RIP Anchor Brewing

I was hoping to get down to see Murph in Manhattan Beach - he retired at the end of 2022 - but we just couldn’t make it work.

 

Man, I used to love ESBs. Haven't had one in forever. Might need to rediscover that style.

 

I miss when craft brewers were doing classic English styles.

 

The Three Bags Full Brewery and Cookery School specializes in the ESB arts.

 

I would like a reservation.

 

Unlike many of my friends and fellow brewers, I don’t brew beers for competitions. I brew garage beer. That does not include my festbier and ESB. I brew a fucking phenomenal ESB and festbier.

 

You should set up a still and brew your version of Blanton’s.

 

If I could, I would brew Leinenkugel’s Sunset Wheat with a lot less blueberry. They brought it back last fall as a seasonal flavor and the blueberry in this version was way too strong.

 

Anchor Brewing Employees Launch GoFundMe to Buy Brewery, Campaign Makes Half of Its Goal in Two Days

 

Interesting read from the WaPo (paywalled) about the loss of the middle in craft beer, and how the pale ale is basically a dying style as people either go big with huge ABV beers or increasingly more to non-alcoholic craft brews.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/08/04/craft-beer-abv-ipas-nonalcoholic/

 

The best beer is dark beer. Give me a good stout over anything else.


YMMV, etc., etc. ...

 

Or a red ale