Anchor Zymaster #1: California Lager

27 days ago

This is release #1 in Anchor Brewing’s new Zymaster Series debuting this year.  The series allows an Anchor brewer to follow the brew process from start to finish from researching styles, selecting ingredients,  a brewing, fermentation, cellaring, and finishing.

Anchor Steam Beer’s roots date back to the sundry and mysterious adaptations and improvisations of brewers to the primitive conditions they faced during the California gold rush, long before icehouses and modern refrigeration made traditional lager beer a viable California option. Early attempts notwithstanding, it wasn’t until the winter of 1875/76… Read the rest

Anchor Introducing Zymaster Series

28 days ago

Anchor Brewing announced a new series this week.  The Zymaster Series will debut in February, with more coming throughout the year.  Don’t go looking up the word Zymaster, it’s made up.

Zymaster n [Gk zyme leaven + master – more at ZYMURGY]
1: a new word coined by Anchor Brewing to describe a brewmaster with hands-on experience throughout the a-to-z process of creating a new beer, from the research and selection of the raw materials and development of a recipe to brewing, fermentation, cellaring, and finishing
2: a unique series of beers from Anchor Brewing, rooted in its exceptional respect for the ancient art … Read the rest