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Anchor Summer Wheat
Anchor Brewing Company
- From:
- Anchor Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Wheat Beer
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- 78
- Avg:
- 3.38 | pDev: 12.43%
- Reviews:
- 39
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 04, 2019
- Added:
- Apr 08, 2015
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 38
SCORE
78
Okay
78
Okay
The crisp, clean flavors of Anchor Summer® Wheat are refreshingly light, a thirst-quenching American-style filtered wheat beer. First brewed in the summer of 1984, Anchor Summer® Wheat is the first American wheat beer in modern times. It is intended to be a lighter beer for those who don’t want to sacrifice historic tradition or character.
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Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado
3.15/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.15/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Nabbed a can at Trader Joe's for $1.59 USD.
Soft and wheat-emphatic with some mild lemon and citrus esters, showcasing what I assume is American Ale yeast.
Pils malt and 2 row fill her out.
Overcarbonated and medium-bodied, this brew stops short of nailing the refreshing summer sipper vibe Anchor seems to be after.
Hop profile is floral and a bit citrusy, but it's tough to discern what's from yeast and what's from hops in terms if fruity flavours...I assume it's all from yeast.
Hints of bubblegum phenol creep out as it warms.
Smooth, wet, and approachable. It's not a bad brew (and $10 a sixer is fair) but it falls short of the iconic classic quality discerning drinkers have come to associate with the now troubled brewery. If we're buying big beer-acquired breweries' American wheat ales, sign me up for Lil Sumpin Sumpin instead. I'll draw from the Anchor well when I want Porter or Steam.
C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
Dec 09, 2017Soft and wheat-emphatic with some mild lemon and citrus esters, showcasing what I assume is American Ale yeast.
Pils malt and 2 row fill her out.
Overcarbonated and medium-bodied, this brew stops short of nailing the refreshing summer sipper vibe Anchor seems to be after.
Hop profile is floral and a bit citrusy, but it's tough to discern what's from yeast and what's from hops in terms if fruity flavours...I assume it's all from yeast.
Hints of bubblegum phenol creep out as it warms.
Smooth, wet, and approachable. It's not a bad brew (and $10 a sixer is fair) but it falls short of the iconic classic quality discerning drinkers have come to associate with the now troubled brewery. If we're buying big beer-acquired breweries' American wheat ales, sign me up for Lil Sumpin Sumpin instead. I'll draw from the Anchor well when I want Porter or Steam.
C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
Reviewed by bankboy66 from New Jersey
3.03/5 rDev -10.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.03/5 rDev -10.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Pours a hazy yellow with a two finger head. Smells more citrusy than it tastes but the taste is a little on the tart side. Fizz is medium and goes down easy. Nice summer beer.
Aug 26, 2017
Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.91/5 rDev +15.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.91/5 rDev +15.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured into a nonic pint glass, the appearance was a semi-burnt dark yellow to bronzed orange color with a slight transparency about it. Some carbonation could be seen rising at a moderate pace. Just a finger's worth of white foamy head fell off at a moderate pace. Light lace.
The aroma had some honey, citrus, slight sweet wheat and a light dessert cracker-like maltiness.
The flavor cleanly displayed the prior mentioned aromas fairly nice to compensate the aftertaste with some of the cracker to sweet wheaty to honey conglomeration.
The mouthfeel was between light and medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt appropriate. Pretty smooth along my tongue and had a nice clean sweet wheaty finish.
Overall, as an American pale wheat ale, I'd say this was good and worthy of having again.
Aug 02, 2017The aroma had some honey, citrus, slight sweet wheat and a light dessert cracker-like maltiness.
The flavor cleanly displayed the prior mentioned aromas fairly nice to compensate the aftertaste with some of the cracker to sweet wheaty to honey conglomeration.
The mouthfeel was between light and medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt appropriate. Pretty smooth along my tongue and had a nice clean sweet wheaty finish.
Overall, as an American pale wheat ale, I'd say this was good and worthy of having again.
Reviewed by HoppyBastard from Nebraska
3.42/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.42/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 12 ounce can into a Shaker pint glass, there is no "best by" date that I can find.
APPEARANCE: pours a clear golden color with less than on-finger white head that slowly dissipated until a thin, unbroken layer of small bubbles remained, there is significant lacing on the glass, medium carbonation.
SMELL: bread, honey and lemon citrus.
TASTE: the taste follows the nose, initially sweet honey and bread then a lemon citrus note.
PALATE: medium body and carbonation.
OVERALL: this beer is good but nothing special, there are much better beers to be had in this style so I would not seek this one out again.
Jun 12, 2017APPEARANCE: pours a clear golden color with less than on-finger white head that slowly dissipated until a thin, unbroken layer of small bubbles remained, there is significant lacing on the glass, medium carbonation.
SMELL: bread, honey and lemon citrus.
TASTE: the taste follows the nose, initially sweet honey and bread then a lemon citrus note.
PALATE: medium body and carbonation.
OVERALL: this beer is good but nothing special, there are much better beers to be had in this style so I would not seek this one out again.
Reviewed by D1noB from Oklahoma
3.75/5 rDev +10.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +10.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Easy drinker, would be a good craft entry level beer. crisp with a slight wheat taste.
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Reviewed by basaywhat from Illinois
2.79/5 rDev -17.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.79/5 rDev -17.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
12 oz can. Pours a cloudy yellowish gold with a nice frothy white head. Aroma of pale malts, wheat and mild citrus hop notes with some fruity esters. Flavor is spicy wheat, light residual sweetness up front but drys out on the finish.
Mar 08, 2017
Anchor Summer Wheat from Anchor Brewing Company
Beer rating:
78 out of
100 with
152 ratings
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