**CERTIFICATIONS**

|   | 1. | I                have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Mendocino Brewing                Company, Inc.; |
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|   | 2. | Based                on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement                of a                material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make                the                statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements                were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this                report; |
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|   | 3. | Based                on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information                included in this report, fairly present in all material respects                the                financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the                registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this                report; |
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|   | 4. | The                registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for                establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as                defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the                registrant and have: |
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|  | a. | Designed                such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure                controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to                ensure                that material information relating to the registrant, including its                consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those                entities, particularly during the period in which this report is                being                prepared; |
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|   | b. | [Intentionally omitted pursuant to              SEC Release              Nos. 33-8238 and 34-47986]; |
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|   | c. | Evaluated the effectiveness of                the                registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this                report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure                controls                and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report                based                on such evaluation; and |
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|   | d. | Disclosed in this report any                change in the                registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred                during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s                fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially                affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s                internal control over financial reporting;                and |
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|   | 5. | The                registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our                most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,                to                the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s                board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent                functions): |
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|  | a. | All                significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or                operation of internal control over financial reporting which are                reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,                process, summarize and report financial information;                and |
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|   | b. | Any              fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other              employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control              over financial reporting. |
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|   |                                                                          | /s/ Yashpal              Singh |
|   | Yashpal              Singh,                                                   |
|   | President,                Director and Chief Executive                Officer |

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