The Gordon Gordon Biersch Biersch Story

1987

Dan TUM Photo

Dan Gordon graduates from the Technical University of Munich in Weihenstephan with a brewing engineering degree, soon after meets Dean Biersch.

Dan Dean Photo

1988

The first Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant opens in Palo Alto, CA.


Restaurant Photo

1994

Draft beer distribution commences, and the first GB concession stand is opened at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park (former home of the SF Giants). Dan and Dean invent garlic fries for the occasion, which remain as a crowd favorite today – 3 tons of potatoes and 1,000

pounds of garlic are needed for all the hungry mouths at every game!

Garlic Fries Photo
(Check out the NBC news report on garlic fries!)

1997

Brewery and bottling plant opens in San Jose, shipping 550,000 cases in the first year within California and to Hawaii.

Brewery Photo

2008

20 years of independent brewing is celebrated with big bashes all across the country, and GB announces plans to expand to Taiwan.

2019

Oliver Gordon joins the team as CFO to continue GB as family owned and operated.

OG And DG

2020

GB brewery installs a state-of-the-art canning line, featuring a high-tech, German-made filling machine that facilitates exceptional shelf lives for our products.

2022

GB is the 17 largest domestic craft brewery, and growing!

2024

Gordon Biersch expands production capacity from 2.2 million cases per year to 5.3 million.