Alaskan IPA

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

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

12 oz bottle. Pours a dark yellow gold body with a slight yeast haze. Fizzy off-white head that faded to a thin film fairly quickly. Fairly muted nose, just some light citrusy and piney hops with a little bit of orange rind and bready malt. The flavor is minimally bitter and not especially hoppy, I would have guessed that this fell into the APA category were it not for the name and the slightly elevated ABV. Slightly sweet and very bready and yeasty malt backbone. Mouthfeel is slightly sticky on the finish with moderate soft fizzy carbonation. Overall, this just did not live up to my expectations for the usual quality of Alaskan’s offerings.

Bottled. Beer is clear light gold. Head is small, white, frothy/bubbly. Mostly lasting. <P>Malty with light notes of toasted grain; Hoppy with moderate notes of herbal resin/pine, grapefruit oil, lemon zest; Yeasty with traces of dough and wet cement.<P>Moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter with a long, lightly/moderately bitter, moderately acidic, lightly sweet finish.<P>The body is medium, the texture is watery/syrupy and the carbonation is average.<P>Not bad, but not engaging.

Bottle thanks to zinister. Pour is cloudy copper with medium white head. Aroma is mildly hoppy, medium malt, and hints of fruit. Flavor is a bit disjointed: hops, malt, and yeast. Not a bad IPA but tastes a bit oxidized.

12oz bottle. transparent golden in color with a small off white head. citrus hop aroma, some earthiness and a bit of caramel malt. bitter hop flavor with some light sweet malt mixed in.

12oz bottle pours out a dark gold topped with a nice white head. A great aroma and tast of hops. pretty good for a IPA from Alaska. O ya what is up with the surfer on the bottle???

On tap in the Seattle airport. Incredibly clear. Yellowy amber with a thin bubbly white cap and tons of early lacing. Candylike aroma of sweet peaches, cotton candy, light caramel, light pine - smells juicy somehow. Tasty yet a touch thin. Lots of sharp pine and citrus hit quick. Tangy. Big bitterness with grapefruit, sweetness, apricot / orange and xaramel with seems only serve as a background flavor. Spicy and sharp. Incredibly carbonated - as in over carbonated. I really like the sharp citrus and pine bite that comes across blunt and clean. The last beer of my trip unless more flights are cancelled.

Bottle. Pours a light orange/amber color with a white head and spotty lacing. Aroma of citrus and piney hops, grainy malts and some grapefruit. Flavor is lightly sweet with caramel, citrus, mild malts, and grapefruit with a dry and bitter finish.

Bottle sampled at Alan’s HSC initiation, thanks Dogbrick: Aroma on this one is floral, tad of citrus rind. Resiny hop, some citrus, medium-bodied mouthfeel. Not too bad, but not all that memorable.