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steam beer? by aphrael (4.00 / 1) #1 Tue Sep 04, 2007 at 03:43:42 AM EST

we call it "anchor steam". i've never heard it referred to as "steam beer".

If television is a babysitter, the internet is a drunk librarian who won't shut up.

The label by yicky yacky (2.00 / 0) #2 Tue Sep 04, 2007 at 03:58:03 AM EST

says otherwise. People call it "Newky Brown", or "Dog's", but that doesn't make it "Newcastle Brown Ale"s name.

Having said that, I'm pretty sure it's a misplaced quote mark on my part.

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Mmmmmmm by DullTrev (4.00 / 1) #4 Tue Sep 04, 2007 at 06:00:09 AM EST

Bottle of dog, please.

Now that confuses the odd barman.

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Newky brown. by hulver (4.00 / 11) #7 Tue Sep 04, 2007 at 08:24:13 AM EST

I would be half the man I am today if not for a love of Newky brown at Uni.

Before dog

After dog

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wow by Merekat (4.00 / 7) #11 Tue Sep 04, 2007 at 10:18:36 AM EST

From choirboy to young conservative politician...

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: I was thinking by yicky yacky (2.00 / 0) #15 Tue Sep 04, 2007 at 03:17:24 PM EST

that it was reminiscent of Crimestoppers-style victim-and-assailant posters, which, depending on your point of view, it probably was.</Kenobi>
Awesome before-and-after, though; I'm sure we could all find similarly incriminating evidence.

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parsing by aphrael (4.00 / 1) #13 Tue Sep 04, 2007 at 12:32:56 PM EST

"anchor steam" "beer" vs. "anchor" "steam beer".

If television is a babysitter, the internet is a drunk librarian who won't shut up.
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Steam beer by ucblockhead (4.00 / 1) #8 Tue Sep 04, 2007 at 08:37:53 AM EST

Was famous in San Francisco in the nineteenth century. Unfortunately, no one bothered to write down the exact recipe and prohibition killed it. Anchor Steam is named after that. How close it is in taste, no one has a clue.
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steam beer is a trademark by R343L (4.00 / 1) #10 Tue Sep 04, 2007 at 09:58:46 AM EST

It is incredibly stupid. It has been called that for at least 100 years and is just ale-like beer brewed with lager yeast at ale temperatures.

But Anchor went ahead and trademarked what was a common term for this style of beer. So we are stuck with "California Common" as the official, non-trademark-infringing name.

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