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Anchor Summer Beer
Anchor Brewing Company
- From:
- Anchor Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Wheat Beer
- ABV:
- 4.6%
- Score:
- 77
- Avg:
- 3.39 | pDev: 14.75%
- Reviews:
- 604
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 08, 2023
- Added:
- Jan 14, 2002
- Wants:
- 29
- Gots:
- 118
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Ratings by Zorro:
Reviewed by Zorro from California
3.2/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.2/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Pours a clear golden color beer with a puffy white head.
Smell is lots of wheat scent, very bready in nature. Faint wisp of a citrus hop scent. Spicy yeast scent, but not too strong.
Taste is clean and very grainy; you can clearly taste the flavor of wheat grain in this one. Powder yeast flavor and a little tart in the finish. Faintly bitter after taste.
Mouthfeel is light but that is probably what they were looking for in a summer thirst quenching beer.
Drinkability is OK but it is a disappointment. Why make an American beer when they could have made a German or Belgian version that would have been far more tasty. All they would have had to do would be change the yeast used.
Pricey and disappointing.
Sep 11, 2005Smell is lots of wheat scent, very bready in nature. Faint wisp of a citrus hop scent. Spicy yeast scent, but not too strong.
Taste is clean and very grainy; you can clearly taste the flavor of wheat grain in this one. Powder yeast flavor and a little tart in the finish. Faintly bitter after taste.
Mouthfeel is light but that is probably what they were looking for in a summer thirst quenching beer.
Drinkability is OK but it is a disappointment. Why make an American beer when they could have made a German or Belgian version that would have been far more tasty. All they would have had to do would be change the yeast used.
Pricey and disappointing.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.75/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Can’t believe the low ratings, this is how a wheat ale should be done. Tight creamy head and clear golden body, light malt aroma, nice bready taste, velvety mouthfeel. Near perfectly crafted.
Nov 08, 2023Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
3.45/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.45/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Somehow forgot to rate this one from years past, having again now and my feelings are the same. Not enough wheat in taste, and in its place is grass, and blonde malts, also has a soapy aftertaste with the orange and lemon. This is odd because the smell has a good bit of grains and citrus, go figure. Will admit the feel is very summertime, light, bright and crisp. Would only have on a hot day
Jan 26, 2019Reviewed by Wasatch from Colorado
4/5 rDev +18%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +18%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 oz. Bottle
Pours a nice yellow color, nice carbonation, with a pretty nice small off-white head, which leaves some sticky lacing behind. The nose is hoppy, malty, yeasty, with some citrus. The taste is hoppy, malty, kinda yeasty, citrusy. Medium body, with a nice dry/bitter finish. Overall, a pretty tasty brew.
Apr 05, 2017Pours a nice yellow color, nice carbonation, with a pretty nice small off-white head, which leaves some sticky lacing behind. The nose is hoppy, malty, yeasty, with some citrus. The taste is hoppy, malty, kinda yeasty, citrusy. Medium body, with a nice dry/bitter finish. Overall, a pretty tasty brew.
Reviewed by NiceTaps from New Jersey
3.65/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.65/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Drank right from the 12oz can.
Malt, wheat, yeast, lemon, some spice and hop bitterness. What's not to like? Not to mention that I drank 5 on a hot summer's eve at a neighbor's get-together and walked home with my wits in tact.
A decent summer refresher.
Aug 28, 2016Malt, wheat, yeast, lemon, some spice and hop bitterness. What's not to like? Not to mention that I drank 5 on a hot summer's eve at a neighbor's get-together and walked home with my wits in tact.
A decent summer refresher.
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.17/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.17/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
A yellow wheat beer that shows off its haze below a 3/5" white head. Solid retention. Aroma was grainy wheat, lemon.
Taste added to those and threw in some spice rack coriander, more lemon, substantial bitterness for style. Packs a good amount of flavor into a lighter bodied brew.
Jun 10, 2016Taste added to those and threw in some spice rack coriander, more lemon, substantial bitterness for style. Packs a good amount of flavor into a lighter bodied brew.
Anchor Summer Beer from Anchor Brewing Company
Beer rating:
77 out of
100 with
1307 ratings
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