I am waiting for the real estate prices to collapse. May be it will get so bad that the Giants will move to Oakland.
So sad. Steam beer is a specialized lager fermented at a higher temperature due to the fact that there was no refrigeration on the west coast in the late 19th century. They made other wonderful beers, too. Their Liberty Ale was a fantastic pale ale. And their christmas beers were superb.
Sad. I only got to enjoy Anchor Steam on my too-rare business trips to CA in the ‘80s. Now I never will again.
My grandkids think I‘m an old fart when I speak of the old days growing up in San Francisco。I am one。There were many breweries in SF，lots of manufacturing going on， lots of blue-collar work。Much of it is gone。While walking to school I passed lots of businesses making brooms， furniture， bread， bottling milk， you name it， it was done in the City。Very little left，and the city “leaders” don’t seem to care。
Great beer.
Ahh, give me back my 1980’s 😎
You locked everything down because "Orange Man Bad" and now your once beloved cities are dystopian hellscapes.
Was it worth it?
Don’t have to close down...just relocate to the US.
I first read about steam beer in a Jack London story, so when I saw Anchor Steam on a restaurant’s beer menu, I had to try it. I liked it a lot, but it was hard to find around here.
Did my master’s thesis on the demise of small, regional one-of breweries (e.g . Olympia, Blitz...).
It was a tough show back then. I’m surprised Anchor hung on this long
I wonder if it became too expensive to keep cleaning the human excrement off of the floors after it got tracked in from the street?
Wow that is the end of an era and a sad day for sure. As a young man forty years ago, going from a steady diet of Bud, Coors, and Mickey’s Big Mouth to Anchor Steam was a real step up. Thought I was fancy when I drank Michelob but I had no idea how much better beer could be.
best beer ever.
Unionized in 2019.
RIP. Killed by government COVID madness.
One of the few beers I like.
I guess not enough of us?!
Anchor Light+
(made from concentrate)
A local brewery that makes my favorite brew was recently bought by an “investment group”. We’ve already had issues with the kegs being over-carbonated, to the point that the things wouldn’t pour a decent glass.
Might have to shift my primary beer. Fortunately, I know a guy that’s in the process of building a new brewery from scratch.
Great job unions. Way to hike those wages only to have your members all without one today.