Red Tail Ale among the 25 Best Beers in America!

July 20, 2004 -- Red Tail Ale has been selected by the Men's Journal to be among the 25 finest beers brewed in America.

It gives all of us at Mendocino Brewing immense pleasure in being selected as one of the 25 Best Beers in America. The July 2004 issue of Men's Journal features their selection of the "25 paragons of the brewer's art".
Red Tail Ale is ranked among the 25 finest beers brewed in America. Red Tail Ale was chosen out of some 1400 breweries producing more than 8,000 brands!

The feature appears on page 72.
"The 25 Best American Specialty Beers"

The Men's Journal Panel of Experts comprised of some of the best names in beer and brewing:

THE EXPERT PANEL
DANIEL BRADFORD, president, Brewers' Association of America;

JULIE JOHNSON BRADFORD. editor, All About Beer magazine;

DAVE BRODRICK and PHIL MEGAL, Blind Tiger Ale House, New York City;

ALTON BROWN, host, Food Network's Good Eats;

PAUL GATZA, director, Association of Brewers;

MICHAEL JACKSON, author of 11 books on beer, including The New World Guide to Beer;

JERALD O'KENNARD, director, Beverage Testing Institute/Tastings.com;

JIM PARKER, director, Oregon Brewers Guild, editor, Zymurgy and New Brewer magazines;

GREGG SMITH, historian, author of Beer in America, The Early Years

Since it was first launched in 1983, Red Tail Ale has grown to be a legend-A Legend that gives us pride and purpose.
Pride, that our Flagship brand is considered excellent by the thousand of beer lovers for whom Red Tail Ale sets the standard.
Purpose, to see that we persevere in keeping the quality of Red Tail Ale as perfect as it is.
Maintaining consistent quality in the brewing of all our beers is the mantra that resounds in the minds of our brewing team, sales and marketing professionals and management.

For More Information Contact:
Mark Anderson - Sales and Marketing Manager- Western States
marka@mendobrew.com