Year-RoundCalifornia Common
Anchor Steam
Anchor Brewing Co. · San Francisco, California, USA
4.9%
ABV
1896
Brewery est.
Gold Rush-era San Francisco had no refrigeration, so brewers fermented lager yeast warm on rooftops — 'steam beer.' The brewery died in 2023 and was rescued by the founder of Chobani yogurt. History is strange.
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Anchor Brewing Co. has no parent company in the archive's records. This one is independent.
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