Alaskan Stout

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

Serve in English pint

12 oz. bottle. Pours an extremely dark brown, nearly black, and is completely opaque. Smells quite roasty and pleasant, with hints of dark chocolate and espresso. Has a full taste that fills the mouth and leaves a flavorful and compelling aftertaste. One of my favorite stouts.

Black appearance with some brown seen through the edges with a medium cream head. Has an oatmeal aroma with a slight berry within. Has a slightly bubbly palate with a coffee been accompanying with it. Chocolate flavor mixed with coffee in th flavor with burnt malts. Nice stout for any time of the year.

This is just what a Stout is supposed to be in my book. This is a tasty approachable easy drinking stout. Believe it or not I have to thank my Dad (who doesn’t even drink beer) for bring this and 4 other Alaskan beers back from his vacation, just for me. <!-- don’t I feel special --> Appearance: Dark dark brown almost black with a chocolaty brown head that has medium retention and fades to a nice frothy cap. The cap and the lacing last the duration of the beer. Smell: Lightly toasted malts, coffee, and a hint of birch wood settle gently in the nose. Taste: This is my morning mocha meets my evening stout. What a perfect light easy oatmeal stout flavor with chocolaty coffee, light oats and grains, medium/light roasted malts, and hints of molasses in the slightly coffee like body; mmm tasty! Sweet enough to find hints of brown sugar but it is bitter enough to find the hop character dancing around on your tongue as well. Alaskan Stout has it all =) for a small sessionable stout. Mouthfeel: Small amount of carbonation leaves it feeling smooth and creamy but the hop character adds some dimension the mouthfeel leave it as a creamy medium bodied beer. Drinkability: This is an easy drinking stout if ever I have had one. What a pity I only have two. I could drink this by the case. boy the aftertaste is perfect and enticing. WOW! I am impressed! Hope this is helpful. Cheers!

dark brown/black pour with tan head that goes away quickly - aroma of roasted malt - taste had complex flavors of roasted malt/chocolate/coffee and a slight cola flavor, very remininscent of a Sam Adams Cream Stout but with more roasted malt - excellent hops/malt balance

12 oz. bottle. Pours an opaque very dark brown with a thick, rich tan head. Aroma of roasted malt and chocolate was a bit lighter than I was expecting. Nice roasted malt flavor was well balanced against the bitterness of the hops. The flavors bcame more pronounced as the beer warmed a bit.

UPDATED: JAN 7, 2009 12oz bottle- An aroma of malt and cjhocolate ona dark body with a head that retains itself pretty well. A taste of chocolate caramel and malt. Great tasting beer.

UPDATED: OCT 6, 2006 had during a trip to alaska. malt and roast, balanced but not bold. enjoyable.

Why make a porter and a stout? The porter far outshone this stout. It wasn’t bad but not great.