2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Aroma is weakly maltly as it pours a very hazy pale. Taste is some malt sweetness that is over powered by the hop bitterness. This reminds me of the outcome of the cheap homebrew kits I started out with 17 years ago, just hoppier. My opinion? They hopped it up to cover up the fact that it was pretty bland. Give me the barleywine this was left over from.
2.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 8/20
Love the concept of a "small beer" made by sparging the Old Foghorn mash, but the result is pretty disappointing. It looked good: deep gold with a very tall, loose head that faded fast. Lots of fat bubbles. The aroma had a rich marmalade tang, nice sweet-sour balance and very fruity - reminiscent of an English golden. Perhaps I had a dud bottle but the palate spoiled this for me. In the mouth, this felt dead and woefully undercarbonated. Quite slick but flat and lifeless. Very thin bodied. It’s sweet and fruity with orange peel, lime juice and a surprisingly bitter radicchio finish. I suspect it’s heavily hopped to compensate for weak, watery malts. The end result is crude and unappetising. (Pint bottle from Purvis Cellars, Melbourne; best before Oct 2006)
3.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
1 pint 6 fl oz bottle. Golden amber in colour and clear. Small head that quickly subsides. Sweet malty, and somewhat nutty, aroma. Mouthfeel is light and somewhat thin, but there is a peppery bitter flavour that stands out. Some malty flavours too, and perhaps also some piney and grassy notes. The beer is quite bitter for it’s strength. Finishes with a sharp bitter layer on the tongue. Nice small beer. I’m a bit surprised by the strong aroma relative to the more subdued flavours. The bitterness and the flavours are almost medicinal. I suspect that this is direct consequence of the hops used in the beer.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Pours golden\amber with a large off-white head. Aroma of floral hops, citrus, and sweet malts. Flavor is sweet malts, citrus, carbonated, and hoppy bitter. A weak beer, with a bitter punch. Ok brew, drinkable, but easily forgetable.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Pour is clear and bright amber with a nice big dense off white head...so far so good...smell is nicely hopped with floral and citrus aromas resulting...taste is weak at best...slight malty flavors with a subtle bitter finish...the flavors are so slight that it is hard to come up with a description for them...slightly vegetal aftertaste...lively mouthfeel...but, I have never had a "small" before, so maybe we are all just being harsh...who knows...
2.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Next time, buy a Small and a Foghorn and mix in a large glass. One is over sparged, one is under sparged. Dark yellow. Fizzy head. Light hop aroma is still sharp to the nose. Tastes British but raw. I should like it but it just doesn’t work.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Light gold with a big cap of buttery tan head. Bready, cereal grain malt aroma with gentle citrus and floral hops, and a slightly metalic/sweaty quality. Warm, grainy, slight tart flavors with an underscoring of bitterness. Gentle carbonation in spite of the very active looking pour. A little lingering bitterness. This has quite a bit of flavor and body for the low ABV. Solid, and well within style.
2.6 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Anchor Small beer (small being the operative word) pores a hazy gold with little head, little if any aroma, crisp "draw" but uneventful flavor, the beer is a good idea but isn’t a good beer
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