Anchor Brewing Company
America's oldest craft brewery, founded 1896. Anchor Steam Beer — brewed using the rare California Common method with lager yeast at ale temperatures — is a San Francisco institution. Closed July 2023 after financial difficulties, then purchased by Chobani founder Hamdi Ulukaya in 2024. Beers continue to be produced via contract brewing. A historic brand of immeasurable cultural significance.
Beers by Anchor Brewing Company
3 beers
The recurring character behind the beers
Anchor Brewing Company brew across 3 style families.
Across these 3 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:
With 3 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
Compared with 485 other breweries brewing Pale Ale and Porter:
How we measure this
Two thresholds are at work here:
- The signature list shows notes that recur in at least 6% of this brewery's beers. A low bar — enough to flag a pattern, not high enough to call it an exclusive trait.
- The peer comparison below shows only notes where this brewery's coverage differs from similar breweries by at least 20 percentage points. A higher bar — enough to call a real difference, not a nudge.
A note can appear on the signature list without appearing in the peer comparison: it recurs here, but similar breweries do the same thing.
Anchor Porter
Their beers place in the Top 43% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.
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About Anchor Brewing Company
America's oldest craft brewery, founded 1896. Anchor Steam Beer — brewed using the rare California Common method with lager yeast at ale temperatures — is a San Francisco institution. Closed July 2023 after financial difficulties, then purchased by Chobani founder Hamdi Ulukaya in 2024. Beers continue to be produced via contract brewing. A historic brand of immeasurable cultural significance.
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