Exhibit 21.1


                         Subsidiaries of the Registrant


Mendocino Brewing Company, Inc. has the following subsidiaries.


1.      United Breweries International (U.K.) Limited ("UBI"), a company
        organized under the laws of England and Wales

2.      UBSN, Ltd. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of UBI).; a company organized
        under the laws of England and Wales and

3.      Releta Brewing Company, LLC, d/b/a Ten Springs Brewery, a Delaware
        limited liability company