Anchor sued for trademark infringement, since it had trademarked the term steam beer in Canada ten years earlier. Canadian courts dismissed the suit and subsequent appeals, ruling that Anchor's Canadian trademark was invalid, since the beer had not been marketed in Canada up to that time. After Sapporo bought Sleeman in a $400-million takeover in 2006, Sleeman's production of Steam Beer was discontinued. In Richmond, Virginia, the remains of a former Yuengling brewery along the James River were once called David Yuengling Jr.'s James River Steam Brewery, located at (or near) 912 East Main St. The St. Louis Guide for Citizens and Strangers (1859) shows advertising copy for J.F. Boyd & Co. St. Louis Ale, Porter and Lager Beer Steam Brewery. The 1865, New Orleans City Directory has an advertisement for the Old Canal Steam Brewery, "First Lager-Beer Steam Brewery in New Orleans", owned by Geo. Merz, next to the Ice House and Lager Beer Cellar. Widmer Brothers Brewery released Columbia Common Beer, a seasonal common ale which is brewed with lager and hefeweizen yeasts and Columbia hops. Derecho Common was issued by the Port City Brewing Company of Alexandria, VA after the power outages related to the June 2012 North American derecho resulted in a tank of Port City's beer fermenting as a steam beer due to loss of refrigeration. Port City has since continued to release Derecho Common. Steam beer may have developed in parallel in North Korea. Due to the scarcity of electricity, a North Korean beer style very similar to steam beer has developed because it does not require refrigeration. Many brewing supply shops provide a Steam Beer/California Common kit, and recipes abound. See also Kentucky Common Beer Tower brewery Kölsch, a beer made in the opposite way of California Common References American beer styles Cuisine of the San Francisco Bay Area California culture Food and drink in California