Anchor Porter

12 oz bottle. Pours a deep brown, good dose of visible small bubbly carbonation clinging to my New Belgium glass, and an average size foamy light beige head. Aroma of sweet coccoa, raisin bread, rum soaked cake and just offly sweet overall compared to lots of other porters. Flavor is initially very sweet that fades into bitter chocolate and finishes with burnt malts. Solid beer that is consistent time after time.

6 Sept 08: Black, with a generous head. Burnt malt with roasty finish. Very good porter.

Opaque dark ruby, fluffy mocha head. Nose is rum, burned malts, banana syrup and dry fruits. Similar burned and rum fruity flavor, alcohol, and a herbal finish. Quite light bodied. Very old school feeling, I’d like it a bit thicker.

Dark brown pour, tan head, spotty lace. Thick bodied. Chocolate and coffee, combined with a roasty finish

I was surprised at how dark and thick this beer poured. With its thick flow to its brown head, this resembled a coffee stout more than a porter in appearance. The smell is a lovely, deep chocolate licorice and the taste and mouthfeel is creamy and chocolatey. This beer is so full bodied and full flavored that you’d guess it was a stout. This could be dessert.

Chocolate smell, ruby dark brown/black in colour. Beautifully smooth mouthfeel, creamy texture. Very pleasant toffee, coffe, licorice, anise flavours. A treat.

Taste 8/8 Bottle(7DT). Looks: Opaque black, tan head. Aroma: Roast/toast. Dark fruit licorice. Biscuit/yeast. Taste: Nice roast and fruit mix. Medium sticky body. A nice smoke. Good and evenly complex.

Draught at the Brewery, August 2008. Beautiful, almost black with a fairly generous, foaming head: holds chocolate, coffee bean aromas. One of my wife’s favourite beers. Mouthfeel is reasonably full, thick. Flavour of rich dark chocolate, roasted coffee, licorice.