Anchor Porter

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

The quintessential porter. Great smoke and coffee notes with a nice subtle sour counter-balance and a body that is smooth as silk. A staple beer for me, particularly during the winter months. Every sip tastes better than the previous one. Lovely on tap.

Deep dark brown with a red hue. Faint brown head. Aroma of dried fruits. Couldn’t get much chocolate or coffee of this but very good for a porter. Similar port like taste with a roasted malt character and thick mouth feel.

Drink on tap Aroma:small torefaction Appearance:Black small head Flavor:Chocolate and cofee,torefaction.

Not up to the very high standard of their superb Liberty Ale but nevertheless an excellent porter.Black with traces of liquorice and a few other things.Complex but simple and very easy to drink..

April, FRIDAY THE 13TH!!!! 2007!- Re-Rate. <P> Aroma is stewed raisins, cocoa, chocolate and black licorice. Huge fluffy mocha colored head. Very frothy and lasting. Black body. This beer is just damn close to perfect. Black licorice, cocoa, anise, roast malt and a deceptive alcohol kick. It’s just farking awesome. That is all there is to it. <P> August 21 2006 re-comment <P> Still a freaking benchmark for the style though this time it seemed to have more raisin notes to it. It’s still the freaking bomb as porter goes and it is still pushing the boundaries of the style after all this time. <P> June 12 2006 re-rate <P> Aroma is rich chocolate, brown sugar, raisin and maple syrup. Body is black and holds a slowly diminishing, two finger thick mocha head. Fore is stewed raisins, maple syrup, burnt malts and burnt bitterness. Has a baltic porter feel to it flavor wise. Mouthfeel is perfect for the style. Finishes like a liquid blast of rum raisin bread and chocolate tinged coffee. <P> original rating was 4.

Bottle. Strong dark chocolate and some roast in a scrumptious nose, lots of malt. On the browner side of barely-translucent red, dark with a creamy, rocky light brown head. Really a superb head, spoonable and worthy of a dozen pictures. Lots of chocolate and light roast in the mouth, medium-light body (somewhat watery) with a dry, woody, toffee-and-roast aftertaste. Dark chocolate note is lasting and is always lurking somewhere. Tons of malt, light bitterness with a touch of terminal hoppiness. Rich for a porter, but not overly so. Touch of acidity and slightly less mocha. Balanced and smooth. Rather robust but with concomitant complexity. I don’t feel the slightest bit of regret about slapping down a high score - this is a true classic!

I realized, after tasting another Anchor Porter tonight, that this beer reminds me quite a bit of Mackeson XXX Stout. Its smooth, relatively thin body is dominated by complex malts. If you like sweet porters, you will like Anchor (I also recommend Arcadia London Porter). This is one of my favorite porters, a beer to be reckoned with (for all who dare challenge its rank).

12 0z. bottle, really enjoyed this, nice toffee head, good chocolate and coffee and some light malt make this very drinkable