Anchor Summer Beer

Bottle, 355ml. Gold with white head. Fruity, overripe flavours with an apple tartness, thin and seemingly entirely hopless. Few redeeming features really, you have to search around for a point of interest. Average to poor.

20080428 12oz bottle. What the heck - I’ve never rated this. Good thing it’s pretty drinkable stuff because I just spent something crazy like nine bucks on a six-pack. The mind was thinking Sierra Nevada summer and I ended up with Anchor. Had no idea either that this beer was an American wheat. You don’t say? Well, it’s a clean golden pour with aggressively lacing fine white head. Aroma is peppery, lagery, at first a bit citrus/lemony but that dissipates right quick. Lefty just farted and it’s completely obnoxious - one of her best. Body is medium to light with an even, refreshing eff, and a mid-palate to finishing tartness. Reminds me of the ubiquitous American brewpub ’golden ale’ and just maybe this is the ancestor. There’s definitely some resemblance but, as with most of Anchor’s stuff, this is obviously more refined and made in earnest - even if it is kind of boring. Finishes tart, juicy, refreshing, but I’m not in love with the flavor overall. Eh.

I thought this was a nice simple wheat beer. Poured pale yellow with massive foamy head which was one of its drawbacks. Simple sweet taste that lends well to the season.

A flavourless mess. I think that Anchor Brewing is capitalizing on earlier success by now just putting out anything. In other words, I got played, thinking that this would be good because it’s from Anchor. Wrong; This has so little flavour or charcter, especially for an ale. There are much better beers for the price. I will not be having this again. Drinkable but utterly unmemorable.

A little disappointing from the folks at Anchor. I’ve really enjoyed all the brew- this was on the low end. Pours a hazey yellow colour with a medium sized head. Slightly fruity- noticeable wheat aroma with lemon and spice. Mouthfeel is lighter then expected, semi fruity finish.

Light grain aroma. Dark golden color with a small white head. Moderately sweet grain beginning that fades a little in the finish. Yeast taste also comes out in the finish. Palate is sticky in the end.

Not great, but easy to drink, light and zesty, with a lemony acidity. Finishes dry and bitter, not something I would probably want to drink again.

12oz bottle, med white head, clear golden. bitter taste with a slightly malty finish.