FC: R.I.P. Anchor Brewing

[psuro]

Beer is for children.

This is what you want.....and what you need....

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

Miller Lite isn’t half bad, but why not up your game? There’s plenty of better stuff out there, get a growler. Life is too short to be wasted on forgettable beer.

There’s a 100 ways to drink. I’m a session (volume) guy. Drink 6 Sam adams and float around on the boat on a 90’ day. I’d rather not.

 

[SW-Lion]

Really sad. My wife and I had it for the first time in SF during honeymoon.

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

Beer is for children.

This is what you want.....and what you need....

I supplement my lites with Smirnoff/olives and random $30 tequila.

 

[LionJim]

There’s a 100 ways to drink. I’m a session (volume) guy. Drink 6 Sam adams and float around on the boat on a 90’ day. I’d rather not.

I dig. I asked, got a good answer. Makes sense, I guess. Miller Lite is 4.2% ABV. The 3 Sheeps pils I had was 5.2%, and needed every bit of it. I’m a two beers maximum guy, anyway, different approach than yours, that factors. Cheers.

 

[LionJim]

I supplement my lites with Smirnoff/olives and random $30 tequila.

That also factors.

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

I dig. I asked, got a good answer. Makes sense, I guess. Miller Lite is 4.2% AVB. The 3 Sheeps pils I had was 5.2%, and needed every bit of it. I’m a two beers maximum guy, anyway, different approach than yours, that factors. Cheers.

Factor in jane does edibles on boat days means I’m driving. 3 millers max on boat days

 

[PSUSignore]

Sigh. I'm having a real problem with beer these days. No one wants to make a quality beer that just tastes good. Craft beer is a great idea but everyone thinks they're an artist like Picasso making these strange creations. Just make a nice fresh pilsner for F's sake!

Man I really liked Steam Beer, have for many years. I had a six-pack a few months ago from Total Wine.

This sucks.

If you're a pils fan and ever find yourself in Austin, check out Austin Beer Garden Brewery (just known as ABGB) and Live Oak Brewing. The former has won a few GABF medals for various pilsners over the years but I don't think they can any for retail. Live Oak's signature is their Hefeweizen but their pils is also pretty solid, and they do sell both at retail.

 

[JerseyLion]

The New York Post has a much different take on Anchor's downfall: Damn Socialists!

 

[Mile High Lion]

Very sad. Anchor Steam is unique and historic. Hoping a mid-sized brewery with a reputation for doing thing right, like Sierra Nevada, can reach an agreement to produce and distribute Anchor Steam.

 

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Thanks. We do a lot of their labels. We are doing some now that wrap around on an aluminum can and if you view it in the cooler you would never know that its a metallic label and not printed on the can.
They bring us samples from time to time and The Loose Cannon, the (Generic sounding) Well Made (Lager) is pretty good as is the Hazy IPA, the rest are too hoppy and sour for me. But I never turn down free beer.

Tropicannon is simply outstanding.

 

[JohnJumba]

Since someone brought it up, I've been meaning to make the point. It tasted like swill before the problem and tastes like swill after the problem. Total garbage in the first place.

I put on a dress......

 

[ODShowtime]

I put on a dress......

I'm just sayin'

"Can we have a beer that tastes like piss and also gives me a headache?"

 

[Woodpecker]

Good job. This is actually a fairly common sign combination, a good illustration of ASL. ASL is freaking amazing.

I’m not fluent in ASL (didn’t start picking it up until I was 20), but I can get my signs flowing pretty well if I say so myself. Teaching 400-level non-Euclidean Geometry in ASL, that was cool. I’m a big guy and I had a big signing frame. I did okay.

OK, this doesn't really belong in this thread but I thought you might appreciate this vid on the Packer site: