Alaskan Stout

Brewed by Alaskan Brewing Co
Style: Sweet Stout
Juneau, Alaska USA

Serve in English pint

Draught. Pours opaque with creamy tan large head, good lacing, mostly diminishing. Aroma is average malt (bread, coffee, chocolate), light hops (grass), average yeast (bread) with notes of toast and tar. Average duration, light sweetness, acidity and bitterness; dark roasted coffee and chocolate flavor. Full bodied, creamy texture, soft carbonation with a chalky finish.

Roasty, malty, black as night. Not the most inspired stout of all time, but very nice and enjoyable.

Bottled. Pours an opaque black with a fluffy tan head. Toffee and coffee in the nose. Creamy medium body and light carbonation. The taste is mostly coffee. Dry finish with coffee and burnt toast.

UPDATED: MAY 30, 2009 Bottle. Poured dark brown with large tan head and light lacing. Nose is burnt mald, chocolate and coffee. Mouthfeel slick and oily. Flavor mostly malt, with some sweetness. Finsh slightly bitter. A better than average sweet stout.

On tap at Duck Saloon. Nice dark body with thin tan head, Nice coffee and roasted malt aroma. Taste has some chocolate and roasted flavour but is somewhat thin. Finishes with a slight dryness.

(07.31.06) 12 oz brown bottle from Liquid Solutions. Bottled labeled AO 081606. roasted malt and coffee aroma. Poured opaque black with medium tan head. No discernable carbonaton. Medium bodied ale that starts with light malt sweetness and intense roasted coffee flavor. Finished dry with light bitterness and slight chalkiness in the mouth. A very good drinkable stout.

I am a dark beer fanatic, and this is simply the best stout that I have ever consumed in the United States.

bottle fro liquidsolutions.biz. Pours a dark dark brown almost black with a rich tan foamy head. Lots of bitter chocolate in the nose and on the tongue. A sweet stout but more like a bitter stout, almost sour. Some strong coffee notes as well.