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Anchor Summer Beer

Anchor Summer Beer - Wheat Ale

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 Percentile 
27
overall
Brewed by Anchor Brewing Company
Style: Wheat Ale

San Francisco, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
6672.79/5.02.79/5.0Summer4.6%52.5Shaker, Weizen
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Commercial Description:
Anchor Summer is the first American wheat beer in modern times. Our first brew of this light and refreshing beer was in the summer of 1984.

Anchor Summer is an all-malt beer, and over 50% of its malt comes from malted wheat. It is fermented with a Triticum aestivum, AKA wheat traditional top-fermenting "ale" yeast because we prefer the clean flavors developed by this yeast. We believe that this style best celebrates the refreshingly light flavor of malted wheat. You may notice that the head on this beer is unusually abundant, with a consistency similar to whipped egg whites. This is due to protein contributed by the wheat.

The brewers at Anchor are proud to have revived not only rich hearty dark beers, but also this light crisp style of a modern American wheat beer.

Wheat malt contributes to an unusual lightness and dryness to the palate, and this—combined with the distinctive flavor of the wheat—makes for a perfect thirst-quenching beverage. It is the ideal drink for beer lovers who appreciate tradition and character in their beer, but also seek a lighter, refreshing style, perfect for warm weather.
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 Quinten (955), zaandam, Netherlands
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/54/102/510/20
May 20, 2006  
light golden color, thin head, thin taste of citrus, other fruit and some yeast and hops


 stegosaurus (1882), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/103/512/20
May 15, 2006  
Bottle. Pours yellow/gold with a decent sized white head. Aroma of sweet malts, citrus, fruit, and cramel. Flavor is bland, wheat, citrus, fruit, and slight bitterness. Thin body, not bad, but easily forgetable and boring.


 Sven (229), Lancaster, California, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/510/20
May 7, 2006  
A touch hazy, golden yellow in colour. Lasting, frothy white head. The common trait that I don’t like in American Wheats is an abundance of tanniny, grainy, almost 6-row acridity. This beer has that flavor in spades. Add to that a touch of lemon zestiness and well... not my cup of tea. But being the homebrewer I am I can rate it this beer subjectively.


 Nejhleader (924), Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/104/511/20
Apr 27, 2006  
I guess this wasn’t all that bad. Kinda had a wheat/citrus taste to it. Fairly smooth and refreshing, but nothing too special.


 henrikb (1298), Aarhus, Denmark
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/57/20
Mar 20, 2006  
Golden, with quite nice white head, medium lasting; Nice but simple nose, actually quite full of home baked bread; Bitter mouth, not balanced and quite watery; Short and bitter finish. Beautiful bottle, beautiful label, boring beer.


 vanvenlo (794), Glen Iris, Australia
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Mar 5, 2006  
15 Feb 06 - LIght fruit and hop aroma. Light yellow amber colour, reasonable head and suds lacing. Slight tart, light fruit and hoppy flavour. Hoppy and slight tart finish.


 Lunkie (1020), Glen Iris, Australia
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/59/20
Feb 27, 2006  
Very malty hoppy arom with lollies throughn in. Clear yellow colour with fair head and lacing. Malt hop honey flavour. Flat palate.


 joergen (8430), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/511/20
Feb 24, 2006  
Bottle. Clear yellow coloured with a white head. Aroma of malts, caramel and fruits. Sweet flavour of malts and caramel with notes of fruits and hops. A bit watery.



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