Anchor Brewing Company

Regional Brewery in San Francisco, California, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Sapporo Breweries

Established in 1896

Closed in 2023

Contact
1705 Mariposa St, San Francisco, CA, CA 94107, United States
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.

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6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

08.2018 Aromat słodowy karmelowy, chmiel bardzo delikatny, Jasno bursztynowy kolor przejrzyste z dużą pianą, opadającą. Smak słodowy z melanoidynami oraz karmel, trochę chmielu miętowo ziołowego. Nagazowanie niskie, orzeźwiające, gorzkie na finiszu. Ogólnie całkiem podobne do jakiegoś bursztynowego lagera nic specjalnego, ale dobre piwo z charakterystycznym chmielem

Tried on 04 Mar 2025 at 09:28


7.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

09-2018 Aromat słodki, słodowy, miód karmel, babka piaskowa, przyprawy, chmiel. Nagazowanie duże. Ładna beżowa piana, klarowne o koloru herbaty. Smak bardzo dobrze wyczuwalna słodowość przełamana wyraźną chmielowością. Poza tym wyczuwalne chlebowe nuty. Gumowate pełne, ale gładkie, nie czuć alkoholu, finisz goryczkowy. Ogólnie przyjemne się to pije

Tried on 04 Mar 2025 at 09:28


8.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

0.35 l bottle @ home. Pours pitch black with everlasting beige head. Nose is mainly sweet with distincitve notes of fruits, something that reminds me of truffle, some faint cinnamon and roasted malts. Basically the same notes appear in taste, wrapped in a beautiful creamy mouthfeel. Short to medium bittersweet finish (roasted notes and cocoa), light body and average carbo. Good one, full of flavours especially for a relaitvely low ABV.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Mar 2025 at 09:15


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 5

0.355 l can, thanks to my family. Pours clear, deep golden and thick, quickly disappearing head. Nose is, well, typical lager-like bittersweetness. Its taste is quite similar, there’re some sweet grains and moderate bitterness in the finish. Light bodied and softly carbonated, quite easy to drink. I expected somewhat more tbh, this is barely better than average.

Tried from Can on 04 Mar 2025 at 07:16


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Clear golden pour, big white head. Aroma is very grassy, pale, biscuity malts. Good mouth feel, soft carb. Grassy finish, well made, nothing special, but good for what it is.

Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:53


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

nice offering. some sweet malt in the flavour, and some nice hops, but not as upfront as i would expect. decent flavour, nothing outstading, and overall nice product.

Tried on 27 Feb 2025 at 05:32


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

2005 edition
very piney,and spicy. with a tad bit of sweetness thrown in. very interesting, definetly a sipper. dont think ill have it again.

Tried on 27 Feb 2025 at 05:31


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

i think i got a bad bottle.
i know its a barley wine, but there was ZERO head, NOTHING. i think the can wasnt capped properly, it was totaly flat, very bitter, not much sweetness......wil re-rate when i open my next bottle in a year or so.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2025 at 05:31


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

nice roma of citrus, but more malt than i’m used to in the aroma of an APA.
flavour is nice and hoppy but once again, more malt than what i’;m sued to.
All in all, very good APA, just not the hop slap in the face i’m used to.

Tried on 27 Feb 2025 at 05:31


8.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Sweet malt.
appareance is bang on.
nice full feel to it. very nice porter, one fo the better i’ve had in a while
very very nice.

Tried on 27 Feb 2025 at 05:31