Anchor Brewing Brewing Co’s Summer Beer
Anchor brews this one int the American Pale Wheat Ale style. Often thought of as an American version of the classic Hefe’-Weizen, these beers are usually heavy on the malt, wheat malt in particular. Light in color, healthy head and lots of carbonation. Typical Hefe’ feel to to the American version with usually some kind of citrus added.
Anchor’s Summer beer pours smooth into a pint glass, with a small amount of foam. The foam quickly dissipates though, but does leave a nice lacing on the glass. A light straw color, with minimal carbonation and slightly cloudy.
It smells of malt. Too much almost. Not sure where to place the malt, almost a caramelized malt aroma. Although Anchor says they use 50% malted wheat, it tastes more than that.
It has a very light malted wheat flavor. Accents of grain and a slight orange undertone. Leaves a kind of aftertaste if you let it linger to long.
Overall, this was not at all what I expected from Anchor. Not drinkable any more than a bud light. It does not go down smooth, and I had to make myself finish this one. Weak flavor, almost watered down.
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