Anchor Brewing Company Beers are back in Puerto Rico post Hurricane Maria. The Craft Beer distributors of Ballester Hermanos wo;; be distributing a selection of Anchor beers around the island, so at your favorite craft beer shop / bar and enjoy
Anchor Brewing Company is America’s first and oldest craft brewery with their roots dating back to the great California gold rush. Their beers today are handmade using an all-malt mash in their traditional copper brewhouse in San Francisco, using the time-honored art of classical craft brewing with carefully applied, state-of-the-art modern methods
You should be able to find the following Anchor beers in Puerto Rico:
Steam Beer
Anchor’s historic brewing process gives Steam Beer its deep amber color, thick creamy head and distinctive flavor. The brewing process involves a blend of pale and caramel malts, fermentation with lager yeast at warmer ale temperatures in shallow open-air fermenters, and gentle carbonation in their cellars through an all-natural process called kräusening.
The beers name comes from the 19th century when “steam” was a nickname for beer brewed on the West Coast of America under primitive conditions and without ice.
Anchor Steam Beer has an ABV of 4.9%
Liberty Ale
Anchor Liberty Ale was first brewed in 1975 according to traditional craft brewing methods. It is brewed using only natural ingredients — pale malted barley, fresh whole-cone Cascade hops and a special top-fermenting yeast, and water.
The yeast produces the beers subtle flavor and characteristics and the natural process called “bunging” creates gentle carbonation, and the practice of dry hopping (adding fresh hops to the brew during aging), revived by Anchor, creates its unique aroma.
Anchor Liberty Ale has an ABV of 5.9%
California Lager
Anchor California Lager is a recreation of California’s first genuine lager which was made by Boca brewery way back in 1876.
California Lager is brewed in San Francisco with two-row California barley, Cluster hops and Anchor’s lager yeast that is kräusened and lagered in their cellars.
The beer is golden in color with creamy head, distinctive aroma, balanced depth of flavor and smooth finish.
Anchor California Lager has an ABV of 4.9%
Porter
Anchor Porter pours deep black with a thick creamy head and flavors of rich chocolate, toffee and coffee. A blend of specially roasted pale, caramel, chocolate, and black malts, along with Anchor’s top-fermenting yeast, creates complexity without bitterness.
It became the first modern American porter when it was first brewed in 1972.
Anchor Porter has an ABV of 5.6%
Go West IPA
Anchor’s Go West IPA is a modern revival of dry-hopped handmade ales origibial made by the British around 1849. The beer is made with 2-row pale barley malt and dry-hopped with a unique blend of 4 American hops with aromas of citrus, pine, and the tropics.
Go West IPA pours a bright, clear golden color with light tan head, it has strong tropical and citrus fruit aromas balanced by the freshness of pine needles. The bitterness up front is followed by subtly sweet maltiness with a light body and very smooth finish.
Anchor Go West IPA has an ABV of 6.7%
Find out more about Anchor Brewing on Facebook
Photos: Anchor Brewing Company
