Alaskan Winter Ale

Brewed by Alaskan Brewing Co
Style: Old Ale
Juneau, Alaska USA

Serve in English pint, Snifter

12oz. Bottle: Aroma of malt, butter, diacetyl, and a hit of caramel. Poured amber/orange in color with no head. Clear. Slightly sparking. Full of tiny particles throughout. Flavor is light to medium sweet. Tasted of diacetyl, butter, and some caramel. Medium body. Dry texture. Average carbonation. Butter, diacetyl, finish is lightly sweet and lightly bitter.

12 oz. Clear, shiny copper with a small ring of bubbles. Mild aroma is toffee, cherry, biscuit and a hint of citrus and resin. Taste is cherry, apple, caramelized brown sugar, toast, and hints of evergreen. Finish is light spruce and mint. Medium body is sweet and a little too fizzy.

UPDATED: JAN 7, 2012 Pours a very clear, yellow-amber with little head. The aroma is a floral one, with the spruce standing out. Flavor takes some getting used to. I didn’t really care for my first sip, but it got better. There’s a strange, piney-malty sweetness caused by the spruce tips, with a bitter finish that’s not entirely pleasant, though it’s not really all that bad. Actually, on second thought, it’s really kind of gross.

Purchased at Breeze Thru Liquors in Milwaukee, WI; enjoyed while trying to rehab a bum elbow that I almost broke while running in icy conditions. Appearance a darkish, clear amber with a thin white head. Aroma of malts, a bit of cinnamon spice, touch of maple syrup, caramel. Taste is really unique, throws you off, those spruce tips add an interesting lemony/citrus sweetness that’s almost candy like. Aside from that, definitely malty, somewhat of a pine flavor as well. It’s just OK.

bottle thanks to fiveacestx. crisp gold with a light cream head. nose is sweet malts, caramel, spice, light spruce. very easy on the palate, sweet caramel, dried fruits, slight spice, and a sweet finish.

Light bodied and fairly easy drinking, a fair amount of carbonation with a crisp finish. Aroma and taste of brown sugar. The spruce is lacking, but overall a nice session-able wintertime ale.

Bottle to glass. Very piney aroma with a bit of spiciness as well. Dark Amber pour with off white head. I liked it, but a little too much spruce. A decent winter beer, but not great.

This was a rather plain beer, had an alright roast and fruit flavor. Probably would not search it out.