the AVBC website at www.avbc.com.

            Who:               Anderson Valley Brewing Company

            What:              20^th Anniversary Celebration

            When:             February 2^nd, 2008

            Where:            17700 Hwy 253, Boonville, CA

Also commemorating this special occasion, Anderson Valley Brewing Company will release their 20^th Anniversary Imperial India Pale Ale (IPA) on February 2. This special brew, with its intense and complex flavors, is the proud result of decades of great beer-making, and comes in bottles and cases printed with a unique, colorful sunrise label. The 20^th Anniversary Imperial Pale Ale is a limited edition brew and high demand is expected.

On December 26, 1987, Anderson Valley Brewing Company (AVBC) was launched when Dr. Kenneth Allen began making and selling beer from the lower level of The Buckhorn Saloon in Boonville. Carefully brewed in vats and tanks designed by Dr. Allen, AVBC’s award-winning ales grew increasingly popular, eventually exceeding the small ten-barrel brewery’s capacity. In 1996, AVBC moved into their current eco-friendly facility just south of Boonville, California and two years later AVBC’s production grew to 15,000 barrels a year.

Fast-forward ten more years and AVBC is now producing 25,000 barrels a year, their three-story Bavarian-style brew house filled with old-fashioned copper kettles Dr. Allen brought back from Germany. AVBC has twice won placement among the World Beer Championships® Top Ten Breweries of the Year, and has since become one of the Anderson Valley’s prime tourist destinations. In keeping with its unspoiled surroundings, AVBC’s grounds have since been converted into picnic groves, an 18-hole disc golf course, and pastures for the enormous Shire horses who pull passengers and local beer deliveries around Boonville in the brewery’s carriage.