Anchor Steam Beer
The Beer
The Brewery

  • Anchor Steam® Beer

    Deep amber color. Distinctive flavor. Rich history.

    Anchor Steam® Beer owes its deep amber color, thick, creamy head, and rich, distinctive flavor to a brewing process like none other.

    It is a process that combines deep respect for brewing tradition with many decades of evolution to arrive at a unique approach: a blend of pale and caramel malts, fermentation with lager yeast at warmer ale temperatures in shallow open-air fermenters, and gentle carbonation in our cellars through an all-natural process called kräusening.

    Anchor Steam® Beer derives its unusual name from the 19th century when “steam” was a nickname for beer brewed on the West Coast of America under primitive conditions and without ice. While the origin of the name remains shrouded in mystery, it likely relates to the original practice of fermenting the beer on San Francisco’s rooftops in a cool climate. In lieu of ice, the foggy night air naturally cooled the fermenting beer, creating steam off the warm open pans. Once a nickname for any West Coast beer brewed under these conditions, today the name “steam” is a trademark of Anchor Brewing and applies only to the singular process and taste of our flagship brand - San Francisco’s original Anchor Steam® Beer. The classic of American brewing tradition since 1896.

    Alc./Vol.: 4.9%

  • The Anchor Brewing Company
    San Francisco, California, USA

    has been making beer in San Francisco since 1896. Uniquely San Franciscan, Anchor has played a signifıcant, though small, role in California’s majestic history. Anchor’s beers, including Anchor Steam®, are all produced in one of the most traditional and handsome breweries in the world. Each brew is virtually handmade from an all-malt mash in our handcrafted copper brew house, a veritable museum of the simple, traditional brew houses of old. At Anchor, we practice the time-honored art of classical brewing, employing state-of-the-art methods to ensure that our beers are always pure and fresh. In addition, every bottle and keg of Anchor beer is kept under refrigeration at the brewery and at the warehouse of your local distributor. We know of no brewery in the world that matches our efforts to combine traditional, natural brewing with such carefully applied, modern methods of sanitation, fınishing, packaging and transporting.

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