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Sapporo is shutting Anchor Brewing. This saddens me, but I generally stopped buying their beer when they ceased being a craft brewer. Regardless of what they're saying about it losing money, I don't think it was ever a good fit and they undoubtedly overpaid. Sapporo wasn't a victim of circumstance (i.e. COVID and lower SF visits) so much as they documentably mismanaged the brand and the workforce.

It's possible someone will buy the brand to resuscitate it, but it doesn't seem that likely. Our weird and antiquated distribution laws make it hard to succeed unless the beer company is very small or very large.

I agree with an SF Comicle columnist: "Buying an Anchor at a Giants game was the only time I never thought to complain about beer prices, and it was always hard to drink just one."

Date: 2023-07-13 05:58 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] rustmon
Agreed. It was something quintessentially SF, and sad it was driven into the ground.

Date: 2023-07-13 09:01 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] beanolc
What a shame.

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