2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
12oz bottle. Creamy pour...dark brown...tan head. looks rich. Earthy, piney, burnt aroma is fairly present and interesting...pine resin is the dominate smell. Somewhat reminds me of the OSA. The taste shows even more piney resin. nice creamy thick mouthfeel, finishes with serious resin. Not striking me in any way as a German beer. Maybe this is just left over OSA??? I’m not knocking it for not being German, rather I’m knocking it for being too much like OSA, which I really dislike for the most part...a beer that can honestly only be drank once a year in very small quantities isn’t a great beer.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Appearance was clean root beerish with red hues. 2 finger tannish head was long creamy with plently of lacing.Aroma was sweet fig,choco, coffee, and loads of malts, no hints of alcohol. Taste was like the smell,nutty coffee with slight herbal piney hops and little taste alcohol. Mouthfeel was velvet body with tight creamy carbonation, a long malty finish. Warmer it gets the more alcohol comes through. A beauty...
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
draft - pours dark brown with caramel head. Nose is coffee. Taste is balanced but mainly bitter.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Clear brown with a tan head. Roast and spice (liquorish) aroma. Taste lightly sweet malt with wood, rye and liquorish with a dry finish. Way too dry to be a bock.
3.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Deep brown with a steady tan head. Roasted coffee aroma. Malty, slightly soapy, tea/coffee bitter, tones of smoke/burnt wood, DRY finish. First drink is strong, but it mellows out nicely. Some berry-ness at the end....not a bad offering at all.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours dark brown with a medium head. Aroma caramel, spices, malts. Brown sugar and some spices dominate the taste. Medium body, and carbonation. Not Bad.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
355ml bottle
Pours dark brown with a medium beige head. Aroma of chocolate, cookies, caramel malts and coffee. Taste is quite malty and bready with notes of rye, caramel and sweet syrup. Finish has bitter and malty notes. Okay, well balanced bock.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Malzschokoladiger und zitrusangehauchter Geruch. Malzig-dichter Antrunk. Mittelteil schokoladig, bitter-zitrusartig. Röstiger, bitterschokoladiger Ausklang bei nachlassender Zitrusnote; trockenbitter. Gut.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
12oz bottle. Really the least exciting Anchor offering that I can remember. Pours out a nice dark brown to ruby hue. Aromas are quite malty, some sharp notes that remind me of lush fruits, roasty and bitter notes as well. Palate is smooth, but providing a really interesting sharp roasted coffee bitterness. Much more full bodied than I expected.
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