 GriffinAvenue (396), Winchester, Massachusetts, USA
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 8/20 |
Mar 25, 2007 Bottle. Caramel-orange color. No head. Lightly hoppy to the nose. Watery, tea-like, only colder and more bitter. Thin with tangy initial taste. No thanks.
jcwattsrugger (5573), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Mar 22, 2007 22oz bottle-pours a foamy white head and gold color. Aroma is medium malt-sweet, musty. Taste is medium malt-sweet, musty, dry hops bitterness. Light/medium body. OK carbonation.
marchcow (664), Coralville, Iowa, USA
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Mar 20, 2007 Bottle. Malty with mild hopped aroma. Orangish color with a small head. Flavor is malt, grain, slightly watery. Palate is thin. Resembles something like a Michelob Amber. Ok for what it is, like brewing a second pot of coffee without changing the grounds or the filter.
blankboy (3251), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 2.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 9/20 |
Mar 9, 2007 Bottle shared with HogTownHarry & biegaman -- courtesy of HogTownHarry. Pours a hazy amber-orange with a small diminishing white head. Aroma of armpit, diacytil, grain and light sweet malt -- not pleasant. Flavour’s no better: grainy with diacytil and a disgusting aftertaste -- Ugh! So bad, I didn’t like this at all.
HogTownHarry (4025), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Mar 1, 2007 Bottle (650ml). Shared with blankboy and beigaman, my bottle - NOT $18 heh heh heh - that was mean. Slightly hazy amber with a decent creamy/rocky off-white head. Perfume hop and sweet light toasted malt aroma. Weird herbal/bitter taste, dry and brackish. Average soft body, decent carbonation, astringent, with a long bitter/harsh aftertaste. Meh.
pHunbalanced (7), USA
does not count  | 2.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 10/20 |
Feb 27, 2007 I was curious and curiousity killed the cat that was Anchor’s glowing reputation in my eyes (or nose and mouth as the case may be). I am a fanatic about the Steam and the Porter, but I’ll pass on the Small. It may be the nature of the style, but to me this was a watery brew that offered no body, no alcohol and no sweetness to balance the bitterness. Not my cup of beer, but not offensice.
Tmoney99 (4786), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Feb 21, 2007 Bottle. Poured clear amber with medium white head that diminished slowly with good lacing. Medium sweet malty aroma. Medium body. Well balanced flavor with a medium bitter finish of moderate duration. Good brew.
luvcasks (178), USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 18, 2007 From a bottle at the Anchor brewery
Golden with amber/orange highlights with a medium ivory quickly diminishing head
Taste: Slight toast, some caramel when the big hop/astringency comes from behind to overtake this light malt profile...
Palate: Light bodied with moderate carbonation and the woodsy (Northern Brewer?) hop bite
Overall: A rare style of beer... a hidden gem amongst the big-beer filled constellation... for a bitter seems too hoppy. What a tip of the hat to the traditional English partial gyle brewing tradition. Genius lives in the ability to brew magic in small beers
Cheers!!!
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