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Can't believe how well this comes out.
Can't believe how well this comes out.
What are you drinking now?
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Some o-fest after raking leaves.
HB IPA x 2
Anchor Brewing, some of their final work “Anchor Steam” produced at the San Francisco Brewery in my classic Anchor Brewing etched glass. Since 1896, Anchor fell victim to the ever changing beer scene that Fritz Maytag helped produce in the US in the late 20th Century. Anchor was considered the first craft beer in the movement.
Anchor was America’s classic “Steam” Beer, or in other words Lager produced at Ale temperatures. Similar to the warm fermented lager threads which you can read on this website are abundant. You can even buy yeast for “California Common” to make your own. Anchor used open fermentation and other techniques to keep it one delicious beer.
Drinking this Anchor is a Swan Song of sorts – the final performance of one of America’s true legends. I think that is what I appreciate in many of the German breweries – a recognition that these ancient brew houses are not just companies, but they are an integral fabric to the country and the communities that they serve, and should be protected. What else connects us so directly with our past than the local brewhouse that served our grandparents. It is a shame when these fall to the wrecking ball, it is a tragedy and huge loss.
I’ve purchased Anchor since my craft brew awakening in the 1980’s and have proselytized the Beer Word ever since. Call me a Born Again craft brew lover. One of my daughters loved this beer and was her favorite. We will miss Anchor, and the San Francisco Brewery – the oldest operation on the West Coast. The trendy new label didn’t save Anchor. At 4.9% ABV, Anchor defined the style. Let’s all hope somebody picks up the product line from the bankruptcy courts and produces it again, proudly with the classic 1896 label.
Anchor was America’s classic “Steam” Beer, or in other words Lager produced at Ale temperatures. Similar to the warm fermented lager threads which you can read on this website are abundant. You can even buy yeast for “California Common” to make your own. Anchor used open fermentation and other techniques to keep it one delicious beer.
Drinking this Anchor is a Swan Song of sorts – the final performance of one of America’s true legends. I think that is what I appreciate in many of the German breweries – a recognition that these ancient brew houses are not just companies, but they are an integral fabric to the country and the communities that they serve, and should be protected. What else connects us so directly with our past than the local brewhouse that served our grandparents. It is a shame when these fall to the wrecking ball, it is a tragedy and huge loss.
I’ve purchased Anchor since my craft brew awakening in the 1980’s and have proselytized the Beer Word ever since. Call me a Born Again craft brew lover. One of my daughters loved this beer and was her favorite. We will miss Anchor, and the San Francisco Brewery – the oldest operation on the West Coast. The trendy new label didn’t save Anchor. At 4.9% ABV, Anchor defined the style. Let’s all hope somebody picks up the product line from the bankruptcy courts and produces it again, proudly with the classic 1896 label.
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A couple of these AL brewed Truck Stop Honey Brown Ales with grilled oysters, then fried green tomatoes, crab cakes and grilled shrimp po' boy while celebrating my wife's birthday. All tasty!
I bought a 12 pack of these when I was at a big liquor store when I was in the big city the other day. I thought I was buying some fancy German beer I’ve never had, but this nasty stuff is brewed 3 hours away in Golden by Coors. It’s going to be hard drinking the other 11.
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Tapped both the lager and pale ale at the same time, probably got 2oz of each. In my sadness, I put the Cascade-hopped cider on gas and checked it out-delightful!!!!
This is the beer while I cook pierogis and sides.
This is the beer while I cook pierogis and sides.
Aw man, that looks tasty! I'm drooling like Pavlov's dog. Did you cook that meal?
I didn't. Decided to take the easy way and treat her with dinner out at Half Shell Oyster House in Trussville, AL. They do a great job.
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HB Chocolate Porter went down too fast for a pic. Now this. Trying to get my DiL who super Photoshop savey kinda gal create this logo. Place is out of business and I'm always afraid of dropping the glass.
#2 of 12
The name is the town where Adolf Coors was born. There’s a fancy 7 minute way to pour it, but my Pilsner glass isn’t big enough and it doesn’t improve the taste. Apparently it’s supposed to be somewhat of a limited release.
The name is the town where Adolf Coors was born. There’s a fancy 7 minute way to pour it, but my Pilsner glass isn’t big enough and it doesn’t improve the taste. Apparently it’s supposed to be somewhat of a limited release.
orionol73
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This beer is very dry and bitter. It’s not as bad the more you drink… or I don’t care.
HB Munich Dunkel
a Heineken can beer. I forget how good of a beer it really is if not drinking from a green bottle.
of course i do buy the green bottle for nostalgia purposes that and grolsch.
of course i do buy the green bottle for nostalgia purposes that and grolsch.
HB IPA while mashing my RIP Christmas beer exchange for our brew club. Sorry for the dirty glass.
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Appreciate it!
Yeah, the #3 is certainly there, but you need to look for it. That was a huge relief! While writing recipes for my new series of invert sugar UK ales, I really struggled with the Brown Ale--I always have, it's a tough style! I really wanted to use #2 to keep it light and guzzle-able, but you also need a fair ol' whack of color.
In the end, it worked out when combined with 4oz of Amber and C50/60, 2oz of pale chocolate, and 1oz of Midnight Wheat, the rest is Otter to 1.043. I love brewing in that triangle between Mild, Brown Porter, and Brown Ale. There's a lot of superficial overlap between the styles, but they're also very distinct from each other. I'm finding that #2 and #3 are really useful in this fun, often tricky, triangle.
I think the #3 did a good job of lifting this recipe clear from its neighboring styles. It drinks like it looks (if that makes sense) and it keeps it from tasting like a darkened bitter. With the Amber and only a pinch of pale chocolate and no brown malt, it has lots of breathing room from Brown Porter (the primary problem I used to run into). Intermeshed with that is the #3, sorta tying it all together. It's kinda functioning like the bass guitar in this recipe, you don't hear it until it stops playing.
I've never been very impressed with my UK Browns. And while I'm sure I'll mess around with this one, I feel like I've finally got a pretty solid foundation.
Here's a picture of it in better light, and its sister ale, a Dark Mild--also with 1lb of #3
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That sucks! That's some BS. That packaging was made to deceive folks like us. If it makes you feel any better, I would've fallen for it, too.I bought a 12 pack of these when I was at a big liquor store when I was in the big city the other day. I thought I was buying some fancy German beer I’ve never had, but this nasty stuff is brewed 3 hours away in Golden by Coors. It’s going to be hard drinking the other 11.
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Sitting here, waiting for a Zoom meeting to start. It's a 90 min seminar for continuing ed. credit so I can keep my law license. This one is about the intellectual property issues around psychedelics. No shiat. This one might be fun to watch, as many CLE courses are real snoozers.
I'm having a Guinness Extra Stout for the "show." No 'shrooms for me.
I'm having a Guinness Extra Stout for the "show." No 'shrooms for me.
Wort has cooled and is settling before racking to the fermenter.
Time for a homebrew.
Scottish Ale.
Scottish Ale.
That is amazing!
That is the correct way to handle Zoom seminars. I have a real soft spot for that poor SOB that got caught pleasuring himself during a pointless Zoom meeting during the lockdown. Like everyone else, I laughed...then I thought, "How many meetings have I been in where I thought to myself that my time would be much better served whacking off?" Good on that guy for doing what we've all been thinking. Frankly, I think he's a hero!
Glad you can at least have a nice beer while your time is being wasted.
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I assume most liquor stores are stocked similarly because that’s how I’ve seen it—(domestics, crafts, local crafts, imports (British, German, Mexican)) all separated… that crap was mixed in amongst the Erdingers, Pilsner Urquell’s, Paulaners, Bitburgers, etc.. You’re right, I was tricked.
Edit: it’s quite possible the peon stocking the cooler was tricked too.
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Bitburger/Deschutes collab Zwickl. Nice malt aroma and taste.
HB Pale Ale after unthawing the lift pump that kinda, sorta, keeps our septic system functional and shoveling snow. I’m getting too old for this.
I'm betting it's a misplacement by the employee. Hanlon's Razor and all. Still sucks that it looks like something exotic, when it's not.
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