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Anchor Small Beer 2.66 408

Anchor Small Beer

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
4082.66/5.02.66/5.03.3%10.7English pint
Commercial Description:
The tradition of brewing two distinct beers from one mash has existed for thousands of years, and for centuries the term "small beer" was used in English to describe the lighter and weaker second beer. We make our Old Foghorn Barleywine Style Ale from the rich first runnings of an all-malt mash, and Anchor Small Beer is our attempt to duplicate the "small beers" of old by sparging that same mash: sprinkling warm water over the Old Foghorn mash after the first wort has run off, thereby creating a second, lighter brew from the resulting thinner wort. We believe you will find Anchor Small Beer delicious—similar to what modern brewers call a "bitter"—and we hope you will also enjoy the idea of reviving an ancient brewing tradition, which is something of great importance.
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 Snojerk321 (1999), San Diego, California, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/59/20
Jun 30, 2008  
Bottle from BevMo! Mission Valley. An off-white, average-sized & rocky head formed over a very lightly-hazed, amber body. Aroma was grainy & nutty with well-roasted malt. Bitter flavor, somewhat weak and thin, with a tinny finish that also held burnt nuttiness.


 WeeHeavySD (3000), San Diego (Hillcrest), California, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/104/52/101/59/20
Jun 29, 2008  
Bottle I bought @ Bevmo a while back. 3.3 % wow this gonna prob suck. Orange pour with a bright white head. Nose is dead. Taste is pretty piss poor. Wow this is crappy if you ask me.


 cbkschubert (2002), Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Jun 23, 2008  
22 oz. bottle courtesy of FlacoAlto - Pours a clear golden color with a 3/4 finger thick white head. Light lacing. Aroma is big herbal hops, almost skunky. Flavor is esters and herbal hops. Light to medium body. The hops linger a bit on the tongue. I kinda like this one. Thanks Sebastian.


 Tweety (344), Vancouver, Washington, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Jun 15, 2008  
Bomber. I actually really enjoyed this one, it’s not full of flavor, it’s not strong, but it’s not supposed to be. Refreshing and novel, a unique experience unseen in most breweries today. Very few American craft brewers buy into the belief that a beer that is low in alcohol can be good, but this one was. Thin-bodied doesn’t always mean bad, just usually in the form of macro-swill.


 topherh (931), Kearney, Missouri, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/104/510/20
Jun 11, 2008  
24 oz bottle. Pours clear orange with a nice white head. Aroma is mild spice. Very light mouthfeel. Flavor is bitter, very little malt sweetness(obviously thats in the Old Foghorn). Not the greatest beer I have ever had, but definitely drinkable.


 posikyle (165), Alabama, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/101/59/20
Jun 2, 2008  
A very odd beer. Pours a very nice brown color, with a thick, very dense head. Aroma, however, is very lacking. Flavor is very, very watered down, almost like a pale lager, with a definite alcohol bite in the end. It’s ok, I guess, if you’re just thirsty. If not, look somewhere else.


 GG (1640), NorCal, California, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/58/20
May 30, 2008  
Probably my least favorite beer from Anchor. It’s not that it’s bad it just doesn’t have much too it. All the good stuff is sitting inside a bottle of Foghorn! So the beer pours out gold color with an eruptive white head. A skunkified aroma, with minimal amounts of malt...maybe even a touch bready. Mouthfeel is water-like. Little to no consistency with it. Weak flavors of minimal malt and that’s about it. I get the concept of using 2nd runnings and when you do this I’m sure this beer is about as good a a "small beer" can get. With that being said, it still isn’t very good. Easy to drink, but just nothing to it.


 Kevin (1918), Colorado, USA
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/52/102/56/20
May 29, 2008  
light yellow gold body with a lasting white head. sheetrock nose, it smells a lot like coos to be honest. metallic unpleasant grain taste. i know it’s an ale, but it tastes like a lot of cheap pale lagers. bitterness dominates. slightly floral majorly unpleasant. i’ve been waiting to try this for a while, now i never need to again. 3 3 2 2 6



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