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Humming Ale
Anchor Brewing Company
- From:
- Anchor Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5.9%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.72 | pDev: 12.37%
- Reviews:
- 335
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 19, 2022
- Added:
- Nov 04, 2009
- Wants:
- 23
- Gots:
- 30
This bold, frothy, effervescent craft ale, with hints of citrus, finds its name throughout English literature that might just as well describe its taste, its history, or just how it makes you feel.
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.51/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.51/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
355 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 5.9%. Deep golden colour, moderate white head. Very nice aroma of Nelson Sauvin hops, fruity notes (gooseberries, tropical fruits), hints of pine. Refreshing flavour, medium dry, with a distinct hoppy bitterness throughout, sharpish in the aftertaste. Not very complex.
Jul 19, 2022Reviewed by ThirstyLion from New Jersey
4.42/5 rDev +18.8%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
4.42/5 rDev +18.8%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
Humming Ale unfortunately is not available in the Northeast. I've only seen it available in Connecticut liquor stores and I was always sure to pick up a couple six packs anytime I was passing through.
Humming Ale has a Blood Orange, Pomegranate look with a Citrus laced nose that upon the first sip turns into Coriander, Flour Petal, Hazelnuts & Grapefruit.
This is a drinkable beer. The more you drink, I suppose, the more you hum to yourself because you'll be very happy.
Humming Ale has a froth factor of a 5.0 and based on how unique and craft like it is, I would rate it in the upper 10% of all American beers ever made. a wonderful beer for the winter time also and if served in a frosty mug, you will drink your fill happily.
Anchor is an absolutely legit brewery & if they ever got serious about selling beer, they would probably be one of the top five beers in the country. Perhaps that is not their goal however. They may be happy just being a great West coast cornerstone craft brewery. There's no shame in that.
Anchor's beers are priced right. Humming Ale sadly seems to have long disappeared from New England but if I ever do happen upon it again I'm certainly going to grab a shopping cart and grab a couple cases at least.
Feb 01, 2021Humming Ale has a Blood Orange, Pomegranate look with a Citrus laced nose that upon the first sip turns into Coriander, Flour Petal, Hazelnuts & Grapefruit.
This is a drinkable beer. The more you drink, I suppose, the more you hum to yourself because you'll be very happy.
Humming Ale has a froth factor of a 5.0 and based on how unique and craft like it is, I would rate it in the upper 10% of all American beers ever made. a wonderful beer for the winter time also and if served in a frosty mug, you will drink your fill happily.
Anchor is an absolutely legit brewery & if they ever got serious about selling beer, they would probably be one of the top five beers in the country. Perhaps that is not their goal however. They may be happy just being a great West coast cornerstone craft brewery. There's no shame in that.
Anchor's beers are priced right. Humming Ale sadly seems to have long disappeared from New England but if I ever do happen upon it again I'm certainly going to grab a shopping cart and grab a couple cases at least.
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
3.34/5 rDev -10.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.34/5 rDev -10.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Clear light orange.
Nice white head; decent lacing.
Plain malt nose; not a good start.
Medium thin mouthfeel.
Slight bread-y malts, slight hop bite; not much flavor.
A boring but not undrinkable beer.
Apr 09, 2019Nice white head; decent lacing.
Plain malt nose; not a good start.
Medium thin mouthfeel.
Slight bread-y malts, slight hop bite; not much flavor.
A boring but not undrinkable beer.
Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.5/5 rDev -5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This was poured into a pint glass. The appearance has a fairly clear burnt golden orange color body with a white one finger head. There was some light lacing that slid right on into the body. The smell had some light floral with just a touch spicy with underlying tropical notes. The taste was mild with a light bittersweet floral to spicy to grasp a light pine hovering over a some light toasty biscuit. There was a fairly decent lingering biscuit aftertaste that lead into a dry finish. On the palate, this one sat fairly light but also showed a decent aspect to make me think it could have sat at medium on the body. I’d say this was fairly sessionable and did have a decent carbonation to it. Overall, in my opinion, this is a good APA worthy of having again.
Jun 12, 2017Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.92/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.92/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Comes out looking amber and auburn, 1/4" off white head. The aroma was a delight, poppin' dem Nelson hops all up in your grill.
Taste was the hoppiest thing from Anchor I've ever had, including Old Foghorn! Very dry malt body here, dem honey pale malts. So cool, Anchor, one of the more old school traditional brewery, dropping new school down under New Zealand or whatnot hops into a new recipe. It works. It works quite well, this is my fave Anchor beer now. Wish I could see it more, but Nelsons seem to be in short supply.
May 25, 2016Taste was the hoppiest thing from Anchor I've ever had, including Old Foghorn! Very dry malt body here, dem honey pale malts. So cool, Anchor, one of the more old school traditional brewery, dropping new school down under New Zealand or whatnot hops into a new recipe. It works. It works quite well, this is my fave Anchor beer now. Wish I could see it more, but Nelsons seem to be in short supply.
Humming Ale from Anchor Brewing Company
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
665 ratings
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