Coffee Porter
Anchor Brewing Company

Coffee PorterCoffee Porter
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From:
Anchor Brewing Company
 
California, United States
Style:
American Porter
ABV:
6.7%
Score:
90
Avg:
4.01 | pDev: 5.74%
Reviews:
44
Ratings:
122
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Oct 13, 2019
Added:
May 27, 2017
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  15
Our historic, art deco building on San Francisco's Potrero Hill was a coffee roastery before it was our brewery. We've joked for years that it takes a lot of coffee to make beer. Now, in collaboration with local roaster Four Barrel Coffee, we are doing just that-- literally.

We start in the brewhouse with our radically traditional recipe for Anchor Porter, which we've been brewing since 1972. We end up in the cellar, where we add Four Barrel Flash-Chilled Coffee-- developed with Anchor especially for this beer-- during secondary fermentation. The coffee used is brewed hot, then flash-chilled within 10 seconds. This proprietary method ensures the vital aromatics and key acids of a great cup of coffee are captured and preserved.

The result is a coffee porter of immense richness, intensity, boldness, and smoothness, with deep aromas and mouthfeel of fresh-roasted coffee melded with dark-roasted maltiness. Anchor Coffee Porter is a rich, smooth Porter with a roasty malt backbone, a bold coffee aroma and complex layers of chocolate, nuts and spices.
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Ratings by Lingenbrau:
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Reviewed by Lingenbrau from Oregon

3.89/5  rDev -3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Beautiful dark brown almost black body with garnet highlights. A thick,smooth, and foamy dark tan head leaves exceptional lacing.

Sweet, brown sugar, toasted bread and banana esters lead the aroma with a faint emphasis on coffee in the background. Not what I was expecting, but still very inviting.

Flavor follows with a very banana and yeast forward flavor dominance. Sugared toast leads into a mild coffee finish.

Smooth and creamy. Soft, balanced just favoring sweet. A mild carbonation makes this sky and easy to drink,but still manages to demand time taking on the role of a desert beer more than a morning wake-up.

A decent coffee Porter. I think I actually prefer the original Porter from Anchor to this, but it is an excellent idea if they dial it in a bit more. Cheers.
Oct 20, 2018
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.56 by bankboy66 from New Jersey

Oct 13, 2019
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Reviewed by RyanK252 from California

3.96/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottle poured into a Mountain Rambler Brewing Co pint glass

A: Pours dark brown with a frothy cocoa brown head that settles to a firm layer and laces nicely.

S: Roasty, a little char, earthy, coffee, faint dark chocolate, slight spicy herbal notes, dare I say a little banana kinda thing going on, and some toffee sweetness.

T: Roasted malt, slight char, fair coffee presence, herbal, earthy, a touch of spice, dark chocolate and vanilla hiding in there, faint dark fruit, and a little toffee sweetness.

M: Medium body, moderate carbonation, slightly creamy.

O: This bottle accidentally got packed into a cellar box and hidden a way for a little over 2 years. Wasn't expecting much, given that it's only 6.7%, but it's actually survived pretty well. First couple sips felt a little thin, but as it warmed it somehow managed to develop a little creaminess. Very solid brew, probably even better fresh. I'll keep my eyes open for a fresh batch should they decide to brew it again.
Sep 12, 2019
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Reviewed by elNopalero from Michigan

4.37/5  rDev +9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
This pours a hearty black brown with a resplendent creamy cap of foam. Wonderful roasty aroma and smooth taste. What strikes me is how well it all comes together. Great mouthfeel, smooth sipper, delicious.
Jun 21, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by Stengelfoot from California

Feb 12, 2019
 
Rated: 4.08 by Karibourgeois from Texas

Jan 24, 2019
 
Rated: 4.1 by desint from Belgium

Nov 24, 2018
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Reviewed by VoxRationis from New York

3.89/5  rDev -3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Decanted from a 12 oz (355 ml) bottle into a conical pint glass; no production date, but coded 7DT = December 20, 2017.
A: Pours a nearly black color with walnut highlights leaving a two inch, fluffy, light brown head, limited retention, and moderate rings of somewhat soapy lacing.
S: Aromas of coffee/cappuccino, sarsaparilla, and molasses. An increasing mineral and chocolate note.
T: Sweet. Flavors mirror the nose, albeit with coffee and lactose very much out front. Cumin bitterness up front and persistent preventing the melange from becoming cloying.
M: Full bodied with excellent persistence of effervescence. Peppery tingling.
O: An enjoyable, coffee porter. Flavors nicely balanced with solid hoppy bitterness. A nice choice to complement Thanksgiving fare.
Nov 23, 2018
 
Rated: 4.5 by GrantBrennan from Pennsylvania

Oct 29, 2018
 
Rated: 3.87 by yaron73 from Israel

Sep 17, 2018
 
Rated: 3.83 by EdFed from Illinois

Aug 14, 2018
 
Rated: 4.18 by peritectoid from Idaho

Jul 23, 2018
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Reviewed by scottfrie from California

4.19/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
12oz bottle into snifter.

A: Pours a deep, rich, coffee brown with a couple inches of fluffy dark ruddy brown head that slowly collapsed into a thin wispy film. A network of patchy, sticky, lace was left down the glass.
S: Roast dominates both from the base porter and the coffee. Coffee is earthy and woody and mixes well with scents of chocolate and roast. Subtle kiss of sweetness.
T: Follows the nose with rich roasted notes of coffee, semi-sweet/semi-bitter chocolate, and an all-around creamy quality, with what tastes like lactose sugar. Finish a has an assertive yet pleasant bitterness that lingers into the aftertaste.
M: Medium body, creamy and rich mouthfeel, smooth soft carbonation. Pleasant creamy sugary sweetness balances the bitterness and the roast.
O: A nice take on the original. Coffee flavors work well in an otherwise world class porter.
Jul 23, 2018
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Reviewed by M_C_Hampton from Georgia

3.94/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
A: poured from a 12 oz bottle into a pint glass, dark brown with a large tan head that lingers leaving good lacing, clear

S: coffee, chocolate, bready malt, brown sugar

T: roasty malt, coffee, dark bitter chocolate

M: thinner but creamy

O: more muted flavors that are less aggressive than many more recent American porters
Jun 23, 2018
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Rated by Captain69 from Illinois

4/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
god tasting coffee porter - had better - I like some of their other beers better
Jun 21, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by aztraz from Sweden

Jun 04, 2018
 
Rated: 4.07 by khargro2 from Tennessee

May 10, 2018
 
Rated: 4.06 by Half-full from Illinois

Apr 19, 2018
 
Rated: 3.74 by Fubudu187 from Illinois

Apr 19, 2018
 
Rated: 4.04 by Thirstygoat from Illinois

Apr 13, 2018
Coffee Porter from Anchor Brewing Company
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 122 ratings