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Raspberry Mint Stout
Who knew raspberry and stout would work so well together. This experimental beer should become part of Anchor’s standard rotation.  

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With all the breweries and tap rooms in the Bay Area, it’s hard to distinguish yourself. Anchor Public Taps shares many characteristic that can be found in most tap rooms; it situated in a large industrial warehouse, there is an outdoor patio space, and a curated food truck rotation. At first, it’s hard to find what this O.G brewery has to offer that all these other breweries with less resources can’t. To our surprise, what we discovered is Anchor Public Taps is an “experimental tasting room.”

Anchor Public Taps carries the standard classics that made Anchor reputable like Steam and the California Lager. They also carry exclusive collaboration beers that were made together with other local breweries. But what really sets Anchor Public Taps apart, is they intermittently throughout the day open a small 5 gallon batch of experimental beer for the public to try for free.

I’m not fan of the standard Anchor beer line, but the experimental beer that I did try really made me a fan of Anchor Public Taps. Supposedly, a new experimental beer will be tapped every weekend, and it runs out fast! Not only is the experimental beer amazing, the brewmasters are there serving you and asking for feedback and any questions that you may have. Possibly with enough good feedback, maybe these experimental beers may make it in the standard rotation.

Overall, the space and setup is quite ordinary to most other breweries. However, the concept of the “experimental tasting room,” is what takes Anchor Public Taps to another level and generates a stronger reason to go back.

Website – https://www.anchorbrewing.com/publictaps