Posted on 04/22/2018 12:28:24 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
Anchor Brewing‘s new collaboration with San Francisco-based San Franpsycho clothing brand has resulted in a San Franpsycho IPA, a 6.3 percent alcohol by volume (ABV) beer with floral hops and big, juicy stone fruit notes. It’s a hazy IPA fermented with a mixed-culture yeast and peach and apricot purees. The summer seasonal is available through September in 12-ounce bottles and on draft.
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Brewed with hops, barley, AIDS, crack, and semen?
Brewed with hops, barley, AIDS, crack, and semen?
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Spirit Brewing!
Well, that didn’t take long.
6.3%?
Amateurs...
The stuff those Belgian monks make can easily be double that.
You forgot the fecal matter.
Anchor was brewing craft long, long before craft brewing was cool.
Yes, but do they still make Anchor Steam?
Dunno.
I wouldn’t drink a san fransicko based beer even if it’s the only beer left on Earth.
I love the Steam beer and am NOT enamored with any IPA
Anchor nearly went out of business in the 60s:
Lawrence Steese bought and re-opened Anchor in 1960 at yet another nearby location, retaining Joe Allen to carry Anchor's craft brewing tradition forward. But one of Anchor's oldest accounts, the Crystal Palace Market had already closed its doors. And Steese had an increasingly difficult time convincing loyal Bay Area establishments to continue serving Anchor Steam. By 1965, Steese—like Allen six years before—was ready to shut Anchor down.In 1965,during a meal at the Old Spaghetti Factory, a North Beach restaurant known more for its eclectic décor and Anchor Steam® Beer than its spaghetti, a young Stanford grad named Fritz Maytag learned that the makers of his favorite beer were soon to close their doors forever. Despite its primitive equipment and financial condition, Fritz rushed to buy 51% of the historic little San Francisco craft brewery —for a few thousand dollars—rescuing Anchor from imminent bankruptcy.
In 1971, 100 years after Gottlieb Brekle founded the historic American brewery that became Anchor, Fritz began bottling Anchor Steam® Beer – the first bottled Anchor Steam® in modern times. By 1975, Anchor had produced four other distinctive beers, Anchor Porter®, Liberty® Ale, Old Foghorn® Barleywine Ale, and the first annual Christmas Ale. Though the terms “microbrewing” and “craft brewing” had yet to be coined, it was clear that Anchor was leading a brewing revolution in San Francisco.
I discovered them in '73 and I am personally responsible for their enormous volume growth and return to profitability. I also remember having Liberty and Porter back then in addition to the steam beer. They have always made great brews.
I guess that IPA pi$$ is popular because of the alcohol content. It tastes awful.
Good grief, what is it with the recent IPA craze? Are hipsters really that dumb? Oh, wait...
Yeah they still make Steam Beer 10 bucks a six pack though but it’s the best at least in my opinion!
Surprised they didn’t use the pee from the SF homeless that corroded lamp posts that fell on cars a few years ago to the brew.
So long as they include enough lysergic acid diethylamide they have got a winning product!!
“Yeah they still make Steam Beer 10 bucks a six pack though but it’s the best at least in my opinion!”
Maybe my taste buds have evolved since the 1980’s /90’s. Back then Anchor Steam was pricey and had an Import prestige about it. I tried a few but it was just too bitter. Now days I love me some IPA’s so maybe I should give it another try.
IPA’s are out of control. It’s driving up the price of decent beer because there’s simply not enough hops to go around. I plan on growing a couple acres of it when I retire for the income. I like a good IPA. Some of them are simply out of control. Lighten up, Francis.
Once it hits a certain alcohol % its no longer considered beer as it moves up to a new taxing level of malt liquor.
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