Alaskan Amber

Brewed by Alaskan Brewing Co
Style: Altbier
Juneau, Alaska USA

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

Amber in color with a decent sized beige head. Aroma is sweet and malty. There is a slight bubblegum aroma. Taste is very malty and sweet with flavors of and toffee.

Thanks to sdbruboy for this unexpected bonus!! A perfect session beer, minus the fact that it is brewed clear up in Alaska and we Midwesterners have no local distributors of it! Caramel and hoppy aroma, matched the taste. Balanced and refreshing. I’m still pissed at my friends for "accidentally" drinking my Alaskan Xmas beer last year!

I am not too familiar with altbiers, this is my first - but to me this tasted like nothing more than a red, lighter scotch ale. Pretty malty, more easy to drink though, not bad all in all. I’d drink it again.

Pours a goldern amber with almost no head. Aroma of caramel, hops and malts. Somewhat overly carbonated with a dry aftertaste. Tastes of caramel, malts, and nuts.

I’ve been hearing about Alaskan Amber for ages. It seems to be the "Fat Tire" of the Northwest. Lets see if the rumors are true. Deep Red. Very pleasant mulched apple aroma covering grapes, toasted grain and sweet malts. This is a very good Alt. The fruitiness comes abound first. It’s all over the palate and oh so pleasant. Caramel and sweet malts next. The finish makes you know it’s an Alt beer. It’s crisp, clean, dry and nutty. The hops are minimal but balance this beer well. I’m very surprised with this offering. Nice stuff.

Bottle, poured dark amber with a small and rapidly diminishing head. Carmel malt dominates the aroma, alfalfa and hops also present. Flavor is sweet, slightly spicey with a mild bitter finish. Smooth palate with good carbonation. Not anything extraordinary, just a nice amber ale.

Bottle. Nice presentation -- a redder amber, good foam retention. Aroma is great too -- yeast, hops and caramel. Light medium body with a bit more extending bitterness than malt texture and flavor.

Alaskan Brewing Company--Amber Alt Style Beer--1998--12 oz. Bottle Release. 5.00% ABV. (4.0 / 5.0) Alt Bier--Bright clear amber red color. Extremely flavorful light crystal malt body combines hints of hops, fruit, nut and spice. Finishes clean and dry and leaves you wanting more. Sampled 2/8/1999. Alaskan Brewing CompanyAlaskan Amber--Alt Style Beer--New Logo--2003 12 oz. Bottle Release. 5.00% ABV--18 IBU’s. (4.25 / 5.0) Amber Ale Clear rich amber red color. Mild lacy head. eMalty floral light toasted medium hop front. Rich tasty malty body with sweet chewy toasted caramel fruit taste. Tangy rich mild clean citrus hop end. Sampled 8/7/2003. Alaskan Brewing Company--Alaskan Amber Alt Style Beer--2004 22 oz. Bottle Sand Point, Alaska Release. 5.00% ABV--18 IBU’s. (4.0 / 5.0) Amber Ale--Light head. Clear thin bright amber red color. Mild fruity ester floral hop front. Smooth semi sweet malty caramel fruit mild cherry citrus Alt body. Clean mild hop end. Mellow Amber. Sampled 8/25/2004. Alaskan Brewing Company--Alaskan Amber Alt Style Beer--2006 22 oz. Bottle Release. 5.00% ABV--18 IBU’s. (4.0 / 5.0) Alt--Tight mild lace head. Clear pretty bright thin rich copper amber color. Malty mild floral hop front. Crisp sweet malty mild fruit smooth caramel refreshing mellow ester body. Clean smooth mild hop Alt end. Sampled 4/5/2006. Alaskan Brewing Company--Alaskan Amber Alt Style Beer--New Red Label--2008 22 oz. Bottle Release. 5.30% ABV--18 IBU’s. (4.0 / 5.0) Alt Ale--Foamy mild lace copper tint head. Clear bright thin dark Amber color. Mild hop fruity front. Malty sweet mild toasted caramel toffee fruity cloying body. Mild hop lingering malt fruit end. Fruity Amber. Sampled 4/11/2008. 4 @ $2.69 Each. 2008--12 oz. Bottle Release. 5.30%--18 IBU’s. (4.1 / 5.0) Alt Ale--Tight lacy off white head. Clear bright thin dark amber red hint color. Mild black cherry green apple fruit hop front. Cloying mild creamy toasted fruit toffee caramel smooth malty body. Smooth refreshing mild hop lingering malt fruit clean end. Toasty Alt. Sampled 4/21/2008. 6-Pack--$7.99. I rarely speak highly of this brew, but my ratings betray this bias. I think of it as a Mass Market Bland Craft Brew, but it’s had something consistently good going on.