Porter
Anchor Brewing Company in San Francisco, California, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular|
Score
7.43
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Anchor Porter became the first modern American porter style beer when it was introduced in 1972. A blend of specially roasted pale, caramel, chocolate, and black malts, along with our top-fermenting yeast, creates complexity without bitterness. The brew is hopped at a high rate, and naturally carbonated. The result is dark in the glass, but surprisingly light on the palate.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Pours a beautiful, welcoming black with a massive dark beige head bubbling up and leaving ample lace. Nose is milk chocolate with a modest piney hop undertone. Tastes lovely, a wonderful throwback porter less obsessed with giant chocolate and roasted notes and more interested in a subtle, fruity character. Chocolate sweetness meets a cherry-laced gentle acidity, while a mild mocha backbone leads into a easygoing but dry fade. Texture’s to die for, creamy and smooth and begging for another sip. Just an all-around great anytime brew.
Tried
on 31 Mar 2017
at 15:35
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Cocktails, Littleborough. Black with an extremely thin off-white head. Sweet nose, lesser but still sweet dark-malt taste, with a gentle smoothness to it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2017
at 14:42
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught @ Albion. Dark brown with reddish tint towards light, small creamy tan head, faint roasted malt aroma, medium carbonation, lightly bitter mocha, toffee, cherry, vanilla beans taste, somewhat thick body, medium bitter cherry-mocha finish. Smooth and satisfying.
Tried
on 27 Mar 2017
at 16:36
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle. Almost black color. Aroma: caramel, wine, fruit esters and dark dried fruits. Taste: velvety caramel and wine, a bit of prunes and chocolate. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2017
at 10:21
7/10
Tried
on 07 Dec 2016
at 21:50
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
355ml bottle. Almost black appearance with a creamy one-two finger tan head. Aroma: roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, dark fruit. Taste: roasted malt, bitter coffee, some dark fruit. Full body, soft carbonation, oily creamy mouthfeel. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2016
at 18:09
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Roast and some caramel. Black pour with good head and lacing. Dark chocolate. Bittersweet finish. Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2016
at 12:05
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Dark brown color with beige head. Aroma is chocolate, herbal, a bit roasted. Taste is more chocolate, rather sweet, stays quite herbal. Low carbonation, creamy mouthfeel. Very nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2016
at 13:17
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Pours black from the bottle. The crown is wonderfully creamy and lingers for the duration. An enticing aroma greets the nose: like lightly vinous with roasted coffee notes. All in all an attractive start. Taste bitter with roasted notes, lightly sour, and inflected with a light berry tang that grows stronger at the finish. Complex and well balanced. Body is full, lightly oily, with average carbonation. Not as alcoholic as some of my other favorites, which makes this a welcome exception. A very agreeable porter in every way, and all the more respect given that it was brewed without any added chocolate or coffee. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2016
at 11:17
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Musta olut, suklaisella tuoksulla. Maussa suklaata, pehmeyttä, loistava porter, ei liian vahva.
Tried
on 11 Aug 2016
at 05:41