Alaskan IPA

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

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

Tap. Clear dark yellow pour with thin white head. Grainy aroma and taste. Not much else - pretty unimaginative.

Clear orange, moderate head, some lacing and retention. Aroma is grapefruit, wood, caramel. Cascades and Goldings? Medium bodied, moderate bitterness. Flavors don’t suit my preferences.

Clear amberish pour with a medium foamy head. Citrus and hops aroma and flavor. Medium palate. A good, but fairly standard IPA.

On tap at Old Chicago. Brew pours a fairly uneventful 14 karat gold with moderate carbonation and 2-finger fluffy white head. Aroma is ripe citrus including grapefruit and lemon zest, and has only a hint of pine. Nothing terribly complex in this one but drinkable. Medium mouthfeel.

Bottle shared by Tim, thanks
Appearance: Pours clear golden with a small white head and some lacing left in the glass
Aroma: Floral, citrus and candy flavors
Taste: Floral, candy and some hops in the finish
A nice IPA, clean and tasty. Not alot of hops, but it was bottled 13 months before so they may have dropped out.

Light golden/bronze color with a small foam. Woodsy and medicinal hop aroma, with some herbaceousness as well. Fairly aromatic, but not pleasant for me at all. Flavor is fairly hoppy, also woodsy like the nose, with spruce hints and some honey covered fruits. Don’t care for the super medicinal nose, but the flavor is pretty spot on for the style and well balanced. Could be brighter, but its a pretty good IPA.

12 oz. bottle, from Fred Meyer in Newberg, OR. Pours clear orangey-amber with a small off-white head that diminished quickly. Nice hoppy aroma, floral and citrus with undertones of toasty malts and fresh summer fruit. Flavor is a strange combination of brash and mild, with a nice hop blast that seemed to come and go as I sipped - one time it hit me up front, then quickly gave way to mild toasty malt water, then another time, the mild toasty malt water started out and the hop blast came on in the finish - weird! Anyway, hops are floral and citrus with a bit of spiciness and the malts remain lightly toasty with periodic glimpses of toffee. Light to medium body and agressive carbonation. Not my favorite IPA by any stretch, but definiitely different and interesting.

Alaskan Brewing Company--Alaskan IPA India Pale Ale--2007 22 oz. Bottle Release. 6.20% ABV--55 IBU’s (4.5 / 5.0) IPA--Foamy lacy head. Clear bright rich gold color. Big floral Cascade hop front. Crisp clean tangy dry sweet citrus pine pale malt body.Tangy rich hop spice bitter citrus balanced end.Alaskan Steps Out! 6/30/2007. Alaskan Brewing Company--Alaskan IPA India Pale Ale--2007 12 oz. Bottle Release. 6.20% ABV--55 IBU’s. (4.5 / 5.0) IPA--Thick creamy lacy head. Clear bright gold color. Rich crisp floral hop front. Creamy thick mild sweet caramel balanced pine grass mild earthy body. Hot hop spice mild earthy balanced bitter end. Well Done. Sampled 3/30/2007. Alaskan Brewing Company--Alaskan IPA India Pale Ale--Black Top Black Graphic--New Label 2008 12 oz. Bottle Release. 6.20% ABV--55 IBU’s. (4.0 / 5.0) IPA--Foamy dense rocky lacy white head. Clear effervescent fizzy thin bright light gold color. Rich floral hop front. Zesty cloying mild sweet pale caramel mild grapefruit pine grass crisp IPA body. Mellow hop spice balanced zesty smooth refreshing mild citrus end. Sampled 3/26/2009. 6-Pack--$6.99. Alaskan Brewing Company--Alaskan IPA India Pale Ale--Black Top Black Graphic--2009 22 oz. Bottle Release. 6.20% ABV--55 IBU’s. (4.25 / 5.0) IPA--Big foamy lacy thin white head. Clear fizzy bright thin gold color. Rich floral Cascade hop front. Dry sweet pale caramel mild grapefruit thin crisp golden ale body. Balanced zesty hop pine citrus crisp refreshing tasty IPA end. Sampled 2/11/2009. 4 @ $2.69 Each.