Alaskan Amber

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

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

The label described this beer as an "Alt Style," and while this seemed a bit of a disconnect to me, I thought this beer was quite good. Appearance was a brilliant red-brown with great amounts of white head with good staying power. Aroma was malty, and a bit reminiscent to me of the way a bock smells. Flavor was also "bock malt" flavor with lots of unexpected chocolate taste. Mouthfeel was good but almost coarse and chalky, which seemed to help rub the chocolate taste into my taste buds. I found this beer to be highly drinkable.

A nice amber color topped with a great off white head. bottle and draught are good.

Appropriate that I’m drinking this on ANZAC day here in New Zealand. It tastes and smells so much like freshly baked ANZAC biscuits. It’s also the most beautiful looking beer I’ve seen in a long time - a brilliantly clear fiery red-amber, like glowing embers. This might be the perfect autumn session ale. Slightly to high ABV for a session, but still, so moreish. The end of the glass came way too quickly.

The bottle pours clear and true to name with fluffy beige head. It smells intensely of caramel and candied sugar or fruits, figs. The flavor is sweet as well. Heavy caramel notes with a slow finish. It’s very smooth, and light to medium bodied. Incredibly drinkable.

this had a small head.Color nice brown.aroma was caramel,malty,slight metallic.tasted medium bodied.well balanced between sour and bitter.finished with an interesting pear taste.approaching a red ale.

About as amber as it comes with an off-white head that thins and departs in due course. Quite obvious carbonation. Gorgeous colour. The aroma is hard to pin down. Turkish delight, cream caramel, it smells at once old and polished. Like rosewood and mahogany. It’s spicy and generous. The flavour is a little bit so so for about two seconds before those rosewood and tasty flavours of altbier rush forward and stay on the palate becoming more floral and tangy. It loses the sweetness and becomes (God, I’m going to say playful) playful. This is an excellent beer. One that leaves a very good impression.

red amber with a small off white head. earth orange aromas. soft body. nice caramel maltiness with some orange oak notes and a light bitterness. very pleasing

Bottle. Pours a translucent amber with an inch head that recedes quickly. Aroma of toffee and caramel. Nice malty backbone with a balanced spicy hop component. Good carbonation. Lighter body.