RIP Anchor Brewing

[Huggy]

Rogie Vachon lived in Pacific Palisades, Gene Carr and Larry Brown were in Santa Monica.

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.

 

[Cosmo]

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

 

[justgladtobehere]

I miss when craft brewers were doing clashic English styles.

 

[three_bags_full]

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

 

[swingline]

I would like a reservation.

 

[three_bags_full]

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 forking phenomenal ESB and festbier.

 

[swingline]

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

 

[Twirling Time]

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.

 

[HanSenSE]

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

 

[Cosmo]

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/

 

[Slacker]

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


YMMV, etc., etc. ...

 

[Huggy]

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


YMMV, etc., etc. ...

Or a red ale