Anchor Old Foghorn - Anchor Brewing Company

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1,335 Ratings

rAvg: 3.92
pDev: 11.22%
Reviews: 958
Hads: 377

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Brewed by:
Anchor Brewing Company

California, United States

Style | ABV
English Barleywine | 8.20% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (883), on-tap (74), nitro-tap (1).

Notes:
ABV varies slightly over the years.

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Reviews by pmcadamis:

pmcadamis

Illinois

3.15/5 rDev -19.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

A - This one is a semi-transparent chestnut brown with a big fluffy three finer head. There is a reddish tint to this brew, as if the smallest amount of rhubarb or strawberry color shines through. A decent amount of lace is left on the glass, and head retention is awesome.

S - I can smell malty scotch notes wafting off this like on of Speyside's finest. Up close, this is malty as all get out, with chocolate cake, scotch whisky, flaky pie crust, pound cake, almond puree, and a hint of something darkly fruity. Raisins, but only just. There is also something there that is like an old guy's cologne....musty, but distantly floral. Like old dead flowers.

T - Mushrooms, earthy vegetation, sweet malty cake batter, and cashews. Soy sauce and Thai peanut sauce. Oddly lacking in hoppage, but interesting and complex nonetheless.

M - Medium bodied with almost non-existent carbonation and a slick sugary mouthfeel. This is sort of bland in the mouth, but is redeemed a bit with the nice dry finish.

D - Too sweet and severely under-hopped. This is sort of a poor stab at a barley wine.

Serving type: bottle

11-25-2008 05:54:12 | More by pmcadamis

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Nevada

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Ohio

4/5 rDev +2%

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Alabama

4/5 rDev +2%

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Texas

4.25/5 rDev +8.4%

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Oklahoma

4/5 rDev +2%

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Florida

4/5 rDev +2%

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4.25/5 rDev +8.4%

05-22-2013 01:11:48 | More by mikeincharleston

buckyp

South Carolina

4/5 rDev +2%

05-20-2013 01:45:09 | More by buckyp

Slatetank

Pennsylvania

4.25/5 rDev +8.4%

05-16-2013 21:58:04 | More by Slatetank

flyingpig

United Kingdom (Scotland)

3.94/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Deep amber to light brown colour with a clear body and a light brown, bubbly lacing on top for a head that ends up as more of a touch of foam around the edges.

Very hoppy initially with a lot more coming through than I expected despite the fact I knew before hand that the beer is dry hopped after fermentation. Strong and fruity aroma that is full of caramel malts, sugar, toffee and darker fruits. There is a touch of alcohol but not as much as I would have expected from the abv. on the bottle and there was some butterscotch and a touch of spice to round things off with.

Strong alcohol and sweet malt taste kicks things off along with some background caramel and some brown sugar. There is a lot of hops plus some prunes, figs berries and dates as well as some lighter fruit such as apricot and apple.

Sweet and with quite a bit of sugar, there is a lot of alcohol in the the beer that the smell only hinted at and the carbonation levels are low. The beer is full bodied and quite smooth with a spicy, warming finish.

Massive alcohol content, the beer was very complex in both smell and taste with plenty of sweet malts and fruits featuring. A lot more hoppy than I'd expected which was a big surprise and a most welcome one. One I'll look to pick up again I think.

Serving type: bottle

05-14-2013 15:28:57 | More by flyingpig