Alaskan Smoked Porter

Brewed by Alaskan Brewing Co
Style: Smoked
Juneau, Alaska USA

2008 version. Black with a good three fingered tan head which subsides to a ring of tan. Plentiful lacings. Aroma is smoked chocolate. Taste is big dark smoked malts with a good bitter cocoa hop finish. Some smoke in the finish. Some underlying sweet chocolate makes this an exceptional porter. No wonder this is highly rated. Very nice.

Bottle courtesy of tpd975. Pours black with a one finger tan head that leaves good lacing. Aroma reminds me of when I was a kid and my Dad would go buy smoked mullet and stink up the whole house. Taste is full on smoke with a touch of roasted malt. Medium mouthfeel with a mild to moderate amount of bitterness. Different but good.

I can’t appreciate this at all... This reminds me of when, as a child, I thought it would be a good idea to drink Liquid Smoke (the meat-seasoning liquid). This stuff tastes just like that. Awful flavor. Lokks and smells great however, strangely.

2008 bottle. Quite possibly my favorite porter I’ve ever tried. Deep and rich, almost stout like in quality. A friend of mine claimed he could taste the smoked salmon that the malt is smoked along side of, but really its just the smoky flavor that comes through, not the fish. Wonderful beer.

Vintage 2008, 22 oz. bottle. Pours a dark tan head, very dark black body with minimal light penetration.....nose of smoke, malts, bit of sweetish sensation....tastes of malts initially, then smoke, with a light hop finish. A good mouthfeel and great balance for the rauchbier style. I wonder about aging some to taste the evolution of the beer. 11/07/2008

Bomber. I know I’m against the grain here.This stuff was hard to swallow, I think I poured half the bomber out. It certainly is smokey, but I tasted no chocolate. It was more like bacon grease and campfire. I can see that others really enjoy this and that’s cool, its not for me. I have another bottle I will likely give away.

Inky black with a thick foamy tan head. Aroma is smoky (of course) with some salted chocolate and caramel. The smoke seems to be a nice subtle alder, or maybe hickory. There is a slight mushroomy sourness to it as well, like walking through the woods after a summer rain. The flavor is subtle and pleasant as well. The smoke, chocolate and caramel all come through, along with a nice fruity sweetness. Plums perhaps. Very light and airy mouthfeel at first. As the beer settles in the glass, it becomes a nice velvety medium bodied delight. I could gush about this some more, but I think I’ll just drink it.

2007 22 once bottle. Pours jet black, with a tan head. Nice smokey aroma. Taste of roasted malt, with a strong smokey presence. A little bitter chocolate note in the background. Not all that complex for a porter, mostly roasted malt and smoke. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. I’ll want to try the 2008 version.