Tuesday Trivia Answer: Anchor Steam
The question was what was the only American beer declared a “world classic” by Michael Jackson in all seven editions of his Pocket Guide to Beer. The answer was Anchor Steam from San Francisco...
View ArticleAnchor Liberty Ale and Why June 26 Should Be Some Kind of Craft Beer Holiday
It was on June 26, 1975, a Thursday, that the Anchor Brewing Company first bottled its Liberty Ale. In The Audacity of Hops: The History of America’s Craft Beer Revolution, I call Liberty Ale “quite...
View ArticleThe Symbiosis Behind American Craft Beer
How? How did the number of American craft breweries and brewpubs go from one in 1965 to whatever the heck today? I get asked that a lot and it’s the defining question in explaining the history of...
View ArticleIt Was 17 Years Ago Today That American Craft Beer Met Chris Hansen
Every great story needs a turning point or three, and one of the biggest turning points in the story of American craft beer came on Oct. 13, 1996. That was the Sunday when NBC, at 7 pm Eastern time,...
View ArticleThe Oldest and the Biggest American Craft Breweries Now Have IPAs
It’s the unstoppable American beer style: the India Pale Ale. And now both the Anchor Brewing Company, the nation’s oldest craft brewery by more than a decade, and the Boston Beer Company, the...
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