Alaskan White Ale

Brewed by Alaskan Brewing Co
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Juneau, Alaska USA

Serve in Tumbler, Weizen

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( 22oz bottle thanks to travita) Pours very clear yellow with no head but good lacing. Nose of alcohol, cloves, and spices. Taste is wheat, spicy, a little syrupy with a dry finish.

Unlike most witbiers, this one is golden in color. There is a fruity aroma and a sweet spiced flavor, which is too thin. The finish is dry and slightly bitter.

Bottle. A) Not a witbier. B) Sucked. Poured a slightly hazy deep yellow to orange (?) with a massive white head with decent retention and no lace. Diacetyl, feet, old candies in the nose. Taste is diacetyl bomb with a mostly watery body. Slight hops bitterness. What!? Drain Pour.

On tap. Yellow with a white head. Nose is lemon, coriander, zest, and wheat. Very smooth on the palate, flavor is wheat, spices, and a zesty finish.

Bottle @ Chad’s house. Pours a touch hazy golden yellow orange appearance with foamy white head. Lightly yeasty but mostly just a light wheat malty nose. Sweet light bodied, slightly spicy coriander, light yeasty, wheat malty flavor with a coriander, light orange peel, wheat finish.

12 oz bottle thanks to Mikey. Pours a clear golden color with a large white head. The aroma is nice banana and malty notes, light yeast as well. The flavor is very nice; a rich mix of malts, banana esters, some spices and citrus. Well made and tasty.

2009 Oregon Brewers Festival – Portland, OR
Aroma: Nice light malt aroma with light Belgian yeast and very little hops.
Appearance: Light golden in color, Slight haze with a light head.
Flavor: Nice Belgian yeast fruit flavor. This was refreshing and great to drink.
Palate: Dry Finish, with a Good Mouthfeel.
Overall: The first beer for the OBF I was off and running.

Nice spice aroma, some definite coriander. This is a pretty good beer. Not too wheaty, some great spices and overall a good wit.

Draft sample at the Schlafly Repeal of Prohibition festival. Pours a cloudy, pale, dull yellow-gold with a massive, frothy white head that leaves a lot of lacing in the glass. Aroma of lemon citrus, wheat, bready malts, coriander, and a little orange peel as it warmed. Flavor was the same, but so mild and watered down. Light-bodied, with moderate soft carbonation and a wheaty, bready mouthfeel. Very basic witbier.

A substandard wit. It looks the part, nearly white. Low carbonation. Minimal aroma, what is there matches the style, but it is very light. Flavor is also light, lacking the wheat sweetness this beer should have. Just a hint of coriander. It is drinkable, but has little to offer.