Alaskan Summer Ale

Brewed by Alaskan Brewing Company
Style: Kölsch
Juneau, Alaska USA

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

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UPDATED: FEB 26, 2003 Nice kolsch color, with a thin white head. Carbonation seems a little high, but I guess this is a summer beer. The palate is light with low hop bitterness. The beer is smooth with a dry finish. Cool killer whale on the label.

Nice golden color with a fairly large head that diminished quickly. A rather sweet aroma. Quite a mild flavor that lacked enough hop bite in the finish, and thus had a very light finish. Alcohol content seemed fairly light. Not a great beer, but on a hot summer day would make a nice thirst quencher.

This started out a great beer for the first few sips. Then all bitterness was lost, the sweetness took over and things went bad.

Sweet light maltyness, some lemon flavor, crisp but but not entirely snappy, not entirely clean. I want less sweetness and more crispness from a Koelsch.

I’ve sampled few kolsch’s to this point to maybe my perceptions will change. This beer was an unspectacular bronze gold color with a rounded honey-wine aroma that underpinned the flavor as well. Smooth and bittersweet--a change of pace from the hearty complex winter beers--but not impressed.

This is an excellent Kolsh. Light yellow, nice head, delicate, dry, winey, very subtle hop bitterness, slight hop flavor, a little sweet malt flavor, refreshing. I could drink this all day long!

WOW!!!! It is honor to rate it first but I won’t do it justice. It has great color and excellent taste that lasts throughout the entire beer. Good Job again Alaska!!!!