The Anchor Brewing Story by David Burkhart

The Anchor Brewing Story by David Burkhart

The highly illustrated story of America's oldest and most iconic craft brewery, featuring a history of American brewing traditions and clone beer recipes for Anchor's top brews including Anchor Steam and California Lager.

A pioneer in the craft beer movement, Anchor is the unlikely San Francisco microbrewery that inspired a generation of small brewers and created a revolution in beer. After its founding during the Gold Rush, it endured fires that wiped out two locations, the death of an owner who fell from a cable car, and Prohibition--only to find itself facing the mammoth beer corporations of the 1960s and a country dominated by bland, watery, mass-produced lagers.

Through narrative history and hundreds of archival photos, Anchor Brewing historian David Burkhart tells the story of how Anchor, on the verge of bankruptcy and with just a single employee, fought back to become the brewing legend it is today through owner and brewer Fritz Maytag's focus on craftsmanship, quality ingredients, and flavor. In the process, Anchor started many of the innovations that are now key parts of craft beer culture, such as brewing the first IPA and post-Prohibition Porter in the U.S. (and the only dark beer in America at the time), releasing a seasonal beer, and reinvigorating interest in steam beer, the oldest homegrown beer style in the United States.

With authorized clone recipes for four of Anchor's original beers, detailed tasting notes, and never-before-seen images from the brewery's vast archives, The Anchor Brewing Story is a must for any homebrewer or beer buff.

David Burkhart is the brewery historian at Anchor Brewing, where he has been on staff since 1991. He is the author of award-winning books on the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and San Francisco mixologist Cocktail Boothby.

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ISBN 13	9780399581236
ISBN 10	0399581235
Title	The Anchor Brewing Story
Author	David Burkhart
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale
Year published	2022-11-15
Number of pages	288
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.