{"id":940,"date":"2010-10-27T19:58:24","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T01:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tombedell.com\/?p=940"},"modified":"2017-08-05T19:28:41","modified_gmt":"2017-08-06T01:28:41","slug":"tap-beer-of-the-week-43-anchor-porter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/golf\/lifestyle\/940\/tap-beer-of-the-week-43-anchor-porter","title":{"rendered":"TAP Beer of the Week: Anchor Porter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>[Oct. 27, 2010] <\/em>Let the games begin! It\u2019s World Series time, so it seemed like a pretty good idea to try to work in beers from the Giants and Rangers territories for the next two choices. San Francisco, no problem. Arlington is a bit thornier. Even settling for all of Texas hasn\u2019t panned out for me at local stores in the past few days.<\/p>\n

Beers from Saint Arnold and Rahr & Sons are being served at Rangers Ballpark. Saint Arnold turned down my request for some samples, so screw \u2018em; stay tuned till Monday (Game 5, if necessary) to see if Rahr comes through.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t care about either team,\u201d my wife points out, \u201cso why do you want to watch the World Series?\u201d<\/p>\n

To me the answer is inherent in the question: because it\u2019s the World Series. It\u2019s baseball. The Fall Classic, the end of the road, for all the marbles. Enough said. Although as I began discoursing on Josh Hamilton\u2019s travails and accomplishments, Lynn said, \u201cDon\u2019t even try to get me interested.\u201d<\/p>\n

As an old Brooklyn Dodger fan, long a reconstituted Mets fan, I have an inbred hatred of the New York Yankees and, by extension, the American League, where they don\u2019t play real baseball anyway. So I\u2019m pulling for the Giants, although that\u2019s no easy task for a former Dodger fan either.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

\"\"<\/a>I managed to crack open the Anchor just before the first pitch, and just as the television viewing audience found out the game was being brought to us by Budweiser. Appropriate ballpark swill, of course, but as I noted in an earlier TAP Beer of the Week post<\/a>, we won\u2019t be going there.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t too hard to find some beer from Anchor<\/a> and I opted for the Porter for a couple of reasons. One is that it\u2019s been a little chilly here in Vermont and I\u2019d already started turning toward some darker beers when I picked up a six-pack of Sierra Nevada Porter last week. (That the thermometer hit a steamy 70 degrees today is an anomaly that won\u2019t last.)<\/p>\n

The other reason was that I was just a little weary of constantly looking for something new to try, and decided to revisit an old favorite that I hadn\u2019t had for awhile, and I wasn\u2019t sorry. So I decided to keep the theme going with the Anchor. Maybe a little World Series-provoked nostalgia played a part, too.<\/p>\n

Both porters, like the breweries themselves, were among the first to revive the style in the U.S. in the late 1970\u2019s, and were a revelation to me back then. (Yuengling was still brewing its porter back then, too, though as bottom-fermented beer it was something of a stylistic oddity.) Porters became and remain one of my favorite beer styles.<\/p>\n

Both of the California beers were new world interpretations of the British style, with a little more of everything–malt, hops, alcohol, and both are now considered by those who consider beer styles, Robust Porters. Which they certainly are.<\/p>\n

Truth be told, I slightly favor the Sierra Nevada over Anchor; it\u2019s a little smoother where Anchor is a little huskier. But they\u2019re both marvelous beers, and this is San Francisco\u2019s night, not Chico\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Anchor pours deep garnet, virtually opaque, with a rocky dark head and a resinous, piney nose (not unlike some of the recent Christmas ales), with the first hints of the black and chocolate malts that are readily apparent in the flavor, as is the touch of roasted barley. The Northern Brewer and Cascade hops balance the beer nicely, but aren\u2019t readily apparent. There\u2019s an almost sour puckering to the finish, which merely seems to suggest another sip is in order. Or, if the game is getting intense (the Giants just went ahead in the fifth), a gulp.<\/p>\n

Name: Anchor Porter
\nBrewer: Anchor Brewing Co., San Francisco
\nStyle: Robust Porter
\nABV: 5.6
\nAvailability: Year-round, nationwide
\nFor More Information: anchorbrewing.com<\/p>\n

Related posts:
\nAnchor\u2019s Our Special Ale<\/a>
\nAnchor Steam Beer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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