Anchor Old Foghorn Ale

Brewed by Anchor Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
San Francisco, California USA

Serve in Snifter

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Unknown vintage, but the bottle reads "10D" in a label box. Tasted side by side with a 2013 Bigfoot. Nice, rich amber color with plenty of eggshell head, just a hair darker than the BF. Aroma is deep caramel, sweet and boozy, less hoppy than the BF. Some dark cherry, sweet tea, and bourbon notes come out in the aroma as it warms. Taste is an excellent balance of malt and hops, with no spikes at all.

Deep amber to light brown colour with a clear body and a light brown, bubbly lacing on top for a head that ends up as more of a touch of foam around the edges.
Very hoppy initially with a lot more coming through than I expected despite the fact I knew before hand that the beer is dry hopped after fermentation. Strong and fruity aroma that is full of caramel malts, sugar, toffee and darker fruits. There is a touch of alcohol but not as much as I would have expected from the abv. on the bottle and there was some butterscotch and a touch of spice to round things off with.
Strong alcohol and sweet malt taste kicks things off along with some background caramel and some brown sugar. There is a lot of hops plus some prunes, figs berries and dates as well as some lighter fruit such as apricot and apple.
Sweet and with quite a bit of sugar, there is a lot of alcohol in the the beer that the smell only hinted at and the carbonation levels are low. The beer is full bodied and quite smooth with a spicy, warming finish.

Massive alcohol content, the beer was very complex in both smell and taste with plenty of sweet malts and fruits featuring. A lot more hoppy than I’d expected which was a big surprise and a most welcome one. One I’ll look to pick up again I think.

33cl bottle @ Cafe de Tijd. Great beer. Smells and Tastes very fruity. Long aftertaste.

Bottle - red brownish beer with an off-white head. Complex aroma and flavour. Aroma has grapes, oak and some cardboard. Flavour is very sweet. High alcohol is hidden very well. Fruity. Oily. Low bitterness. Dry finish.

The head is medium, the body dark red-brown. It smells winy, a bit roasty, alcoholic, fruity, raisin, plum, viscous and delicious. The taste is creamy-fruity, raisin, plum, citrus, a bit alcoholic, hoppy. Tasty, refreshing,. delicious. 13/13/13/13/13/13

Bottle. Brown beer with hints of red. Small head and a little lacing. Aroma of malts and figs. Taste is sweet malts, sticky figs and dry hops. There is a alcohol warmth throughout. Quite sticky and full bodied on the palate. And the best bit, no carbonation. Not had many Barley Wines,so hard to compare to others.

Flaske delt med Johnne på Cafe Viking i København: Fargen er en slags rubinrød/oransje nyanse. Mye aroma av tørket frukt (aprikos, fiken, rosin) med malt og ganske mye humle. Smaken er søt men med en bitter avslutning. Diskret alkohol i den fyldige maltkroppen. Passer best mot slutten av kvelden.

Bbe 11/2012 found in my cellar. Aroma is sweet fruits bit of hops. Red/copper colour orange head. Medium sweetness, a bit of dryness on the finish, hops completely gone. better fresh but not bad like this.

small ivory white head that disappears quickly. dark rubyred colur. sweet smell with tones of red fruits. starts sweet followed by bitterness, well balanced. slight bitter aftertaste. enjoyable beer.bottle 35.5cl @ baden baden / notes from backlog

Very tasty stuff. Apple, vanilla, apricot, orange. Very unique for a barley wine. Doesnt have that candied sugar but still pretty sweet.