Anchor Porter

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

Wasn’t expecting too much but this porter was creamy and tasted great. Very smooth and relaxing beer to drink.

Bottle, Göteborg, 2006-08-10 AP: black body wee white head AR: malty, dark and sweet bread with orange peel F: malty, dark and sweet bread with orange peel, hint licqoris root

Didn’t see the high praise everyone else gets with this one. Poured real dark with a thin head.Taste was malty and toasty pretty in your face taste to me. may need to try this again

Dark black pour with a thinning tan head. Aroma is malty sweet with hints of coffee and chocolate. Flavor is strong with malt, coffee and chocolate. Finishes extremely smooth and soft with a lingering sweetness. A favorite porter.

I’m a total novice when it comes to porters. With that said I enjoyed this brew. Very smooth. Fantastic aroma and color. Taste is malty and toasty, very complex with a hint of hops at the end. Nice beer.

One of the best porters I’ve ever had the privilege of tasting. Somewhat salty aroma, dark black appearance, and solid head. Deep taste, somewhat sweet and full bodied. Recommended to every porter lover!

33cl bottle, as shown. Pours a pitch black with a big, creamy beige head. Impressive retention, plenty of lacing. Great-looking porter. Sweet aroma of double chocolate, with a subdued coffee note and even a whiff of hops lurking in the background. For a porter, this one is medium-bodied, with moderate carbonation. Smooth, creamy mouth feel. Initially sweet taste of caramelised malt and aniseed, but towards the middle a healthy, smoky bitterness kicks in and carries this brew towards its dry, refreshing finish. Lingering, but smooth, alcoholic after taste. This is a most pleasurable American porter from Anchor, a classic, I am told, of its kind. While of the porter beers I know I’d slightly favour Fuller’s London Porter and Samuel Smith’s Taddy Porter, this one comes pretty close. Extremely well-balanced soft and bitter notes, a well-rounded, smooth drink - highly sessionable.

I’d describe this beer as sweet and restrained enough to be very drinkable, but with enough complexity to interesting. Pours with a medium to large tan head which is retained well. The aroma is nicely sweet and chocolatey which some sneaky bitterness. The flavour is fairly moderate, initially some roasted coffee quickly subduing to a more gentle and sweet chocolate finish. Some smokiness lingers throughout. The body is surprisingly on the firm side for its alcohol content. Well crafted and very enjoyable.