Anchor Brewing Company
Regional Brewery
in
San Francisco,
California,
United States 🇺🇸
Owned by
Sapporo Breweries
Established in 1896
Closed in 2023
Contact
Description
Anchor is America’s first and oldest craft brewery, with roots dating back to the California gold rush. Today, our beers are handmade from an all-malt mash in our traditional copper brewhouse. Our process combines the time-honored art of classical craft brewing with carefully applied, state-of-the-art modern methods.
5/10
Tried
on 26 Jul 2022
at 14:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Bottle) Black colour with big, frothy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with fresh coffee, dark bread, dark chocolate, raisins, red berries and treacle. Malty, roasted taste with notes of coffee, black bread, burnt sugar, raisins, liquorice, dark chocolate and a balanced coffee bitterness in the finish. More than medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Really tasty and well made with lots of fresh coffee. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2022
at 20:43
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Darkish dull amber and a thick head. A nice bit of fruity hop but not much bitterness.
Tried
on 18 Jun 2022
at 05:48
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Mostly meh, with a stale fruity hop note, uninspired malts. It’s not bad but comes across substandard.
Tried
on 18 Jun 2022
at 05:42
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dark amber, hazy, thin head. Sweet, rye bread, on the palate spicy with rye, some fruitiness. Leans sweet. Drinks way easier than the 8.4% would indicate.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2022
at 20:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark brown, thin head. Toasty, light, a but of cocoa. Drinks pretty quick. I know I personally prefer a bit more residual sugar and hop bitterness but this is balanced and good.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2022
at 20:31
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy but dull, pale amber. Sweet and fruity with a bit of tartness. Lots of kumquaty, calamansi sort of citrus in here, maybe pineapple sorts of notes as well. It’s okay.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2022
at 20:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Opaque, slightly dark blonde. Thin head. Bitter, so much pithy grapefruit. A bit of malt sweetness and a lot of alcohol and grapefruit bitterness to it.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2022
at 20:29
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Slight haze and pale amber. Thin head. Grainy, some malt sweetness but husky, low bitterness and minimal hop character. Decent beer but aiming very basic.
Tried
on 05 Jun 2022
at 06:32
8/10
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2022
at 23:04