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Learn the history and get brewing tips and clone recipes from San Francisco’s historic Anchor Brewing Co.
According to Lompoc Brewing Co.’s website, C-Sons Greetings Ale features “A deep copper colored ale brewed and dry-hopped with all seven “C” hops for a piney, citrusy, floral and resinous aroma. Offers a full hop flavor with a rich caramel malt finish and an endless developing hop presence.”
Install a permanent recessed thermometer in your picnic cooler mash tun.
California Lager is Anchor’s re-creation of a lager brewed in California way back in 1876 at a brewey named Boca. It features a golden color, creamy head, and a smooth finish.
This beer is brewed using the second runnings from a batch of Old Foghorn. Estimating the efficiency in such a scenario is quite challenging so be prepared to make some gravity adjustments upwards with dried malt extract or downwards by dumping some wort and topping off with water.
Old Foghorn is brewed using the parti-gyle method, which is brewing two batches of beer by separating the first and second runnings to create two distinct beers — one high gravity, one lower gravity. Old Foghorn is the beer made from the first runnings. Small Beer is the beer made from the second runnings.
Mobile canners provide a great solution for small breweries that can’t afford a full-scale canning unit or don’t produce quite enough packaged beer to justify the cost.
Learn the history and get brewing tips and clone recipes from San Francisco’s historic Anchor Brewing Co.
Inspired by Jack’s Abby Brewing RIPL Effect, this was my attempt to brew something akin with a rye edge coming out from behind the bold hop profile. Jack’s Abby used triticale, but I used a rye malt in my brew, and also used the hops I had on hand.
Understanding hop science and high-level dry hopping techniques allow you to lock in all that hop aroma.
Always consider these specialty malts when crafting a new recipe to enhance your brew.
The Wiz gets tropical and offers first-hand insight on the Pro-Am rauchbier he was involved with brewing.
An experimental batch with several new hops in my freezer. It proved to be a pungent/grassy mix with a healthy citrus and tropical fruit kick to the nose.
This beer takes its name from the days when beer was made in the cool climate of San Francisco on rooftops in the nineteenth century—open vessels were used to help cool the beer quickly. Steam is the beer that convinced Fritz Maytag to buy the brewery in 1965 and carry on the brewing tradition that started there in the late 1800s. It features a deep amber color and Northern Brewer hops.
