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Alaskan Summer Ale

Alaskan Summer Ale

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A Kölsch brewed by
Alaskan Brewing Co

Juneau, Alaska USA

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2873.1/5.03.1/5.0Summer5%77.3 Kölsch/Altbier P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Based on the traditional style of Kölsch beer brewed in Cologne, Germany. Haines Booth Our Crew loves the chance to hook up with Alaskan fans at festivals! Flavor Profile: Alaskan Summer Ale balances a softly malted palate with the clean freshness of Hallertauer hops. In the tradition of the style, neither overpowers the other. Both hops and malt come together to refresh and renew the palate. The straw-gold color and easy drinkability are an enjoyable way to celebrate summer. History: Brewed in our original brewhouse in 1997, this beer is part of our Rough Draft series and has met success with each limited edition release. The enthusiastic reception led the Brew Crew to bring it to the West Coast as a summer seasonal. Ingredients: Water, malt, hops and yeast with no adjuncts, no preservatives and no pasteurization. Our glacier-fed water originates in the 1,500 square-mile Juneau Ice Field. Crafted from Pale, Munich, Vienna and wheat malts, with Hallertauer hops and our own house yeast.

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 sneagrams3 (1367), St. Louis, Missouri, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20

Aug 4, 2007  
Tasted 7/20/2007. 12oz bottle. Clear and golden hued. Minimal head. Cereal aromas. Touch of bananas. Wheaty grainy flavor. Really smooth and easy yet with a medium bodied palate. Fruity and citrus undertones. Yeasty bubblegummy flavors. Nice lager characteristics. Citrus and mildly creamy. Mildly off-dry finish. Wish I had more.

 travita (707), Lewisville, Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 18, 2008  
Bottle. Color is straw to golden in color with a light white head. Clear. Smell is floral, fruits, some spices, and malts. Taste is pretty light with some malts, hops, grass, fruits. Pretty easy going.


 colts9016 (180), Oklahoma, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/104/512/20
Aug 11, 2008  
Poured in a lager glass, Light colored yellow and slightly cloudy. Nose: malty, grassy, hops and hints of yeast Taste. Hallertauer hop comes through with a rounded malt character. and hints of yeast and grass passes through the malt character. Finish. Slightly bitter and linger for a second or two. Overall. Kolsch is not my style of beer but it was descent and good drinking..


 BeerFanDan17 (359), Land O Lakes, Florida, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/59/20
Aug 11, 2008  
Sampled at the Oregon Brewer’s Festival in July 2008. Lighlty malty and smooth. Pours opaque. Nice nose.


 NoiZe (875), Zeist, Netherlands
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Aug 10, 2008  
Tasted somewhere along my trip through the States.
Golden colored brew. Spicy, hoppy and dry. Crisp.


 Beer_2000 (1164), Kristiansand, Norway
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 10, 2008  
355ml bottle. Clear golden body with a white head. A light, sweet malt, hoppy aroma. Flavor is fruity, refreshing, light malty with aromahops. A bit thin body and not very bitter, the hops is more dominant in the aftertaste. Quite pure to Kölsch style.




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