Anchor Porter

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

Yes, it’s THAT good. Textbook porter appearance, very dark brown with a dense and longlasting tan head & good lacing. Aroma of vanilla, hazelnut, dark chocolate, espresso, dark sugar and myriad of other things. The taste is very rounded and full-bodied, roasty malty dry with lush vanilla hazelnut sweetness. Very long finish like an espresso. Mouthfeel is thick and pretty heavy on the carbonation.

Bottle, pours dark brown with a huge light brown creamy head. The head shrinks down a little but sticks around for the whole beer, and the lacing is pretty good. The aroma is heavy on the malt side. The aroma is of chocolate and coffee. There is not much hop aroma. There is also a hint of sourness to the aroma. Takeing the first sip you are hit with a pretty good size malt bill, with quite a bit of coffee and chocolate. There is also a distinct sourness to it. There is a slight bitterness, but not much for hop flavor. With the initial flavor it is very sweet with light bitterness. Then the finishing flavors the sweetness falls back to the moderate level with a little bit of bitterness and that sourness. The duration of the finish is somewhere inbetween short and average length. The body is medium with a creamy texture and soft carbonation.

Deep midnight black, full and creamy off white head. All kinds of aroma in the nose. Roasted malt, licorice, raisins, hazlenut, chocolate, and a hint of coffee. Medium bodied and creamy on the tongue. Finishes mostly clean with a touch of bitterness from the hops. A very good porter, probably my best to date.

12 ounce bottle in pint glass. Pours black with lasting flat light brown head and lotsa lace. Aroma of roasted and chocolate and port wine. Flavors of roasted chocolate, ripe fruit with a mildly bitter finish. Medium body and carbonation. A great sessionable porter.

Certainly the best wide-spread american incarnation of this style, anchor porter exhibits all the hallmarks. Deep rose-tinged black with off-white head, smokey oak on the nose, immense character in the flavor, tones of coffee, toffee, smoke, caramel, lighter on the palate than a stout, smooth slight bitterness on the finish. Anchor really hit the nail on the head here.

bottle. a dark brown with a brown head with big bubbles. As for smells, I got a roasted malt and caramel or chocolate and it tasted like chocolate and smoke with an pleasingly smoky finish.

Very dark brown, with a tan head. Almost no lacing. Aromas of coffee, chocolate, & hoppy spices. Nice chocolate, espresso and hop spices give a great body to the beer. A bit of licorice in the end. It may be a bit over the top, but in a good way, tastee

Very satisfying beer that pairs well with food. Quality is very consistent on tap or in bottle