Ask any craft beer fan to list the most iconic breweries in the country and you’re likely to hear a few common ones: Sierra Nevada, Allagash and Bell’s, to name a few.

Anchor Brewing Co. is set to pour its last cold one. The 127-year-old San Francisco brewery, which traces its roots to the California Gold Rush, said it will shut down after years of declining ...

If you learn those stories, you can have the beer that really tells the story, history in a bottle," Riley adds. In 1965, Fritz Maytag purchased Anchor Brewing when it was on the verge of closure.

Anchor, meanwhile, remained nationally famous for their Steam Beer, but the brewery’s public perception began to decline following their acquisition by Japanese brewing giant Sapporo in 2017 ...

Anchor, beloved by many Americans and often credited with spurring a craft beer resurgence in the 1960s, is the latest brewer to succumb to the pressures of a highly competitive market.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Anchor Brewing Company and its beer have long been a part of the San Francisco landscape. "We've been here since 1869. We're a bedrock business of this city," Anchor Brewing ...

Anchor Brewing Co. in San Francisco, one of the first U.S. craft breweries, will be closed, says Japanese beer maker Sapporo, which bought it in 2017.

Pioneering Anchor Brewing Co. to halt operations after 127 years with beer sales in decline Anchor was trailblazer in the U.S., brewing craft beers in the 1970s when most Americans were loyal to a ...

Anchor, founded in 1896, is considered by many to be where the craft beer industry began. The announced closure on July 12, 2023 struck the beer community as not merely the loss of a business, but ...

San Francisco’s 127-year-old Anchor Brewing Co. will shut down and liquidate after years of declining sales, citing tough economic conditions.