Anchorage Anadromous
Ale brewed with summit hops. Triple fermented. First in French Oak Foudres, second in pinot noir and whiskey barrels with brett and other critters. Finally in the bottle for natural carbonation.
3.8
313 reviews
Anchorage, United States
Community reviews
On tap @ Mon Petit Cafe Bad Cannstatt. Ganz schwarzes Bier. Brauner feiner Schaum. Eleganter Duft. Sanfte Säure, Vanille, Rotwein und Rum. Dazu Röstmalz. Im Geschmack säuerliches Röstmalz. Recht streng. Dann der Rotwein. Für mich nicht ganz rund.
Schwarzes Bier kürzer cremiger schaum, im Geruch schlne fruchtige säure dazu schwere malzig Noten und fass, im Geschmack holzig fruchtige säure milchig Karamell malz röstmalz, Top
Black colour with a small bit beige head. Tart herbal, coke, red wine, wood, some chocolate aroma and chocolate, sour, winy flavor. Exciting sweet, coffe, chocolate, bit dry earthy finish after the sour.
Crowler at home from keg. Black colour small white lacing. Nose is light sourness, leather, berries. Taste is medium bitterness medium sourness. Definitive cocoa. Very promising smell, taste sadly is a bit lacking.
750mL corked and caged batch 003, pours a dark brown black with a medium white head tan head. Aroma of tart cherries, dates, oak, and brown sugar. Taste of tart cherries, yeast, sour, oak, pinot, light notes of whiskey, toffee, witb an earthy roasted malt and bitterness on the finish. Complex and interesting.
Tap at Kultainen Apina. Dark brown beer with thin tan head. Aroma has brett, chocolate and funktio sourness. Taste has brett, sour red berries, wood, chocolate, dark malts, caramel. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation, sourish finish.
37,5cl Bottle @ Beer Republic, Breda, Netherlands.
Dark brown colour with a thin tan head.
Aroma is malt, red fruits, chocolate, tart.
Taste is malt, cherries, chocolate, red wine, oak, tart, hints of bourbon.
Medium body, average carbonation.
Near black colour. Thin head. Mellow dark fruits, hint of chocolate. Tart, light berry notes, touch of wood, and some darker chocolate accents. Ok, classic dark sour though and for some reason I struggle with those.
375ml bottle from The Gull (thx, Alex!) at Teekay. Batch #5.
Appearance: very dark brown with a weak beige head
Aroma: aroma is roasted malt, sourish, some chocolate and slight bourbon
Taste: similar, bretts, quite dry, some ascorbic notes
Overall: I would prefer this one to have a bit more of residual sugars and be less dry, but it's still pretty good.
Black colour, very little lacing. Vinous aroma with berries, soucy and herbal. Dry and tart taste, warming finish. Light body, low medium carbonation, slick mouthfeel.
Tolles Flaschendesign. Optisch pechschwarz, in der Nase brettig, Rotwein, Rosinen. Im Trunk sauer, leicht süß, reife Trauben. Mittig dann immer deutlicher röstig, schöne Wendung, dann kommt auch leicht das Whisky-Fass durch. Dabei echt gut trinkbar.
@Au Trappiste - dark black with a poor head retention; fair notes of wood, red wine barrel and sour cherries; full-bodied, light sweet, decently sour; dry and long astringent woody finish of red wine and whisky
750ml bottle. Jet black colour with small, thick, creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, beige to tan head. Tart-ish fruity, slightly vinous and funky aroma, notes of morello, blue grapes, plum, slightly chococlately, dark malty background. Taste is vinous, fruity, dark malty and minimally funky, slightly tangy, notes of morello, bluegrapes, dried dark fruit, raisin, a chocolately touch with subtle, residual sweetness, spicy overtones with a touch of black pepper; lingering tart and minimally caustic finish, lively, prickling, carbonation. Well balanced, homogeneous and harmonious.
6/X/18 - 75cl bottle @ late RBBSG, Brouwerij Totem (Evergem), BB: n/a - (2018-1545) Thanks to 77ships for the trade!
Clear deep brown beer, small to no head. Aroma: lots and lots of chlorine, bit oxidized. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: lots of chlorine, very acidic, vinegar, roasted notes, metallic, unpleasant bitterness. Aftertaste: very roasted, unpleasant, bitter, sourish. Not a bad beer, but I don't like it much...
Piwo koloru czarnego, szybko znikającs beżowa pianka. W aromacie bretty, drewno, orzechy, wiśnie, migdały, winogrona, odrobina marmolady z czerwonych owoców. W smaku kwaśne, wytrawne, winne, bardzo sciągające. Są bretty, nuty drewniane, ciemne winogrona, wiśnie,lekka przyprawowość, alkohol niewyczuwalny. Po przełknięciu na podniebieniu zostaje posmak whisky. Ogólnie bardzo dobre piwko, pije się łatwo i w sumie szybko znika ze szkła.
F: big, tan, average retention.
C: brown, bit hazy.
A: vinous, malty, caramel, dried fruits, bit leaves.
T: malty, herbal, caramel, full body and medium carbonation, quite dry and bitter for the style yet very nice balanced and enjoyable beer for sure, sample from 75cl bottle @ RBBSG 10/2018.
06/10/2018 - sampled from bottle on RBBSG 2018
Black colour, no head. Nose is dark malts, sour, oak, caramel, red fruits. Taste is dark malts, aok, sour, dark fruits, oak, bit Oud Bruin feel,
750 ml. bottle shared @ RBBSG 2018. Black. Nose is deep dark figs, red grape, syrup, lots of red grape, oak, low vinous,… Lively bit fizzy, grape, acidic, red grape, fruit, lively very vinous with some dark fruit sweetness, lots of spoiled grape in a good way, oak,… Lively very solid but not as awesome as hoped still very tasty.
Bottle at Au Trappiste. Pours darkest brown. Aroma is oak, pinot noir, indeed some whisky, blooming flowers. Body is medium, strongly sour and tart, lots of fig and dark dried fruit. Lots of roasted malts in the body, yet rather in the background. Good!
From bottle at Biercafe Au Trappist, Bern, during Zwanze Day 2018. Very dark mahogany color with a tan colored head. Aroma of whiskey, smoke and dark berries. Medium to medium-full body with a soft carbonation, a light sourness and a light tartness. Flavor of dark berries, black currants, some roasted malt, cold coffee, dark chocolate, tart berry pits, mild whiskey and wood. Finishes dry with notes of wood, coffee, chocolate and a light tartness.
Aroma: 8
Appearance: 4
Taste: 7
Palate: 4
Overall: 15
750 ml bottle, Taved by the bell. Light black with an effervescent mocha head. Aroma is legit, chocolate, coffee, pinot noir, brett. Flavor is deep and delicious, big chocolate notes, sweet start with a vinous bretty finish and coffee to boot. The mouthfeel is filthy, so disgusting that it should be illegal. So silky smooth, haven't felt this smoothness since touching the hair of the Zohan in Scrappy Coco's salon. A sick, disgusting offering from Anchorage. If you don't think this fucks you're a clown.
Aromat: cierpkie białe owoce, agrest, biała porzeczka, słodkie wiśnie, półsłodkie czerwone wino, sporo słodkich nut zarówno owocowych jak i waniliowych pochodzących zapewne od beczki po whisky. Dużo drewna, beczka po winie mocniejsza od tej po whisky. Aromat bogaty, dobrze skomponowany i zbalansowany. Subtelnie i bogato, bardzo wykwintnie. Wychodzi później trochę nut palonych i porterowych.
Wygląd: jak cola, ciemnobrązowe, nieprzejrzyste ze średniowysoką warstwą drobnopęcherzykowej, kawowej piany, szybko opadającej.
Smak: cierpkie, owocowe i winne, ale nie za kwaśne i bez octu, bardzo pijalne, sporo goryczki pestkowej i owocowej, całkiem dużo słodyczy, słodkie ciemne owoce, wiśnie, czereśnie, trochę karmelu i wanilii, kandyzowane i suszone owoce sporo tanin ale też nie za dużo, balans bardzo dobry, dużo czerwonego, półsłodkiego wina, beczka po whisky słabsza od tej po winie ale daje sporo waniliowej słodyczy. Drewnianych nut bardzo dużo, piwo dosyć szorstkie, wyraziste, z charakterem, złożone i bogate.
Odczucie: spore ciało, średnie wysycenie, alkohol mistrzowsko ukryty, finisz cierpko gorzki.
Całość: świetny balans i pijalność, rewelacyjnie ukryty alkohol, świetne czerwone i ciemne owoce, piwo ciekawe, bardzo bogate i bardzo smaczne.
Midnight black pour, little bit of brown head. Bright lemon pledge aroma, hint boozy, some weathered wood, very subtle molasses. Lower viscosity, clean finish, low carbonation. Red fruit Flavors imparted from Pinot barrels, woodsy flavor from whiskey barrels, bitter pert hops that are lemony. Really nice and light, easy going sour with great amount of complexity.
Amazing. Pours black with a thick head. Taste citrusy with very hoppy after taste. The wine and whiskey barrel aging is clear when you taste this. My favorite sour.
Black with a brown head - Sour malt and wood aroma - Sour dark malt body with wood flavours - The sour flaovur goes into the finish - This was good
Small cream - tan head, irregular, over near-black beer. Sour nose, lactic acid, vinous wet wood; red wine barrels, fruity esters. Sourish to pretty sour, again both woody & lacitd; buttermilk, lactic acid, green tomatoes. Hing at roasted/burnt malts, non-sweet. Serious acidthinning and -burn, according body. Feels spritzy and yet undercarbonated at the same time. Not bad, but a bit more complexity would be welcome.
Backlog from BUMBa. Pours a dark brown with a tan head. Roasted malts, lots of oak, dark fruits, vinegar, molasses, kind of like oud-bruin. Lots of sweet malts.
(noire (!), sauvage-bois, aigre très fine-sobre, vin rouge (pinot), raffinée, alcool (8,5) mesuré, étonnante, 3 fûts !)
Bottle from Highland 6-26-16
Previously 4.1 Bottle from Highland 2-21-15
Bottle. It poured a dark brown color with a tan head. The aroma was of roasted malts, oak, bourbon and some fruit. The taste was similar to the aroma with more malts, oak, bourbon, fruit and cocoa with medium carbonation and a smooth aftertaste. Interesting.