Anchor IPA
overall
79
style
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RATINGS: 908 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.49/5 EST. CALORIES: 195 ABV: 6.5%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
ANCHOR IPA™
An adventurous new brew from America’s original craft brewery.
The California Gold Rush lured thousands west to "see the elephant," a 19th-century metaphor for the hopeful but risky pursuit of happiness, adventure, and fortune. As early as 1849, India Pale Ale - prepared by British brewers for export to India by adding dry hops to barrels of hoppy ale - was also heading west, from England around the Horn to San Francisco. Thirsty ‘49ers savored the best imported IPAs, but it wasn’t until 1975 that Anchor, Americas’ original craft brewery, pioneered the revival of dry-hopped handmade ales. Now, that tradition fast-forwards to an adventurous new brew: Anchor IPA™.
Anchor IPA™ is made with 2-row barley malt and fresh whole-cone hops, its bright amber color, distinctively complex aroma, spiky bitterness, malty depth, and clean finish unite to create a uniquely flavorful, memorable, and timeless craft IPA.
The elephant you see on Anchor IPA™ was hand-drawn by our label artist, James Stitt. To "see the elephant" was a popular 19th-century expression that originated with a tale that predates the California Gold Rush.
There once lived a farmer who had heard of elephants but had never seen one. He longed for the day when he might catch a glimpse of this rare, exotic creature. When the circus came to town, he loaded his wagon with fresh produce and headed to market. On the way, just as he’d hoped, he came across the circus parade, nobly led by an enormous elephant. The farmer was ecstatic, but his horses were terrified. They reared and bucked, overturning his wagon and scattering its precious contents in the road. "I don’t give a hoot," exclaimed the farmer. "I have seen the elephant!"
The elephant became the universal symbol of the Gold Rush, as evidenced by the journals, letters, and sketchbooks of the forty-niners. Whether or not they struck it rich in the diggings, those plucky pioneers would forever treasure their California adventure as the defining moment of their lives. Have you seen the elephant?
ANCHOR IPA™
An adventurous new brew from America’s original craft brewery.
The California Gold Rush lured thousands west to "see the elephant," a 19th-century metaphor for the hopeful but risky pursuit of happiness, adventure, and fortune. As early as 1849, India Pale Ale - prepared by British brewers for export to India by adding dry hops to barrels of hoppy ale - was also heading west, from England around the Horn to San Francisco. Thirsty ‘49ers savored the best imported IPAs, but it wasn’t until 1975 that Anchor, Americas’ original craft brewery, pioneered the revival of dry-hopped handmade ales. Now, that tradition fast-forwards to an adventurous new brew: Anchor IPA™.
Anchor IPA™ is made with 2-row barley malt and fresh whole-cone hops, its bright amber color, distinctively complex aroma, spiky bitterness, malty depth, and clean finish unite to create a uniquely flavorful, memorable, and timeless craft IPA.
The elephant you see on Anchor IPA™ was hand-drawn by our label artist, James Stitt. To "see the elephant" was a popular 19th-century expression that originated with a tale that predates the California Gold Rush.
There once lived a farmer who had heard of elephants but had never seen one. He longed for the day when he might catch a glimpse of this rare, exotic creature. When the circus came to town, he loaded his wagon with fresh produce and headed to market. On the way, just as he’d hoped, he came across the circus parade, nobly led by an enormous elephant. The farmer was ecstatic, but his horses were terrified. They reared and bucked, overturning his wagon and scattering its precious contents in the road. "I don’t give a hoot," exclaimed the farmer. "I have seen the elephant!"
The elephant became the universal symbol of the Gold Rush, as evidenced by the journals, letters, and sketchbooks of the forty-niners. Whether or not they struck it rich in the diggings, those plucky pioneers would forever treasure their California adventure as the defining moment of their lives. Have you seen the elephant?
3.7
UPDATED: FEB 3, 2021 Old rating from 06-06-15 - 355ml bottle pours light brown with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, citrus, peach, melon, pine, resin, toffee & mild malt. Medium body. Dry moderate bitter finish. Excellent
3.3
UPDATED: JUN 2, 2020 Rating overgezet van Untappd. Het is een oranje bruin bier met een dun schuim. Het heeft een fruitige en hoppige geur. De smaak is hoppig en zacht zoet met hints van perzik en meloen.
2.9
UPDATED: APR 23, 2020 (from old notes - On tap @Cinch Saloon, Polk St, San Francisco, Oct 2016) - Aroma : Lightly toasted sweet caramel malt. Strong soft summer fruits melon & peach, with just a little of the citrus you find in a usual West Coast IPA. Taste : As aroma. Relatively thin bodied, moderately bittersweet throughout. Not horrible but underwhelming compared to usual big hitting citrus IPA
3.7
UPDATED: DEC 6, 2019 # 539; 11/2016. Docela netradiční IPA. Výrazně ovocná, mnohovrstevnatá. Jahody, maliny, mléčná čokláda, mango, tropický ovoce, švestka.
3.5
12oz bottle in 2017. Lightly hazy copper with a white head. Aroma of pine, hop resin and caramel. Some herbal and medicinal flavours, along with grassy and piney hop bitterness.
3.9
UPDATED: AUG 20, 2019 24.05.2015
AR: leicht seifig, Zitrus, Tropenfrucht (Maracuja?), etwas muffig
AP: leicht trübes bernstein
TA: Malz, Zitrus, Tropenfrucht
3.5
UPDATED: AUG 5, 2019 This is a backlog rating from 2014 from a bottle, from notes. When I had this beer it was average to below average for the style and not something I wanted to have again or I just didn't get back to my notes because of my technology at the time. Words to describe this beer are toasted pale malts, soapy florals, citrus peel, moderate bitterness.
1.5
UPDATED: OCT 23, 2018 Bitter en bloemige IPA, met een zeer droge nasmaak. Ergens in de smaak kwam ik ook Gember en brood tegen. -backlog de BierApp-
3.2
Kind of a bitter and thin IPA, but I'm really digging calmness right now. Great "long-day" IPA.
4.3
Een feest, dit bittere, hoppige import biertje uit de USA. Droge afdronk zodat je blijft smachten naar meer. Top
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