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Last year's abrupt shuttering of Anchor by owner Sapporo led to a run on San Francisco's signature beer. Photo by Joe Eskenazi
Mission Local has learned that Hamdi Ulukaya, the 51-year-old billionaire founder and CEO of Chobani yogurt, will be the new buyer of Anchor brewing.

Anchor, founded in San Francisco in 1896 and largely viewed as the progenitor of the American craft beer movement, was shuttered in July by its former owner, Sapporo Breweries.

Ulukaya’s pending purchase of the brewery was yesterday disclosed to officials at San Francisco City Hall. It is slated to be announced publicly this morning. The 51-year-old Turkish-born Kurdish businessman has purportedly agreed to buy Anchor lock, stock and barrel, purchasing its square-block factory on Potrero Hill, its West German-made brewing equipment, and the brewery’s intellectual property. For fans of the city’s signature beer,