 kujo9 (1078), North Ridgeville, Ohio, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 |
Apr 15, 2005 22 oz bottle: very light amber w/ a lasting, medium white head. Smells like a bitter. Herbal, tobacco hop very much fresh in the nose. Very light on the malt aroma, but at 3.3 ABV, what would you expect? Very light yeasty character w/ a hints of fruity esters. Herbal hoppy flavor, again, light on the malts, some light fruitiness. Light bodied, higher level of carbonation, dry mouthfeel. Overall, very flavorful for a smaller beer. I find it much better that your typical macro swill for the low ABV. Thankfully this is still fresh though, I don’t think I’d want to have this out of date.
sayravai (3781), Helsinki, Finland
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Apr 15, 2005 (Draught) Clear golden color with a smallish, lacy head. Aromatic-hoppy, flowery and slightly buttery aroma. Aromatic, woody-hoppy flavor with pale malts and butter. Lingering, bitter finish. Slightly sweet and acidic. Light to medium-bodied palate with balanced carbonation. Small beer in every way. Pleasant one, though, for the ABV.
ChillCoat (1029), Concord, California, USA
| 1.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 1/10 | 1/5 | 3/20 |
Apr 14, 2005 Bottled. Pours a clear golden orange color with a frothy off-white head. The aroma is that of yeast and malt but reminds me of a Sam Adams Boston Lager. The taste is...well...lacking. Bitter and not much else. No malt character. This is my first "small beer" so maybe I just don’t understand the style but it seems to me the grain was spent by the time they sparged this. Adding hops to water doesn’t make beer IMHO. I love Anchor but I don’t like this beer.
TBone (6850), Pori, Finland
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Apr 3, 2005 Draught @HBF2005
Golden color, small head. Light fruity nose. Well hoppied bitter flavor in the watery body. Long bitterish aftertaste.
louchemobile (16), Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England
| 2.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 8/20 |
Mar 30, 2005 Best consumed cold-ish as a thirst-quencher at a hot party when a stronger more complex beer would be too much. Either that or mix a bottle with a Foghorn for a great cocktail. Anchor can do a lot better.
Drew (2410), Kent, Ohio, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Mar 29, 2005 Anchor Small - in such a big bottle. I wasn’t sure what to expect out of this one. Golden color, clear, lots of bubbles, short off-white head, some lacing. Aroma was slighly malty/bready. Taste is medium to thin bodied - I sipped at this for about an hour, waiting for it to thicken up a bit - nope, never really did. Hops in this are right up front and all the way through to a medium long finish. I think this would be a great business lunch beer.
SpudClampDawg (1027), Jasper, Indiana, USA
| 1.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 3/5 | 1/10 | 2/5 | 5/20 |
Mar 28, 2005 Straw colored - fizzy head. Extra malty aroma. Body is thin and mostly uninteresting. Old Foghorn’s red-headed step child for sure. Tastes like a flat Miller Lite. What are you doing putting your name on this Anchor?!?!
Dogbrick (2907), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Mar 26, 2005 This is certainly an interesting concoction. Pours a clear dark orange color with a medium thin eggshell-white head. Thin lacing. The aroma is light toasted malt. Light-bodied and bitter, without much flavor. A bit of earthy malt is there but the general bitterness is all the beer really has. The finish is lightly bitter and lingering. All in all, a nice throwback beer but not one I would go out of my way to have again.
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