1888
Anaheim Brewery
- From:
- Anaheim Brewery
- California, United States
- Style:
- California Common / Steam Beer
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.52 | pDev: 12.78%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 07, 2020
- Added:
- Aug 01, 2011
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 5
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
Anaheim 1888 is based on a style of beer brewed at the original Anaheim Brewery and has a flavor that is popular with today's beer drinker. Copper-colored, full-flavored and well-hopped, Anaheim 1888 is our flagship beer.
The beer is aptly named to reflect the glory days of the original Anaheim Brewery. It was in 1888 when Friedrich Conrad, our spiritual forefather, began construction on a vast brick building on West Broadway to house the expanded brewery.
The Anaheim Gazette noted in 1890 that Conrad's beer "appears to be fully equal if not superior to the celebrated Anheuser beer of St. Louis. Besides it is a strictly Orange County product and all who are in the habit of using beer should give it a trial if only to encourage home industries."
We think you should do the same.
The beer is aptly named to reflect the glory days of the original Anaheim Brewery. It was in 1888 when Friedrich Conrad, our spiritual forefather, began construction on a vast brick building on West Broadway to house the expanded brewery.
The Anaheim Gazette noted in 1890 that Conrad's beer "appears to be fully equal if not superior to the celebrated Anheuser beer of St. Louis. Besides it is a strictly Orange County product and all who are in the habit of using beer should give it a trial if only to encourage home industries."
We think you should do the same.
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Rated by evanwoertz from California
4.55/5 rDev +29.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
4.55/5 rDev +29.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
exceptional offering of a classic style.
Apr 23, 2019
Rated by Totalpackage411 from California
3.35/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.35/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Solid beer, original recipe
Nov 29, 2015
Reviewed by DoubleJ from Wisconsin
3.79/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Anaheim Brewery's flagship beer, on-tap at the brewery itself. On to the beer:
This is a deep copper color, whcih is topped with a fair retaining head and good lacing that sitcks around the glass. The nose is a doughy one, with breaks of bread crust and sourdough bread. The description talks about hoppiness, but I don't get that until I taste it. Modestly hoppy flavor, riding along it is a pine note. It's doughy, has a mineraly accent. Sourdough too maybe? Only slightly sweet. It's a medium bodied beer, with a smooth body and a bite of carbonation.
For a flagship beer, 1888 can hold itself together. It's a drinkable, all seasons beer.
Mar 03, 2013This is a deep copper color, whcih is topped with a fair retaining head and good lacing that sitcks around the glass. The nose is a doughy one, with breaks of bread crust and sourdough bread. The description talks about hoppiness, but I don't get that until I taste it. Modestly hoppy flavor, riding along it is a pine note. It's doughy, has a mineraly accent. Sourdough too maybe? Only slightly sweet. It's a medium bodied beer, with a smooth body and a bite of carbonation.
For a flagship beer, 1888 can hold itself together. It's a drinkable, all seasons beer.
Reviewed by UCLABrewN84 from California
3.26/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.26/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
On tap at Anaheim Brewery in Anaheim, CA.
Pours a clear copper with a foamy beige head that settles to a small cap on top of the beer. Thin rings of lace line the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, grain, and some vegetal aromas. Taste is much the same with a herbal hop flavor on the finish. There is a medium amount of hop bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is an above average beer that drinkable but not a good example of the style.
Feb 24, 2013Pours a clear copper with a foamy beige head that settles to a small cap on top of the beer. Thin rings of lace line the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, grain, and some vegetal aromas. Taste is much the same with a herbal hop flavor on the finish. There is a medium amount of hop bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is an above average beer that drinkable but not a good example of the style.
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