Tag: Anchor Brewing
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Anchor Christmas Ale 2020 – Beer Review
Every year since 1975, Anchor brewed a new Christmas Ale under a new secret recipe and a new hand-drawn tree on the label. The 2020 vintage, the 46th in the series, was a milestone: the first Christmas Ale from newly appointed brewmaster Tom Riley, and the darkest and strongest the brewery had ever made. It… Read more
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Anchor Liberty Ale – Beer Review
If American craft beer has a founding document, Liberty Ale is a strong candidate. First brewed on April 18, 1975 to mark the bicentennial of Paul Revere’s ride, it was the first modern American IPA brewed after Prohibition, the first modern single-hop ale, and the first to revive dry-hopping in America. It introduced a generation… Read more
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Anchor California Lager – Beer Review
Anchor California Lager is a history lesson you can drink. Released in 2013, it is Anchor’s re-creation of the lager brewed by Boca Brewing in 1876, widely considered California’s first genuine lager beer. Made with two-row California barley, Cluster hops, and Anchor’s own lager yeast, then krausened and lagered in the brewery’s cellars, it is… Read more
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Anchor Fog Breaker IPA – Beer Review
Fog Breaker was Anchor’s love letter to its own neighborhood. Released in 2018 and named for the sunshine that breaks through the fog over Potrero Hill, where the brewery sits, it was also a first for Anchor: the first beer developed at its Anchor Public Taps pilot brewery to graduate to full-scale production. It is… Read more