Anchor Porter

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

Poured from 16 oz bottle into nonic pint. Appearance: Strong coffee black color with a hint of clarity at the very edge. Thick, rich, caramel colored head that leaves heavy lacing on the sides of the glass. Smell: Fragrance of rum, dates, and some yeast. However, it most strongly smells of molasses. Taste: There is a strong backbone of what tastes like Steen’s Pure Cane syrup or molasses in this one. It’s sweet, but there are enough hops to really make it balanced. Not cloying at all. Some roasted/smoky character slips into the background too. Mouthfeel: Bold, frothy carbonation that goes down without being too thick. Medium feel to it. Drinkability: Not overly strong or thick. Thin enough to guzzle, but thick enough to sip. Quite a tasty porter.

Pours deep dark brown with a small, thick, creamy tan head. Nose is coffee, bitter chocolate, and toffee. Taste is mellow roasted coffee at first, followed by a bitter dark chocolate, and a hint of vanilla. Lacing is minimal. Palate is smooth, medium bodied, and refreshing. Good porter.

Bottle 355ml. Opaque black color with average creamy beige head. Overall very malty and smooth. Medium to heavy body with average carbonation. Taste of roasted coffee, toffee and a hint of caramel. Pleasant aftertaste of bitter chocolate. I have to admit that porters aren’t my favorites usually, but this was the first I actually liked.

12 oz bottle from Princeton’s. Deep brown color with a big tan crater filled head. Aroma is roasted chocolate and flavor is nutty and chocolate. Smooth creamy mouthfeel with a slight coffee taste in the finish.

I dont know why it took me this long to rate this.. Dark Brown/Black pour into my Rock Art Tulip. Healthy Beige head that leaves nice lacing along the sides. Aroma is rich molasses, Raisin, Plum with heavy breadiness and notes of chocolate, vanilla and tobacco leather. Flavor is super bready with some chocolate, molasses, and coffee sidenotes. Lovely silky mouthfeel. A classic porter and the benchmark for good ones.

12oz bottle from Market Square. Black pour with a thin tan head and some spotty stick. Aroma of roasty malts, chocolate, coffee and dark fruits. Sweet dark fruit, nuts and malt taste. Slick milky drinkable light palate. Overall an excellent roasty porter.

pretty decent drop. chocolate and toffee aroma but also an estery bubblegummy note in the background which I dont particularly care for. Roasty flavours with a nice mouthfeel. very drinkable.

Wow. Jet black with a nice tan head. Roasty scent. Smooth drink but just a tad more carbonation than I like. Very good though.