Anchor Small Beer
Ordinary Bitter · 3.3% ABV · ~120 calories
Anchor Brewing Company (Sapporo) · San Francisco, CA
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Beer Description
We make our Old Foghorn Barleywine Style Ale from the rich first runnings of an all-malt mash.
The tradition of brewing two distinct beers from one mash has existed for thousands of years, and for centuries the term “small beer” was used in English to describe the lighter and weaker second beer. And Anchor Small Beer is our attempt to duplicate the “small beers” of old by sparging that same mash: sprinkling warm water over the Old Foghorn mash after the first wort has run off, thereby creating a second, lighter brew from the resulting thinner wort. We believe you will find Anchor Small Beer delicious similar to what modern brewers call a “bitter” and we hope you will also enjoy the idea of reviving an ancient brewing tradition, which is something of great importance.
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