Alaskan ESB

Formerly brewed at Alaskan Brewing Co
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Juneau, Alaska USA

Serve in English pint

12oz bottle acquired in trade with DarkElf (thanks!). Poured a dark amber color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of toffee, flowers, toasted malts and caramel. Tastes of caramel, oranges, and toasted malts. Nice creamy and smooth body.

Aroma, slight maltiness, low to no aroma Apperance= Dark red/lt brown, copper notes Flavor= Non cloying beer, blanced slightly malty and mellow roastiness Palate= Medium body Overall= a well balanced beer with slight maltiness and an earthy hop note

(12 oz bottle: BevMo in La Jolla, CA) Much more flavorful than I was expecting, and not only that, it’s a really good flavor too. Lots of toasty and slightly roasty malt leads the way, with mild sweetness and a somewhat light yet sufficiently balancing hoppy bitterness. A solid, deeply toasty maltiness dominates the nose. Medium-full bodied, perfectly carbonated, nice and round on the palate with a dry, long-lasting and always balanced finish. This is a pretty beer, boasting a clear, deep, rich, ruddy amber body that’s really pushing a shade of brown, and a tall, light-tan head that gradually settles to a bubbly, wide ring. Lacing is scattered, but plentiful. ESBs tend to be a more subtle and perhaps refined, if I can use that word, but this one is very bold. This is a much darker roasted beer than most ESBs, and just packed with flavor, and maybe that’s why I’m liking this so much. Good stuff.

Bottle poured a dark amber with an amber head. Aromas of toffee,citrus, and dark bread. Palate was medium bodied and slightly dry. Flavors of roasted malt, citrus, and some floral notes with a slightly astringent dry finish.

on tap at the brewery. my favorite of the bunch of brews i had here. well balanced, full flavored with a crisp finish. great amber/red color.

From a bottle (with a twist-cap, no less!)

Pours a dark amber orange with an adequate head

Limited aroma but a nice drinkable bitters; amply hopped with a pleasant if relatively straightforward flavor and finish. This is a plebian beer, but it goes down very nicely and for bottled beer from the cash bar at a conference, we were quite happy to drink this one under the midnight sun during a recent trip to Fairbanks.

Head is initially average sized, frothy, light brown, mostly diminishing. Body is medium to dark amber. Aroma is moderately malty (cookie, caramel), moderately hoppy (grapefruit, orange, resin). Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery/velvety texture, lively carbonation, moderately astringent. It’s a bit abrasive in the mouth, being fairly citric and astringent, and the hops aren’t really my style (not all bad, but a little too green/resinous for me). But it does have a pretty good malt presence too. Good.

Creamy caramel malt aroma. Sweetish caramel, biscuit malt flavor, creamy smooth texture, mildly citric bitter balance in the finish.