Anchor Porter

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

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

UPDATED: JUL 20, 2011 Great porter. To the palate it feels almost perfect, with enough creaminess to it but still refreshing enough, just the way it should be. It is very flavorful, with chocolate, coffee, caramel, licorice, dried fruits (raisins, for example) and roasted malts providing most of the thrill. Overall it’s just pleasing on every front. I hope they keep the supply of this steady, because I’ll definitely want more of it for years to come.

Black, with a foamy, lasting, and lacy tan head. Aroma of roast, chocolate and butterscotch. Taste is roasted and a bit bitter and sweet. Medium-full bodied and somewhat creamy. Good stuff.

Another good one! Has a malty caramel taste. Also, chocolate? Tasty. Color is brown with a brown head. I must have been getting drunk by this time because my notes are weak sauce.

650ml bottle. Opaque dark brown pour with a big mocha head that lasts and lasts. Heavily roasted nose with dark chocolate and fresh coffee beans. There’s also a good floral hop presence in there. Very silky on the palate with those chocolate and coffee notes dominating the flavour. Lingering espresso and mild hop bitterness in the finish.

Poured a dark color with an off-white head. Aroma of caramel, vanilla, and corn. Taste also has corn with lots of sweet caramel malts. Some chocolate as well mixes in with vanilla. Very creamy and flavorful with roasted notes. Maybe a little too sweet, but still delicious.

Servida en Les 4 Pedres (Badalona). Nunca fui un gran amante de las porter… entrada en boca sensiblemente dulce. Ciertos aromas a regaliz?

Anchor Porter: Drank out of Sam Adams glass Pour: It pours an almost black color but with a reddish color around the bottom where just a little bit of light shines through. The carbonation doesn’t seem to be too high but it is hard to tell due to the darkness of the beer. The beer has a massive three finger head with creamy consistency on top but a soapy consistency on bottom. The head seems to linger a pretty long while. Aroma: Chocolate is the forefront aroma with a backbone of roasted malts. I don’t really get any alcohol smell which boosts my optimism for tasting this beer. First taste: Although chocolate is the most pronounced note in the aroma the roasted malted barley is the main taste. The chocolate provides a nice accent to the malts but what really gives this drink its unique flavor is the combination of barley and hops. It has a nice refreshing flavor with somewhat of a thin slippery mouth feel to it. There is a nice quaint bittersweet finish to it that seem to end abruptly only to be replaced by a more barley flavor. Overall: The anchor porter is a really nice tasteful refreshing brew that I did enjoy greatly. It is a beer that brings foreword the sometimes over shadowed barley characteristics. I would give this beer a rating of excellent.

Decent, but very little to set it apart from other beers... does not seem to measure up to Anchor’s typical product.