Bert Grants Anvil Head Ale

Formerly brewed at Yakima Brewing And Malting Co./Bert Grants Real Ales
Style: Amber Ale
Yakima, Washington USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Medium amber color. Malts overtake the aroma from the hops. A wheaty flavor comes through. Light and hoppy on the palate from this medium bodied beer. Needs more rounding.

Anvilhead Unfiltered Ale--Spring Selection--2001 12 oz. Bottle. 5.60% ABV. (4.0 / 5.0) ESB? Clear rich amber color. Light sediment. Amarillo hops. Earthy sweet unique floral hop front. Rich semi sweet caramel malt body with light earthy notes. Mild citrus hop spice end and lingering doughy malt. Sampled 4/4/2001. Anvilhead Unfiltered Ale--Spring Seasonal--2002 12 oz. Bottle. 5.60% ABV. (4.25 / 5.0) Amber Ale? Slightly hazy rich amber color. Malty toasted floral Amarillo hop front. Sweet thick toasted biscuit caramel fruit body with rich unfiltered texture. Lacy head. Malty balanced mild hop end. Sampled 9/8/2002.

Had this beer in 12/5/2001. Aroma is a fresh hoppy scent. Color is a nice golden brown with good carbonation and a nice head. Taste is hoppy, mild and smooth. Starting with a easy medium body it goes down smooth with a nice hop flavor coming out. Finish is mild with a creamy malt flavor with fresh hops and a slight bitterness. Overall I feel it is a good drinking beer but just not fresh and crisp enough for a Spring brew.

From a 12 oz. stubby brown bottle with a blurb about the ale on the back label and no freshness date. Made a good appearance, poured a semi-hazy amberish copper with a foamy off-white goldenish head that reduced to a thin, bubbly lacing. Had a caramel malty aroma with whiffs of citrus/fruity hops and a bready yeastiness. Good carbonation and a slick light to medium bodied mouth feel, good drinkability. Had a big citrus fruity hop taste, a mellow bitterness, with a underlining sweet bready maltiness and a crisp soft sour finish. A decent Amber Ale from Grant’s, not their best hop-upped ale, but very drinkable.

Bottle: Aroma is bready with moderate cookie maltiness and a touch of flowery hops. Pours a transparent amber with a yellowish off-white head that diminishes quickly. Toffee flavors up front are instantly dominated by a sour and nutty hop finish Not what I was expecting in an APA.

got this in a trade and cannot remember who sent it. thanks any way. from the bottle , poured a copper ambe with off white head. aroma malts and hops, caramel, hints of grapefruit. flavor, malts, caramel, some toffee, floral hops, a little on the watery side but not to bad.

Not really sure what this one’s trying to be, but it does not possess the qualities of an amber ale; not that that is a bad thing. Pours an almost brown color with a decent heda. Smells citrussy with some grapefruit undertones. Finishes floral with some wildflower like qualities and some tastes I cannot quite place.

Started a beautiful cauldron or rusty orange, fomenting into a solid overcast of head. Interesting aroma, almost pepperoni-like. Quite metallic tone on the palate (is the anvil IN the beer?), a sweet and sour hop-malt balance and a spicy little finish. Pretty good ...

An excelent head on this one, with a nice amber color. Good hop nose and taste. Caramel malts and barley come into play wuickly. There is a playoff between the sweetness of the caramel and the sour of the hops, which makes for a very good beer.

Cloudy amber... beige head... sweet aroma.. light body... light creamy palate almost watery.... nothing to redeaming about this beer.

pours amber, big white head. toasted bready malt and caramel in the aroma and flavour with a bit of fruity/spicy hops. flavour is fruity with some nutty hints and a bit of roast. not bad.