Anchor Liberty Ale

Pale ale! Yeah!* According to Anchor’s website, this beer was introduced in 1975 and “Before it became a permanent year-round product, variations of our Liberty Ale formula enjoyed brief tenures as Our Special Ale, available at Christmastime.” Huh, I think I’d like to try that. But since that will never happen**, I’ll have to settle for the regular Liberty Ale:

Anchor Liberty Ale

Anchor Liberty Ale – Pours a slightly cloudy golden/orange color with tightly beaded head that leaves lots of lacing. Smells hoppy, a little bit of citrus and maybe even some pine. Taste is sweeter than I was expecting, with just a bit of a hoppy bitter bite in the finish and aftertaste. Mouthfeel is surprisingly strong for a simple pale ale, though it’s not a particularly full bodied beer or anything. Overall, it’s not one of my favorites, but it’s a nice enough brew. B

Beer Nerd Details: 5.9% ABV bottled (12 oz). Drank out of a pint glass on 8/26/11.

* Ok, sorry, but sometimes it’s hard to make standard styles like pale ales exciting. Nothing against pale ales, of course. Some of my favorite beers are pale ales.

** Not that I’m bitter.

2 thoughts on “Anchor Liberty Ale”

  1. Hmmm, I quite like Anchor. I’ve had their porter…not bad, and of course, their flagship steam ale is interesting, something different. Not an all the time beer, but a good one.

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  2. I reviewed their Steam beer a while back, and I’m already looking forward to their next Christmas Ale, which seems to be one of the big annual traditions of the beer world. Last year’s was fine, but I get the impression that other years have been much better. I think I even still have a 2010 Anchor Christmas sitting around, so I can do a quasi “vertical” tasting too!

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