Alaskan IPA

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

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

12oz bottle. Pours a crystal clear, pale golden body with a finger-width, foamy, white head that dissipates slowly and leaves a lot of nice lacing. Aroma is caramel and sweet, piney citrus. Same flavor with some honey in there as well. Impressive balance with lots of nice, soft caramels and easy on the palate piney hops. Slightly dry with a moderate bitter finish. Not as dry as some more intense IPAs. Palate is medium bodied and very quaffable. Overall, a nice, well balanced IPA. Very drinkable and a great session IPA.

This was a surprising IPA with some alight citrus like flavors. a hoppy finish but drinkable.

Nice dry hop aroma. Golden color. Dry hop taste carried through from the aroma.

6oz sample, draft at Sugar Maple. Pours a clear, yellow color with a white head. Aroma is hoppy, citrus, grapefruit. Medium on the palate with average carbonation. Flavor is sweet, a balance of cereal malty and citrus hoppy, with a light apricot-hop finish. Just ok for me.

Nice fruity smell, flavor starts good but turns rough quickly. Almost metallic. Not a favorite IPA at all.

Interesting brew, my first from Alaskan. Lots of aroma from the dry-hopping, pungent woody, earthy, and spicy hops. Flavor is actually fairly subdued, with a honey sweetness (not caramel, honey) and a soft hop presence. Good balance of sweet and ABV heat, but a little too sticky for my taste. This was my first Alaskan, and with Amber and Smoked Porter ’09 still in the backlog, I see room for improvement!

Decent aroma, fairly smooth. Nothing spectacular, but very drinkable. Drinking from a bottle now...tasted much better right off the line at the brewery in Juneau. Great little tasting room if anyone makes it that far up.

(bottle from B & B liquor in colorado springs). Pours a gold color. Medium white head. Moderate lacing. Hoppy and light citrus aroma. Hoppy taste with light bitterness. Smooth finish. Moderate lacing.