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Anchor Small Beer 2.66 412

Anchor Small Beer

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
4122.65/5.02.66/5.03.3%10.6English 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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 baraciisch (156), USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/102/512/20
Jun 3, 2009  
Cloudy burnt orange in color... Toffee aroma, flavor like a watered down anchor steam... Still pretty good although not extraordinary..


 zach8270 (2136), Henrietta, New York, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/510/20
May 7, 2009  
(bottle - 22 oz) Light amber color with a creamy off-white head. Aroma is light with some malty notes and some vegetables as well. Flavor is very bitter at the beginning with a light malty note. The bitterness is very overpowering and kind of kills the rest of the flavor. Lingers for a while.


 Heathen (810), Riverside, New Jersey, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/54/101/510/20
May 3, 2009  
THOUGHTS: Very British. It would make an incredible session beer if the finish wasn’t so metallic. It just kept getting more bitter. Drink this one quick or it gets too bitter to enjoy if it warms up at all. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a sparkling, light orange with nice carbonation and a large to huge, white head that slowly diminished keeping a nice sheet and leaving fair lacing. The aroma was light bread, tea, moderate to heavy floral, herbal and grassy hops; moderate cheesy, earthy and slightly funky yeast and sourness. The initial flavor was slightly sour and sweet; while the finish was sour then very bitter. There was lemony tea, herbal then metallic hops, yeast and some funk. The light to medium body was dry with lightly fizzy carbonation and a light to moderate astringent and very metallic finish.


 sleepylopes (314), New York, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/102/513/20
Apr 26, 2009  
sweet stale biscuit and malt grapefruit. malt sweet citrus upfront and a lingering bitter finish. just what i was looking for.


 BuckeyeSammy (456), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/59/20
Apr 26, 2009  
Sleepy’s been looking for this one for years, nice to finally find. Aroma of corn, grainy malt. A little flat, watery, almost undrinkable when it warms up. Interesting, but once was enough.


 satan165 (613), River Grove, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/56/102/514/20
Apr 14, 2009  
aroma of wet cereal and some hops. aroma alone disputes some of my preconcieved notiions based on ABV and its manner of being brewed. flavor is nicely bitter for such a weak beer. still, slightly metallic and nearly unpleasant but far from levels of disgust. aroma continues to intregue me, and flavor is not lacking enough to deserve the poor marks this beer has received.


 ajwilliams (118), , Indiana, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/102/512/20
Apr 4, 2009  
Bitter, light, crisp, watery. What do these words have in common? They all describe a rather disappointing beer. I love Old Foghorn, so I guess I will stick to that.


 Ethereal (1599), London, Greater London, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Mar 23, 2009  
Bottle from Utobeer, drunk at home with tashi, 19th March 09. Deepish amber, quite carbonated. Surprisingly hoppy. Very drinkable and rather under-rated looking at the scores here. A refreshing English-esque beer that you can quaff all day.



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