Hard Frescos are a relatively new item, having been on the market for about a year. They are the brain-child of Peter Stearns, from Santa Barbara, who worked for two years with experts at UC Davis to develop a way of making an alcoholic drink using pretty much only the ingredients that would go into…
Category: Beer Reviews
Anchor’s new Go West! IPA
When I toured Anchor‘s brewery in mid-November, head brewer Mark Carpenter offered us guests samples of a still-experimental IPA that the brewery was considering as an addition to its line-up of beers. Well, those experiments have borne fruit and this month Anchor released its newest beer: Go West! IPA. Go West! Launch Party…
Anchor Christmas Ale and Spirit Release
On November 7th I had the opportunity to partake of a VIP brewery tour of Anchor Brewing and Anchor Distilling in San Francisco. The event was Anchor’s 2015 Media Brewery Tour to mark this year’s release of their Winter Wheat Ale and the 2015 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ale, from the brewery, and…