Originally Posted by
tkey75
Just took the Anchor Brewery tour and the guide said they distill one barrel of whiskey a year (aged for 17) for personal consumption. I'd kill to get my hands on a taste. He also said they'll drastically scale up their distilling when they open their new brew house soon. Old Portrero is a great rye, so that's good news. They also make a decent gin.
I've found the Old Potrero very inconsistent over the years. One year the stuff would be chestnut brown, the next year the color of Mazola. Same product. If it wasn't dark brown I wouldn't buy it. Many props to Fritz Maytag for being one of the 1st micro-distillers of Rye though. Hopefully, the new owners will produce more consistent styles. Their gin (Junipero) has always been excellent IMO.