Anchor Brewing Company ends national distribution, kills Christmas Ale

Post by stephencanon » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 1:04 PM UTC

scythe wrote: post #135

subpixel wrote: post #40

I live in New England. There isn’t a single brewery in any New England state that would cause an uproar if it ceased to sell beer tomorrow. Sure I have some preferred beers but they are all interchangeable in the big picture. Such is progress - there is no more regional taste, only trend. Even the bottle conditioned beer you stand in line for on vacation - a bottle of Duvel will be reliably better and probably cheape…

Narragansett is in New England! It's not exactly craft beer, but the bumper stickers on practically every car in RI tell me its following is pretty devoted. It's generally my beer of choice at bars, too, but I could survive if I had to go back to High Life. Switchback is also pretty good. It's not a big name style but it's very well done for what it is. Most people don't know about it, though, it seems.

Post by bookofjoe » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 1:13 PM UTC

bamfly wrote: post #86

mikestew wrote: post #28

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I was just thinking that this weekend in the Seattle area as we wandered the aisles for six for the wife. It’s either an attempt to put the scariest-looking skull(s) on the label, or $SOMETHING $SEXUAL_REFERENCE $FARM_ANIMAL (e. g., Ass-Kickin’ Horny Goat Stout).

> It’s either an attempt to put the scariest-looking skull(s) on the label One of the people behind Liquid Death water was on NPR some weeks back, and basically their entire deal, as told by him, was just taking canned water and applying craft beer branding. Not to knock it, evidently it worked and, as far as the product and concept, was all they needed. Just thought it was funny—yeah, why not put an edgy name and sk…

Post by coldpie » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 1:16 PM UTC

mbg721 wrote: post #262

version_five wrote: post #4

I remember getting Anchor Steam in California nearly 20 years ago, having been told about it by a relative as something to try. And having been happy to try a different tasting beer. The other California one I liked was Sierra Nevada pale ale. I feel like that was a much more innocent time. Now no matter where you are, there's a pile of competing craft beers, trying to out do one another across different dimensions (…

I'm a little bummed that Anchor Steam isn't going to be sold near me (Ohio) anymore, specifically because it was one of the few microbrews I could always find that wasn't over-the-top hoppy or wheaty or sour or chocolate-syrupy. But at least the all-IPA all-the-time trend seems to have died down, and I do see local breweries with more pilsners and Kölsches.

Post by avree » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 1:23 PM UTC

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #249

Like Guinness, beer tastes different/better when sampled near it's source. Staying California is likely a good thing for the quality of the product consumed. E.g. up in Northfield Minnesota they make Marshmallow Mateys, a ripoff of lucky charms made by Malt-o-Meal. In the dorm cafeteria at St. Olaf College the flavor is like nothing else anywhere in the world. Once you taste it there where they make it, everything el…

Post by johnny_and1 » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 1:25 PM UTC

mbg721 wrote: post #262

version_five wrote: post #4

I remember getting Anchor Steam in California nearly 20 years ago, having been told about it by a relative as something to try. And having been happy to try a different tasting beer. The other California one I liked was Sierra Nevada pale ale. I feel like that was a much more innocent time. Now no matter where you are, there's a pile of competing craft beers, trying to out do one another across different dimensions (…

I'm a little bummed that Anchor Steam isn't going to be sold near me (Ohio) anymore, specifically because it was one of the few microbrews I could always find that wasn't over-the-top hoppy or wheaty or sour or chocolate-syrupy. But at least the all-IPA all-the-time trend seems to have died down, and I do see local breweries with more pilsners and Kölsches.