Anchor Distilling
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Anchor Distilling
Nestled deep in a corner of the warehouse at Anchor Brewing in San Francisco lies the source of Old Potrero single malt rye - Anchor Distilling. Not open to the public, I managed to smooth talk my way into a quick visit and chat with the distiller.
100% rye grain bill, fermented and distilled on-grain. They actually share very little equipment with the brewery, having their own fermenters, TINY one-man bottling line, and they use city water for those very nice counter-flow condensers. Closest still is the stripper, next back is the spirit still for whiskey and the plated column still is for their vodka and gins.
P.S. The brewery tour is awesome too. One of the best I've done.
100% rye grain bill, fermented and distilled on-grain. They actually share very little equipment with the brewery, having their own fermenters, TINY one-man bottling line, and they use city water for those very nice counter-flow condensers. Closest still is the stripper, next back is the spirit still for whiskey and the plated column still is for their vodka and gins.
P.S. The brewery tour is awesome too. One of the best I've done.
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for a split second i thought that you were showing off your own distillery, you big tease
Looks nice though, it's nice to see commercial lads who are not a million mile away equipment wise of some of the big hitters here
Looks nice though, it's nice to see commercial lads who are not a million mile away equipment wise of some of the big hitters here
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I thought there was a fed law prohibiting brewery and distillery operations in the same facility??
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Feds also prohibit tastings and retail sales from a DSP. Lots of easy / well documented workarounds. If you look close, in one of the pics there's shutters that can be pulled down to completely separate the distillery space from prying eyes, etc.Jimbo wrote:I thought there was a fed law prohibiting brewery and distillery operations in the same facility??
When I was at Vendome last spring, it seemed like more than half of the stills on the production floor were destined for breweries.
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Koval mentioned that there was a brewery on the other side of the wall. But it was a different company, unaffiliated with Koval, and seperated by a concrete block wall. I know there are many craft brewpubs that would like to add a small distillery operation, but cant.
In theory there's no difference between theory and practice. But in practice there is.
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Interesting indeed. Seems they are doing better than Rouge in Oregon. Those folks have famously amazing beer but the spirits are a joke.
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Ooof. Rouge beers have sucked for years IMO.bearriver wrote:Interesting indeed. Seems they are doing better than Rouge in Oregon. Those folks have famously amazing beer but the spirits are a joke.
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Rouge makes a pretty good barrel aged gin.
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Good for them. I read that they changed directions with a new master distiller. Hopefully they can establish the same success that they have made with the brewery.LWTCS wrote:Rouge makes a pretty good barrel aged gin.
Absolutely over the top pricing pricing but I still managed to enjoy the 3 that I have tried. Is there something in particular that you do not prefer about their flagship brews, or the brewery in general? Yelp reviews definitely leave something to be desired at the brewery itself. Retail reviews are much higher...3d0g wrote:Ooof. Rouge beers have sucked for years IMO.
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They are on their 3rd MD.
John Wilcox (2nd MD) is not there any more.
John Wilcox (2nd MD) is not there any more.
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I was a Rogue fanboy 6 or so years ago. Solid, drinkable ales. Now it's all gimmicks. VOODOO DOUGHNUT PRETZEL, RASPBERRY & CHOCOLATE ALE? Fucking seriously?bearriver wrote: Absolutely over the top pricing pricing but I still managed to enjoy the 3 that I have tried. Is there something in particular that you do not prefer about their flagship brews, or the brewery in general? Yelp reviews definitely leave something to be desired at the brewery itself. Retail reviews are much higher...
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Your tastes just matured!
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