Alaskan Summer Ale

Clear golden, well carbonated. Sweet alcohol, sugar and spicy yeast aroma. Slightly syrupy, slightly yeasty/spicy flavor, moderately bitter finish. Pretty complex flavor for a kolsch, there’s some Belgian influence in there too. One of my favorite Alaskan Brewing beers.

22-oz. Bottle. Pours gold with lots of tiny fast rising bubbles and a small white foamy head. Malt (hay, straw) and sour yeast (sweat) with fruit hops, some faint banana notes. Yeast (dough, sweat) and malt (grain) creamy buttery flavor. Light bodied palate.

Even though this beer sat outside over 2 years and then in the fridge another 6 months, my brother really likes it.

The pour and aroma of this beer will fool even the most cunning connoiseur. Has a rich, spicy, hoppy aroma that will leave you salivating at the mouth. Bring it to the mouth and... yuck! What the hell is that. Tastes like a skunk dipped in one of Wonka’s everlasting gobstoppers. I’d say avoid this at all costs, but, well, you’ll manage to finish it because every time you bring it to your mouth your nose registers "mmm, delicious! maybe it’ll taste better this time around."

beer pours a very pretty (and bright) deep gold with an ok head that left little lace. nose is rather sweet and lightly toasty - like there is a lot of Munich malt in there. flavor is more of the same - sweet and malty, with perhaps a slightly nutty flavor. a handful of hops in the finish add some slight spiciness to the balance. beer is rather sweet for a summer beer, and seems to be a bit malty for a Kolsch - it drinks more like a Vienna.

Bottle: Translucent golden, pale, thin white fizzy head, spotty lacing, slight carbonation.   Pale malty aroma, somewhat like an old sweater.   Fairly sweet malt flavor, sweetenes even more as it finishes.   Very subtle apple or pear skin at the end.   Moderate body and mouthfeel.   Very clean and crisp finish.   Good summer thirst quencher.

Kinda disappointing. Very yellow coloring, with small head. Aroma is light, with spice profiles. Kinda mellow in the flavor department, with no distinguishing charasteristics. Still, Alaskan is quality, and you can’t disrespect that.

Bomber Not much of a head, and it really looked like corn juice. But, it was surprisingly refreshing. I mean, what do Alaskans know about summer anyway?? (kidding, of course) Aroma was a little light with honey, vanilla and some spices. It had a rather sharp flavor and a playful mouthfeel. More honey and spices in the flavor. Very drinkable.