RIP Anchor Brewing

[ChrisLong]

God, yes, I had several pints of London Pride a few weeks back at the King's Head Pub in Santa Monica and it was outstanding. But the disappearance of ESB from liquor store shelves here in Toronto has been a real blow.

Wow, Santa Monica is my hometown, but I haven't been to the King's Head in quite a while. Best fish and chips ever. That's where a learned about the Eagles' "Take another shot of courage." Thought it could have meant a London ale called John Courage, which I don't think they make anymore. I played lots of darts at the King's Head and knew the previous owner, Phil Elwell, very well. He is in most of the celebrity photos all over the pub.

 

[Huggy]

Wow, Santa Monica is my hometown, but I haven't been to the King's Head in quite a while. Best fish and chips ever. That's where a learned about the Eagles' "Take another shot of courage." Thought it could have meant a London ale called John Courage, which I don't think they make anymore. I played lots of darts at the King's Head and knew the previous owner, Phil Elwell, very well. He is in most of the celebrity photos all over the pub.

My cousin lives in Pacific Palisades and said it's her favourite spot to hang out there for a drink. We went there three times when were there, reminded me a lot of my dear, departed local pub.

 

[ChrisLong]

My cousin lives in Pacific Palisades and said it's her favourite spot to hang out there for a drink. We went there three times when were there, reminded me a lot of my dear, departed local pub.

Rogie Vachon lived in Pacific Palisades, Gene Carr and Larry Brown were in Santa Monica.

 

[Spartan Squad]

Kings Head Pub is a great spot. Went there with a bunch of high school friends the last time I was with most of them. We were all prim and proper for a buddy’s wedding went there after. The buddy was really cheap and had bare minimum finger foods and no drinks at the reception so we all bailed and went there for rounds. Neat spot and we went at an odd time so we had the pub to ourselves.

 

[Huggy]

Rogie Vachon lived in Pacific Palisades, Gene Carr and Larry Brown were in Santa Monica.

I was hoping to get down to see Murph in Manhattan Beach - he retired at the end of 2022 - but we just couldn’t make it work.

 

[Cosmo]

Man, I used to love ESBs. Haven't had one in forever. Might need to rediscover that style.

 

[justgladtobehere]

I miss when craft brewers were doing classic English styles.

 

[User 1019]

The Three Bags Full Brewery and Cookery School specializes in the ESB arts.

 

[swingline]

I would like a reservation.

 

[User 1019]

Unlike many of my friends and fellow brewers, I don’t brew beers for competitions. I brew garage beer. That does not include my festbier and ESB. I brew a ****ing phenomenal ESB and festbier.

 

[swingline]

You should set up a still and brew your version of Blanton’s.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

If I could, I would brew Leinenkugel’s Sunset Wheat with a lot less blueberry. They brought it back last fall as a seasonal flavor and the blueberry in this version was way too strong.

 

[HanSenSE]

Anchor Brewing Employees Launch GoFundMe to Buy Brewery, Campaign Makes Half of Its Goal in Two Days

 

[Cosmo]

Interesting read from the WaPo (paywalled) about the loss of the middle in craft beer, and how the pale ale is basically a dying style as people either go big with huge ABV beers or increasingly more to non-alcoholic craft brews.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/08/04/craft-beer-abv-ipas-nonalcoholic/

 

[Slacker]

The best beer is dark beer. Give me a good stout over anything else.


YMMV, etc., etc. ...

 

[Huggy]

The best beer is dark beer. Give me a good stout over anything else.


YMMV, etc., etc. ...

Or a red ale

 

[Slacker]

Or a red ale

I tried Killian's more than a few times back in the day, but it always tasted flat to me.

And then once I graduated from brown ale to Guinness, it's been nothing but stout from then on.

 

[Huggy]

I tried Killian's more than a few times back in the day, but it always tasted flat to me.

And then once I graduated from brown ale to Guinness, it's been nothing but stout from then on.

Killian's was actually the first red ale I had many years ago when I was vacation in Florida (I have never seen it here in Canuckistan). I'm a huge fan of Smithwick's and I had several great reds in Ireland a few years ago and there are some really good craft reds here in Ontario.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Olympia was a go-to growing up if you could get your hands on it. So smooth.

 

[Huggy]

Olympia was a go-to growing up if you could get your hands on it. So smooth.

Clint Eastwood drank it in a lot of his movies too.