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CzechCzar
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DING DING DING!
Anchor Steam Brewing to close down
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I too remember Anchor Steam from the late 70's with fond memories. I was in Los Gatos (SF Bay Area). Rent was $60/month. This was in a house on 36 acres. Then money moved in in the 80's. It would be painful to go back and visit now.
I remember eating at those Chinese Restaurants, shopping at Walker Scotts and Woolrich's, before ultimately ending up at the Navy Exchange at 32nd st
I'm a couple miles over in Los Altos, but spend a lot of time in Los Gatos. That house is probably $60/square foot now!
My sister is in Los Altos, and so was my mother until she passed recently, so I do see Los Altos once in a while, but I haven't been to Los Gatos in quite a few years.
I remember that Dept. store but not the name. There was a nicer Chinese restaurant right next to it on 5th. I bet it's still there. FYI I was going to City College at the time. I actually heard PSA flight 182 when it crashed.
I was in a Gemco Parking lot when the alert came across the Mighty690
I’m a few miles south of you two. I had some anchor steam a couple weeks back and enjoyed it. Then I heard the news of the closing. I hear the sales got a boost from the news. Everyone is nostalgic now it’s going away. Looks like some people are thinking of saving it? Fingers crossed
Three S.F. locals want to bring Anchor Brewing back from brink of death once again
What brings together these hopefuls is a sentimental attachment to Anchor beer and a...
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CzechCzar
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Hope springs eternal, but I have to say my expectations remain low.I’m a few miles south of you two. I had some anchor steam a couple weeks back and enjoyed it. Then I heard the news of the closing. I hear the sales got a boost from the news. Everyone is nostalgic now it’s going away. Looks like some people are thinking of saving it? Fingers crossed
Three S.F. locals want to bring Anchor Brewing back from brink of death once again
What brings together these hopefuls is a sentimental attachment to Anchor beer and a...www.sfchronicle.com
Sapporo decimated the brand. The label change was a mockery of everything that the brand represented, to me at least.
That being said, I can't remember the last time I saw anchor steam, either on- or off-premise. Anchor's sales channels had been shrinking for some time.
There is certainly the facts that
San Francisco is suffering from corporate abandoning, and that beer in general and craft beer in particular is suffering an overall slump, but...
Sapporo had a huge hand in killing Anchor while trying to force it into a main-stream category.
If you're in your local shop and wanted to try something new, which of these would you grab?
San Francisco is suffering from corporate abandoning, and that beer in general and craft beer in particular is suffering an overall slump, but...
Sapporo had a huge hand in killing Anchor while trying to force it into a main-stream category.
If you're in your local shop and wanted to try something new, which of these would you grab?
Wow. I hadn't seen that. Definitely a sales-killer, at least for me.
To add to what I was saying, I was feeling nostalgic for Anchor Steam, but the new cans just don't arouse the same feeling.
My buddies wife does some Healthcare consulting in SF, money is super good.
But not do good I would want to spend week at a time there.
But not do good I would want to spend week at a time there.
The first microbrew. Mr. Maytag is/was a genius.
The feminizing hops craze is out of control. Stop it with that trash.
The feminizing hops craze is out of control. Stop it with that trash.
Yeah the new packaging was garbage, Sapporo really made some bad decisions when they took over.
I read a Forbes article about the shutdown and one of the quotes likened it to something that you'd ask AI to generate for you... I definitely don't think it did them any favors with long-time fans, and obviously didn't gain them enough new ones.
I’m a few miles south of you two. I had some anchor steam a couple weeks back and enjoyed it. Then I heard the news of the closing. I hear the sales got a boost from the news. Everyone is nostalgic now it’s going away. Looks like some people are thinking of saving it? Fingers crossed
Three S.F. locals want to bring Anchor Brewing back from brink of death once again
What brings together these hopefuls is a sentimental attachment to Anchor beer and a...
I saw several stores promoting that they had it in stock when the shutdown was announced, and I did see some notes on Beer Advocate about stock getting bought up pretty quickly. Probably people looking to have it for the last time before it's unavailable (at least I hope that's the case and not people looking to resell old Anchor for a profit somewhere down the road
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My wife and I courted (That's how old we are) to $5.00 pitchers of Anchor Steam and free baskets of peanuts at a little bar in Chico, CA before Chico became famous as the home of Sierra Nevada. We had a keg of Anchor at our wedding.
This is another example of a multi-national corporation taking a 125 year old institution and killing it in 5 years.
This is another example of a multi-national corporation taking a 125 year old institution and killing it in 5 years.
Before the craft beer explosion in Portland and Oregon in general, Anchor Steam and Porter were regulars for me. I had a few Liberty Ales along the way, but the Porter pointed me to a long term predilection. It may well have been my first American porter from a bigger brewery.
I can't bemoan brewery closures. That has been the story consistently for 50 years. Just celebrate the many openings that more than counterbalance. Beers are looking up!
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Sad indeed. Seems odd given the veritable explosion of craft breweries nowadays.
Covid+Unionization+Stone Acquisition+The hop craze they started with Liberty Ale+Seltzers killing beer+SF falling into decay= a sad day for American beer.
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Anchor Union, One Year In: Lessons Learned at the Legendary Brewery
Anchor unionizers on what unions can and can't do for the hospitality workers who produce consumable “craft culture” in this country.
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