Anchor Brewing Company's Anchor Steam Beer

I know half the world is mad at this brewery for trade marking "Steam," a beer style, as this beer's name, but I could care less. They're one of the original modern craft brewers, and they do a great job so they're entitled to it as far as I'm concerned.

This one pours a clear orangish amer with a great pillowy light tan head that very slowly thins to a thick sheet. Geat bready, malty, complex smell. Hint of sweetness, slightly peppery.

Solid. One of the best and most thought-out breweries in the US, and this is a great example of why. It's supposed to be 'common,' but it's anything but. Mild bitterness that is neither grassy or brash, with a continued malty taste that loses the sweetness and holds up a good body as well. Like a mild amber or pale, with all the body, but it's done better than most. One of the best lighter bodied beers in the US, from one of the best and most consistent breweries.