Alaskan Amber

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

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

Great color, with good amount and color of head. Smells great. Nice smooth amber taste. Great beer.

This is a very good drinker. Good color of rich golden orange and light brown highlights. Good smell of malt and a solid fresh tone with some hop presence. Taste is quite good, very smooth, nice malty back. Good medium body feel smooth malty tones all over. Drinkable indeed.

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.

I can’t believe I haven’t rated this beer. The first time I had this one was sitting at SeaTac after a trip back from Okinawa to see my girlfriend (now wife). This was when the world of beer changed for me. Pour is the same rusty Texas orange with a fizzy white head. He nose is loaded with Munich malt with a bit of sticky Snickerdoodle. There’s a certain citrus hop character in the aroma as well. The flavor is full of dry biscuity malts with a bit of a dark honey sweetness. Pretty big body and it a bit oily. Its a little sweet in the finish. Still, this beer was my first.

Light cherry wood color with a full stone/khaki head and very good lacing. Floral, spicy and malty aroma. Rich and balanced flavor with a solid malty backbone and a bit of fruity sweetness. Some hoppy bitterness in the extremely dry finish. This beer was very hard to get but the search was well worth it. Too bad I don’t have easy access to a lot more of it!

UPDATED: MAR 9, 2006 roasty aroma with citrus hints. roasty/floral flavor. Nice hop balance. Feels nice on palate. This was a good buy.

Pours a three-finger white head which quickly fades and leaves no lace. Light carbonation and medium bodied. Nice clear, deep amber color. Nose is malty. Starts mellow and sweet, finishes smooth with a touch of hops. Very good Alt. $2.59 for a 12oz bottle from One Stop Oasis Las Vegas, NV.

nice color with a small head that quickly dissapated. overall it was very smooth and malty. pretty good.