Alaskan IPA

Brewed by Alaskan Brewing Co
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Juneau, Alaska USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

Blah. This was terrible. I did a double take on the label to make sure it really said IPA. Aroma was nothing. Could pick up some grassy hops, but barely. Pour was a standard medium gold with a thin off white ring for a head. Taste was like a bland amber ale. No hops and a hint of malt. Mostly just stale beer flavor. They really missed the mark with this one.

Bottle 355ml
Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, pine, grassy and floral hops. Taste is light to medium sweet and medium bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

12 oz. bottle from Albertson’s in Burien, WA. Pour is clear golden with a one inch white head and some lasting carbonation bubbles. Aroma of dirt and some resin pine hops. Not terribly pronounced. Taste is actually not that great. I had hoped for more, but this tastes pretty much like any IPA you would have at a run of the mill brew pub.

The Dan Journal #384. Tasted 8/4/10. 12oz bottle. Filtered with a dark golden hue. Finger width of bone white head. Aromas of toast and pine. Orange rind and mild caramel. Citrus zest and grapefruit. Medium bodied with a ton of bitter grapefruit flavors. Subtle undertones of strawberries and bananas. Good bitterness, but a little one dimensional. Straight forward and good.

bottle thanks to swalden28. poured gold with a white head. aroma was fruity citrus and bazooka joe bubble gum. flavor was citrus, pine, and lemon. light body with soft carbonation.

Bottle (in NZ), pours orange gold with a filmy head. Strong hop aroma of juicy fruit. Plenty of hops on the palate, deliciously citrus and moreish, with an earthy finish.

Draft @ BBQ, Brews, and Blues. Pours a golden amber with an medium sized foamy white head which was mostly lasting. The aroma was mild and very fresh, with a light pine and floral hoppiness to it. The flavor was a very light, crisp and refreshing, something that you very rarely see with hop heavy west coast IPA’s. Focus was on floral and pine hops, but the bitterness level was medium so it has appeal to the non hop heads of the world. This would be very sessionable if it was accessible. The finish was dry but not too bitter. Overall not bad at all, not super hoppy for me, but still a decent beer.

This beer poured an orange color. A faint lemon and pine aroma. The flavor is only somewhat bitter with some lemons and grapefuit showing. This one seemed rather one dimensional and not very complex. Overall a sub par IPA.