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Anchor Winter Wheat
Anchor Brewing Company
- From:
- Anchor Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Dark Wheat Beer
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.81 | pDev: 11.29%
- Reviews:
- 95
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 19, 2020
- Added:
- Aug 14, 2014
- Wants:
- 28
- Gots:
- 70
Anchor Winter Wheat™ is made with a unique blend of 2-row pale barley malt, Belgian roasted wheat malt, German pale spring wheat malt, "Midnight" and hard red wheat malts from the Midwest, and unmalted soft red winter wheat from a local family farm.
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Ratings by micromaniac129:
Rated by micromaniac129 from Pennsylvania
3.87/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Feb 11, 2015
3.87/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Feb 11, 2015
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
4/5 rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottled 10/19/15; drank 1/13/16 @ the Yarchives.
Opaque dark brown appearance.
A rough pour yielded a big tan head; strong, frothy lace.
Bubblegum, wheat & candle wax notes in the nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Bubblegum & red licorice flavors up front; dry wheat & faint black pepper notes on the finish.
A unique, robust, tasty winter sipper.
Dec 27, 2019Opaque dark brown appearance.
A rough pour yielded a big tan head; strong, frothy lace.
Bubblegum, wheat & candle wax notes in the nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Bubblegum & red licorice flavors up front; dry wheat & faint black pepper notes on the finish.
A unique, robust, tasty winter sipper.
Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.5/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
The appearance was a nice looking dark brown color with a two finger off white foamy head that quickly dissipated. Foamy speckled lacing graces the glass nicely. The smell, unlike a fair amount of dunkelweizens I’ve had has a lot of roasted bready notes up front. As it warms, there’s a nice sweet banana connotation to it. The taste took the roast with the bread and added a light chocolate to seem to have made it taste like banana/chocolate toast. Cool, I think I like it. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent degree of sessionability about it. There’s a nice rolling roasted banana chocolate goodness over my tongue. Overall, for me, I like it.
Jul 04, 2017Reviewed by StoutElk_92 from Massachusetts
4.5/5 rDev +18.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +18.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
12 oz. bottle
Pours dark maroon black with a dense creamy dark tan foam head. Smells like chocolate, caramel, molasses, brown sugar, toasty roasted malts, mild vanilla, dark fruit, citrus, with floral earthy herbal grassy pine. Tastes like chocolate, caramel, molasses, brown sugar, toasty roasted malts, mild vanilla, dark fruit, citrus, with floral earthy herbal grassy pine. Feels medium bodied, creamy and smooth with moderate low carbonation. Overall a really nice dark wheat ale.
Feb 13, 2017Pours dark maroon black with a dense creamy dark tan foam head. Smells like chocolate, caramel, molasses, brown sugar, toasty roasted malts, mild vanilla, dark fruit, citrus, with floral earthy herbal grassy pine. Tastes like chocolate, caramel, molasses, brown sugar, toasty roasted malts, mild vanilla, dark fruit, citrus, with floral earthy herbal grassy pine. Feels medium bodied, creamy and smooth with moderate low carbonation. Overall a really nice dark wheat ale.
Reviewed by PorterLambic from Florida
4.09/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Pours dark as night with a large, dark tan head. No lace though.
Smell is full of wheat, soy, roasted malt with a slight medicinal/anise note.
Taste is very similar: soy, wheat, toast, anise late. Balance is very good.
Body is pretty light. Confusing. Is is supposed to be light like a wheat or fuller bodied like a winter ale?
Sep 25, 2016Smell is full of wheat, soy, roasted malt with a slight medicinal/anise note.
Taste is very similar: soy, wheat, toast, anise late. Balance is very good.
Body is pretty light. Confusing. Is is supposed to be light like a wheat or fuller bodied like a winter ale?
Anchor Winter Wheat from Anchor Brewing Company
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
336 ratings
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