[jmharvey]

One thing I appreciated about Anchor was that, unlike most California breweries, it didn't focus on highly-hopped, high ABV beers. I'll miss it.

[tayo42]

I feel like this hasn't been true in a while. I have no problem going to breweries down here in so cal and getting tasty beer of all styles.

[simplyaccont]

i have problem with with going into stores and getting not ipa and not beer flavored sparking water. (lets put heineken/stella/etc imports aside)

[legitster]

If anything, the new hotness has been Lagers and Pilsners for a while.

As someone who likes hoppy + low ABV beers the death of the Session IPA has hit me hard.

[sdenton4]

'West Coast pilsner' occasionally hits the sweet spot of hoppy and low ABV.

[_fat_santa]

I don’t know about breweries in CA but the ones in CO all have beer that is up and down the “heaviness” scale. Most breweries you can get a light larger that’s like 4.1 ABV all the way up to double IPA’s that are running in the 9-10% ABV

[soligern]

Plenty of crisp, light beers now.

[stickfigure]

You gotta brew what people buy.

[beaned]

Anchor was everywhere when I lived in SF for a good while. It was the reliable staple when you knew everything else at the party would taste like bitter barf. It did sell where it was made; perhaps they could've made a stronger effort to make a name for it elsewhere.

[giantrobot]

The first Anchor I ever had was in Denver of all places. This was over 20 years ago. They made a name for themselves at least as far as there.

[synaesthesisx]

The first one I had was in Boston well over a decade ago - many bottles were consumed during undergrad.

[about3fitty]

Sitting here in Chinatown ending a tradition!