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Anchor Brewing Company

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California Lager

California Lager

Poured from the can. Looks decent enough with the golden body and the two-finger, rocky head. Lace and retention aren't great, but out of the box it looks clean. Sweet and grainy nose. Smooth but a bit of a grainy macro feel for me. Some decent...

3.35 out of 5.00 | Drinkable
Anchor Wheat Beer

Anchor Wheat Beer

12 oz Filtered wheat. Excellent head, good retention. Clean, malty, lager-like feel despite what the style might promise. Clean lines and a simple malt base with a gentle, more bitter finish. Light sweetness with slight metallic finish. Extremely...

3.91 out of 5.00 | Good
Anchor BigLeaf Maple Autumn Red

Anchor BigLeaf Maple Autumn Red

A beautiful copper colored pour with a nice, solid head and some decent retention. Anchor dot-matrix dating TSF. Nose hits me with a much greener first impression that I was expecting. This is surprisingly bitter - real it is! Plenty of carmel...

3.14 out of 5.00 | Drinkable
Zymaster Series No. 4 Fort Ross Farmhouse Ale

Zymaster Series No. 4 Fort Ross Farmhouse Ale

Copper pour, great clarity. Nice, solid head, decent retention. Some lace. Clean malt in the nose, similar in the taste with a slight metallic tinge. English Pale Ale vibes. A lot of mineral walt and light malts up front. The beer has a satisfying...

4.00 out of 5.00 | Very Good
Breckle’s Brown

Breckle’s Brown

The highly recognizable, 'Anchor shaped', 22 oz bottle that reminds me of their 'Small Beer' every time that I see it. Neck label along with the classic oval. 1GV on the rear gives the usual Anchor code in raised, dot matrix. Noisy, gulp, gulp pour...

3.60 out of 5.00 | Good
Our Special Ale 2010 (Anchor Christmas Ale)

Our Special Ale 2010 (Anchor Christmas Ale)

12 oz single from my annual sixer. Usual presentation. The usual, dark walnut brown pour with plenty of quite rich looking head. Some good looking lace as usual and the beer looks its usual, rich color. All of the expected and normal herbal,...

3.98 out of 5.00 | Good
Anchor Humming Ale

Anchor Humming Ale

Usual Anchor presentation. Bottle says 5.9% alcohol. dot-matrixed freshness says OLU. Always interested by a new Anchor brew, so here we go. Bottle produces a beer that looks a little macro in its appearance except for a much better head that is...

3.43 out of 5.00 | Drinkable
Our Special Ale 2010 (Anchor Christmas Ale)

Our Special Ale 2008 (Anchor Christmas Ale)

‎2008 vintage that is approx. 1 year old (I purchased my usual, 2009 sixer a couple of days ago). ‎The usual Anchor code, 8OU dot-matrixed on this baby. ‎ Nice, mocha colored head on top of the usual dark brown, garnet body. Head...

3.68 out of 5.00 | Good
Our Special Ale 2010 (Anchor Christmas Ale)

Anchor Summer Beer

Seems strange to have not reviewed this over the years, so it's about time I did. Classic, Anchor bottle with e usual dot-matrixed code on the rear - 9MK (difficult to be sure if the last letter is actually that). Pour is a surprisingly well...

3.05 out of 5.00 | Drinkable
Our Special Ale 2010 (Anchor Christmas Ale)

Anchor Bock Beer

This one has been a LONG time coming - glad to get here eventually. Not available in GA, this one came from a recent jaunt up the east coast. 8JW dot-matrixed in the usual Anchor manner. Good, mahogany color from a noisy pour. Rich body, head and...

3.71 out of 5.00 | Good
Our Special Ale 2010 (Anchor Christmas Ale)

Anchor Small Beer

I've been wanting to try this for a while, and I finally got around to getting some on my recent jaunt up the East Coast (we don't get this particular Anchor product in GA). $3.79, it came from State Line Liquors. 1 Pint, 6 fl oz "Anchor Style"...

4.28 out of 5.00 | Very Good
Our Special Ale 2010 (Anchor Christmas Ale)

Our Special Ale 2006 (Anchor Christmas Ale)

On tap, East-West Connector Taco Mac. As usual, served too cold. The usual "coke like" pour with burgandy highlights at the edges. Very small head and some lacing, but the lacing seemed a little thin. Lack of substantial body also reflected in the...

3.72 out of 5.00 | Good
Our Special Ale 2010 (Anchor Christmas Ale)

Anchor Old Foghorn

Update: 4AT coded bottle (April 2004) consumed January 2007. 7oz bottle getting toward three years old. Very deep malts and lots of sweetness with a hop edge. This stuff seems to be peaking since I can hardly imagine it getting any better. Original...

4.32 out of 5.00 | Very Good
Our Special Ale 2010 (Anchor Christmas Ale)

Our Special Ale 2004 (Anchor Christmas Ale)

Updated Review 01/08 Bottled. Part of a recent 03-07 vertical. This was the sweetest of the vertical with the usual notes but oxidation being prevelant. Enjoyable at four years old. Original Review 12/04 Taco Mac, Marietta, GA, $4.25. Very nice....

4.48 out of 5.00 | Very Good
Our Special Ale 2010 (Anchor Christmas Ale)

Anchor Liberty Ale

I'm sure this is a quality beer to many, but it's simply not "my cup of tea". If you like aromatic hops, then go right ahead, you won't be disappointed, but if your senses are offended by overpowering flavors then this will not work for you. The...

2.57 out of 5.00 | Under Par
Our Special Ale 2010 (Anchor Christmas Ale)

Anchor Porter

Extremely nice. All that you would want in a Porter, plus a little bit of an unexpected bitter and dry finish as a bonus. Classic black pour, with a small but creamy head. I like my Porters to exhibit that creamy quality and the smoothness of this...

4.20 out of 5.00 | Very Good
Our Special Ale 2010 (Anchor Christmas Ale)

Anchor Steam Beer

$7.99 a sixer, Green's Atlanta, GA, USA. I enjoyed this beer, but I suspect that may have been simply because after over exposure to Miller Lite, Bud, Rolling Rock etc. one tends to relish even the most ordinary of tastier microbrew styles. Good...

3.45 out of 5.00 | Drinkable