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Anchor Old Foghorn Ale

Anchor Old Foghorn Ale

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97
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A Barley Wine brewed by
Anchor Brewing Company

San Francisco, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

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10123.87/5.03.86/5.09%85.8 Snifter P  Stats

Commercial Description:
A ruby red brew with little carbonation, and a warm finish.

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 blutt59 (514), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/513/20

May 11, 2008  
on tap, a reddish amber pour, very fruity nose with sweet malt flavor, body is good with a dry finish

 Blom (588), Odense, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Jul 22, 2008  
Ruby with a low head. Strong sweet aroma of caramel, citrus and pine. The flavours are sweet and malty to begin with, containing raisin and overripe fruits. Then the bitterness starts kicking in and ends this full bodied barley wine in a fine fashion.


 soyorganic (100), Denver, Colorado, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/518/20
Jul 20, 2008  
Bottle: poured deep dark red color. Small off white head. Wonderful aroma of caramel, malt and molasses. Fine barley wine, delicious sweet malty flavor that is balanced with a slight dryness, but lets the sweetness linger. This seems more traditional and is not infused with hops (although nothing is wrong with that).


derekbang (83), Indiana, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/514/20
Jul 19, 2008  
Started out nicely. Aroma and appearance the beer’s strongest points. Nice amber-red color with small but consistent head. Flavor is where I was not that impressed. Very sweet brew - much moreso than I prefer, even for a barley wine. Predominant flavor seemed to be raisin and dried currant. Not much more to it than that. There are many superior barley wines out there and I would not likely try again.


 texasbartender (129), Sugarland, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/513/20
Jul 18, 2008  
The beer pours a slightly hazy amber orange with a thin white head. the nose is full of dark stone fruit citrus and spice. the mouth feel is very round and thick the flavor is dark fruit and grapes with a hint of burnt sugar. a very good overall beer.


ontheroad (25), Buffalo, New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Jul 15, 2008  
Pours with a somewhat opaque amber color and a frothy head that lasts. Has a fruity, nutty flavor with a taste of alcohol in the finish.




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