Anchor Brewing Company Debuts Anchor Coffee Porter

We brought you an early peek at this beer back in May, and now the full release details from Anchor Brewing in San Francisco, CA:

Anchor Brewing Company Debuts Anchor Coffee Porter – An American Classic Brewed with San Francisco’s Four Barrel Coffee

San Francisco, CA  (October 3, 2017) – Anchor Brewing Company announces the debut of Anchor Coffee Porter™, a San Francisco collaboration brew made with Four Barrel’s unique Flash-Chilled Coffee.  An innovation on a craft classic, Anchor Coffee Porter is inspired by Anchor Porter®, first brewed in 1972, providing a delectable twist on the first modern American Porter.

Anchor Coffee Porter (6.7% ABV) is a rich, smooth Porter with a roasty malt backbone, bold coffee aroma and complex layers of chocolate, nuts and spices.  It brings together two unique, handcrafted products from two unique San Francisco makers.  Four Barrel Coffee sources its beans from sustainable farmers in Latin America, Indonesia, and East Africa.  The coffee used in Anchor Coffee Porter is roasted from a single-source from Ethiopia.  All of Four Barrel’s coffee is roasted using a hand-operated vintage German roaster.

“The historic, art deco building on San Francisco’s Potrero Hill where Anchor resides today was a coffee roastery before it was a brewery,” said Brewmaster Scott Ungermann .  “There’s a running joke at Anchor that it takes a lot of coffee to make beer.  Now we’re collaborating with Four Barrel to do just that—-literally.  We start in the brewhouse, combining a robust malt bill inspired by our recipe for Anchor Porter.  In the cellar we add Four Barrel’s Flash-Chilled Coffee which was brewed & chilled especially for this beer.  The addition occurs during secondary fermentation so the coffee is nicely integrated into the beer.  The result is a coffee porter of immense richness, intensity, boldness and smoothness, with deep aromas and mouthfeel of fresh-roasted coffee melded with dark-roasted maltiness.”

The coffee used in Anchor Coffee Porter is brewed hot, then flash-chilled within 10 seconds.  This proprietary method ensures the vital aromatics and key acids of a great cup of coffee are captured and preserved.  “We were searching for a locally roasted coffee that would provide the best aromatics for the beer,” said Ungermann.  “Four Barrel’s Flash-Chilled Coffee maintains the aroma that is key to what this beer is all about.  When you pour Anchor Coffee Porter in a glass, you unmistakably smell coffee.  And then you smell the malt; the malt’s aromatics and flavors surround those of the coffee, weaving them together.”

Brewed with 2-row pale, caramel, black & wheat malt, Anchor Coffee Porter has a round, roasted malty base flavor, with not so subtle hints of maple syrup, chicory earthiness, pipe tobacco, Mexican chocolate and tart cherry.  The beer pours deep, dark brown, with a light brown frothy head.  It presents a bold coffee aroma up front, with notes of sweet caramel, toasted toffee, warm hazelnut and subtle hints of herbal spiciness.  With a silky-smooth mouthfeel and a pleasantly bright acidic finish, Anchor Coffee Porter pairs well with decadent foods like chicken and waffles, pot roast, crème brûlée and beignets.   The beer is 10% coffee, and the brewmaster’s favorite coffee mug is featured on the label.

Anchor Coffee Porter is available October through February in 12oz bottles and on draught.  Find a brew near you using the Anchor Beer Finder.

Learn more about Anchor Brewing at www.anchorbrewing.com and follow @anchorbrewing on social media.

About Anchor Brewing Company

Anchor Brewing Company’s roots date back to the California Gold Rush making it one of America’s oldest breweries. Its Anchor Steam® Beer is San Francisco’s original since 1896. In 1965, Fritz Maytag acquired and revived the struggling brewery at a time when mass production of beer dominated and seemed unstoppable. Maytag started a revolution in beer that originated today’s craft beer movement. An undisputed icon, Anchor is America’s first craft brewery where beers are handmade in our traditional copper brewhouse from an all-malt mash. At Anchor, we practice the time-honored art of classical brewing, employing state-of-the-art methods to ensure that our beers are always pure and fresh. We know of no brewery in the world that matches our efforts to combine traditional, natural brewing with such carefully applied, modern methods of sanitation, finishing, packaging and transporting.  See what we are brewing today at www.anchorbrewing.com.