Anchor Porter

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

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

12oz bottle. Dark brown hue with a spiral off-white head. Toasty, malty chocolate nose. Little cocoa and spice. Medium to full bodied. Coffee and chocolate flavors with a sweet cola fruity malt note. Delicious and toasty. Sweet and cloying. Great flavor. Amazing!

I have to agree with everyone else here: this is one of the great porters. It has just a hint of chocolate, plus a great roasted malt flavor and is not overly sweet - it actually has a nice mild bitterness that seems to result from both hops and the burnt flavors (roasted malts).

Dark black oily color. Roasted malts in the aroma. Coffee, dark chocolate malts. Balanced sweetness, licorice taste. Very balanced. Very pleasant brew, could use some more bitterness though.

UPDATED: MAR 25, 2004 Deep brown-black color, nice dark tan foamy, lasting head. Such a unique and full-bodied porter. Chocolate flavors with an incredible bittersweet, roasted malt finish and lingering hops. Thick and creamy. Quite satisfying.

UPDATED: MAY 19, 2007 I’ve had this beer many times over the past few years, but never rated it. This is the defining beer for many a young person, I think. First off, I think it is very true to style; a bit thin, fair to great carbonation with a thin lasting head, quite dark (rubyish with intense light) in the glass. Chocolate malt sweet/nut aroma and flavor, dark malt roasted coffee and bitterness, some (although not a lot) hop bitternes in the close. All in all, an exceptional package. The only beer I know so closely that I waited this long to rate. And, this will be one of several beers of honor at my birthday party the 28th; the hostess (a professor colleague) loves it, we’ve got this year’s seniors travelling back into town to celebrate, and students of mine over the past two years will be coming from far flung places such as Boston and Providence. I’m a lucky man.

bottle thanks to bhensonb. poured dark brown with a beige head. aroma was fudge brownies, toffee, chocolate, and coffee. flavor was fudge, coffee, and chocolate. body was medium-heavy with low carbonation. good stuff.

Poured from the bottle, a deep brown colour with a large rocky beige head. A rich warming chocolate malt aroma with a burnish tinge. Rich and chocolately to taste with a vinuous and roasted malt finish. Left with a velvety smoothness in my mouth - yum.

Pours a clear DARK brown. Smells of prunes. Aromas of dark malts and slightly portish. also hints of liquirish. Medium to full bodied. Bitter finnish.