Brekle's Brown
Anchor Brewing Company in San Francisco, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.87
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Brekle’s Brown has a coppery brown color and unusual depth of flavor with hints of citrus which makes for richness and complexity without heaviness. The classic, all-malt, single-hop American brown ale.
Trivia: in 1871 brewer Gottlieb Brekle arrived in San Francisco from Germany. He purchased an old beer-and-billiards saloon near Russian Hill and transformed it into the little craft brewery that — twenty-five years later — would be renamed Anchor.
Trivia: in 1871 brewer Gottlieb Brekle arrived in San Francisco from Germany. He purchased an old beer-and-billiards saloon near Russian Hill and transformed it into the little craft brewery that — twenty-five years later — would be renamed Anchor.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours a transparent medium brown, minor head. Nutty and caramelish. Some malts. Pretty good.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:03
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours a dark brown colour with a tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, malts, malts, malts... You got that right, this is a malty brew, with a slight presence of citra hop in the aroma. Noticed caramel, toffee and hops. Very enjoyable Brown Ale.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2025
at 05:19
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at Beer Temple, Amsterdam: Clear brown brew with an good taste of roasted malts and good hints of caramel.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:39
7/10
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:53
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Notes from October 2011 On tap @ Hop Devil Grill. Pint glasses are not yet extinct. Mud brown & amber color. Decent clarity. Transparent inch of off-white head. Doughy, barely nutty aroma. Ashy. Served too cold. Becomes more crusty as it warms. Flavor is acrid, nearly burnt malt. Dry toast. Earthy, root flavors. Bit of liquorice & faint coffee. Not very caramelized at all. Moderately bitter. Stiff carbonation that probably isn't what Anchor intended. Medium light body; textured feel. Alcohol isn't very noticeable for 6%. Decent bitter American brown, but there wasn't much nuttiness/depth in the roast.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Oct 2024
at 22:18
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Early rating from Beer Buddy app
Tried
on 25 Oct 2020
at 03:08
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Dark brown color. Toffee, licorice and blackberries in the aroma. Malty sweet flavor with caramel and blackberries. Pleasant fruity brown ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Londis, Knighton, Leicester. Mid- to dark brown, translucent with a tight khaki head. Aroma is gentle but still pretty stunning: oak, chocolate, black raspberry, marshmallow. There's a surprising amount of hoppy bitterness in the initial sip, and what sweetness there is fades in the finish. Body's really watery. Heavily carbonated. All in all it is a delicious brown.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2018
at 21:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled. Cloudy chestnut brown. Small beige head. Rich malts form the nose: caramel, toast, honey. Citrusy hops are well in front. Light to medium body. Medium sweet an decently bitter taste. Rich malts. Citra hops. I liked it definitely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2017
at 14:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Wenig Carbo, dunkelbraun, in der Nase schöne Nalznoten mit einer gewissen Fruchtigkeit. Im Trunk malzig süffig, leichte Schokonoten mittig, hinten bitter. Schöne Komposition!
Tried
on 16 Jul 2017
at 10:21