Anchor Brewing Company

Anchor Brewing Company is an American alcoholic beverage producer, operating a brewery and distillery on Potrero Hill in San Francisco, California. The brewery was founded in 1896, and was purchased by its current owner, Frederick Louis Maytag III, in 1965, saving it from closure. It moved to its current location in 1979. It is one of the last remaining breweries to produce California Common beer, also known as Steam Beer, a trademark owned by th... more

Anchor Brewing Company is an American alcoholic beverage producer, operating a brewery and distillery on Potrero Hill in San Francisco, California. The brewery was founded in 1896, and was purchased by its current owner, Frederick Louis Maytag III, in 1965, saving it from closure. It moved to its current location in 1979. It is one of the last remaining breweries to produce California Common beer, also known as Steam Beer, a trademark owned by the company. Anchor Brewing Company was founded in 1896, and was purchased by its current owner, Frederick Louis Maytag III, in 1965, saving it from closure. Maytag purchased 51 percent of the brewery for a few thousand dollars, and later purchased the brewery outright. It moved to its current location in 1979. During the 1980s Anchor Steam Beer began to achieve national notice and demand increased from only a few thousand cases a year that he had been making in the old tradition. In 1993, the company opened Anchor Distillery, a microdistillery... less