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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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 dmac (1503), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/102/510/20
Mar 12, 2009  
22 oz bomber from Stateline. Pours flat bodied rusty copper with a pillowy white head. Aroma is lots of grainy malts, some vegtable sweetness a’ la creamed corn. Flat smooth bodied with soft/average carbonation and just a slight touch of bitterness on the finish. Flavor overall is bland...sort of like tonic water soaked 7 grain bread. Well at least this will get me drunk, Wait 3.3%!!! What The Hell Is This? Who Greenlighted This Fake Beer Project?


 anders37 (4792), Malmö, Sweden
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/512/20
Mar 9, 2009  
Draft @ Anchor Brewing Company. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a malty bready caramel aroma. Sweetish weak malty grainy flavor. Has a sweetish malty finish with some hoppy bitter aftertaste.


 JohnnyJ (1352), Carlsbad, California, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/59/20
Mar 5, 2009  
Pours a clear orange yellow with white head. Malty, with some citrus and caramel. Finishes with a small amount of bitter hops. It’s alright, might be good for mowing the lawn.


 altonbrownd (1961), Amsterdam, Netherlands
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Feb 19, 2009  
Orange body with thick head. Malty and grassy nose. Taste of hops as well. Some citrus. Quite light and crisp. Not so small.


 Narnad (721), Wonder Lake, Illinois, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/102/510/20
Feb 11, 2009  
Pours from the bottle a light orange color with a thick, off white head. Aroma is a light, kinda watered down malt scent with a splash of grassy hops and a light ginger hint as well. Flavor has a watered down malt flavor with light grassy bitterness and low carbonation. Overall pretty bland and I did’t care for this beer because the palate was so intensely watery that it really made the flavors feel separated with no melding of taste.


 Rciesla (3810), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/55/103/510/20
Feb 7, 2009  
Bottle in SF. Pours a light golden body with a white head. Nose is lightly earthy with some thin malt background. Citrus and tea accents. Simple and clean with a light bitterness. Decent.


 Magicdave6 (5558), London, Greater London, England
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jan 28, 2009  
Bottle from utobeer had at home. Alround rating: The aroma is fresh grassy hay hop, bitter and mash like. Taste is similar, the body is very thin, infact this would be really good if they would tone down the hops, as at the moment the body cant stand up to the raw bittering hop.


 leaparsons (4752), Leicester, Leicestershire, England
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Jan 27, 2009  
Bottle. Golden with a small white head. Aromas are spicy pine with grapefruit and dusty malts. Flavours are dry tea with resinous bitter grapefruit. Has some nutty Alt character. Bitter and woody on the finish. Lots of taste for its strength.



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