Anchor Porter

G.M. Gillman · Post by **G.M. Gillman** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 3:36 pm

The pre-craft craft porter (100% malt), introduced in 1972. Now at LCBO, finally. Fresh-tasting, rounded with a chocolate sweetness and moderate bitterness. Close long-lasting head. Excellent, natural tasting brew. I always wish the Anchor beers weren't pasteurized because IMO it has to knock out some of the character, but still it is very good, porter is a resilient brew by definition..

Gary

G.M. Gillman · Post by **G.M. Gillman** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 5:01 pm

Follow up note: it's a crime to drink this any colder than half-chilled.

GregClow · Post by **GregClow** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 11:12 pm

Drinking one of these right now, and it's a true classic. Such a treat to have it available here.

I agree with you on the serving temp as well, Gary. It was too cold out of the fridge, but I let it sit in the glass for 30 minutes or so, and it's been just about perfect.

shintriad · Post by **shintriad** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 8:46 am

Anybody know if they'll let you pull singles, or does it have to be sold as a sixer?

liamt07 · Post by **liamt07** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:40 am

shintriad wrote:Anybody know if they'll let you pull singles, or does it have to be sold as a sixer?

Any "open" six-pack is eligible to be split up into singles.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 3:40 pm

^ I agree Liam but some LCBO's get all persnickety and put up little notes on the shelves saying 'sold as six pack only' etc. It really depends.

For my buck, Anchor is an excellent session porter well worth buying six of.

liamt07 · Post by **liamt07** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 6:22 pm

Belgian wrote:^ I agree Liam but some LCBO's get all persnickety and put up little notes on the shelves saying 'sold as six pack only' etc. It really depends.

For my buck, Anchor is an excellent session porter well worth buying six of.

It's definitely a store-dependent phenomenon.

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:03 pm

GregClow wrote:
I agree with you on the serving temp as well, Gary. It was too cold out of the fridge, but I let it sit in the glass for 30 minutes or so, and it's been just about perfect.

Think this is what I did wrong.

It was too chilled coming out of the fridge but I was too impatient. The aroma seemed muted when it was cold. Oh well, five more to get it right.

S. St. Jeb · Post by **S. St. Jeb** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:14 pm

JeffPorter wrote:Oh well, five more to get it right.

Practice makes perfect.

austin · Post by **austin** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 8:12 pm

This is a good one. Great to get so much flavour without the high alcohol. I think RB gives it a 99 and deservedly so.

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 8:22 pm

i love this beer! its a true classic.

i wish we had a local option like this with widespread LCBO distribution

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 9:57 pm

matt7215 wrote:i love this beer! its a true classic.

i wish we had a local option like this with widespread LCBO distribution

^ Brutha from anotha mutha!

It's kind of the perfect beer to switch to, from or between IPAs such as Centennial. It's a pretty serious porter and yet it's not hogging into the RIS territory, palate-wise.

midlife crisis · Post by **midlife crisis** » Sat Nov 08, 2014 5:40 pm

liamt07 wrote:
shintriad wrote:Anybody know if they'll let you pull singles, or does it have to be sold as a sixer?
Any "open" six-pack is eligible to be split up into singles.

I tried today at Leaside with the new U.S. Porters (Arcadia, New Holland, Smuttynose) but no dice. No code yet according to the clerk. She was apologetic and nice about it, at least, so that was a (rare) positive.