Gordon, a graduate from the five-year brewing engineering program at Weihenstephan, Germany, and Biersch opened their first brewery restaurant in Palo Alto, California, in July 1988.

As of June 2014[update], Gordon Biersch brews beer for Costco and Trader Joe's under contract.

[4] The Gordon Biersch brewery and bottling plant is located in Japantown in San Jose, California.

[5][6] In 2016, Gordon Biersch released a dry-hopped red ale called "Chum" in honor of the San Jose Sharks.

[11] In 2018, Gordon Biersch at Tysons Corner, by brewer Justin Damadio, won a gold medal in the Bohemian Pilsner category at Great American Beer Festival.