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RATINGS: 451   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.24   SEASONAL: Winter   IBU: 22   EST. CALORIES: 192   ABV: 6.4%
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Winter comes early in Alaska, so we release Alaskan Winter Ale in October. The tender new growth of spruce trees has been used for brewing in Alaska since the late 1700s when explorers sailed the coast of Alaska looking for the Northwest Passage. Alaskan Brewing revives this tradition, adding spruce tips to its Alaskan Winter Ale.


2.8
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
gator2683 (197) - Anchorage, Alaska, USA - JAN 4, 2009
clear amber and just a little malt in the aroma. its thin and sweet with a tiny bit of hops and spice

3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
incutrav (577) - Woodbury, Minnesota, USA - DEC 31, 2008
Slightly sweet, with a bit of sticky hops in there. No spruce aspect in the smell, and just a slight, slight tinge of pine in the afterburn. Was hoping for a lot more in this.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
fidel (1302) - Livermore, California, USA - DEC 29, 2008
Pours golden amber, creamy, malty, caramel, little yeasty, little citrus, little piney hops.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
JaBier (2999) - Capital City, Ohio, USA - DEC 27, 2008
12oz bottle. Clear amber color with some white head. Sweet aroma with lots of malt and yeast. Equally sweet flavor with a touch of raspberry.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
HopheadHans (789) - Bay Area, California, USA - DEC 27, 2008
Bottle.Pours with a lighter color than expected, more like a golden to copper color. Mostly toffee and some fruit in the nose. Flavors are of some grapefruit and caramel with the spruce noticeable in the finish. The body could be a bit more robust.

2.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
CheersMate (1260) - Fremont (Seattle), Washington, USA - DEC 26, 2008
Clear beer. Filtered like crazy. Small head. Slight toffee aroma. Hard to pickup on the toffee, but it is there. Slight hop aroma as well. Just a weak beer in the aroma area. Creamy palate, but not VERY creamy. Has a caramel malt taste. Just bland to me. Slight hop taste, but nothing special. Overall, a weak beer with weak flavors and aroma.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
bradlyc77 (226) - Sebastopol, California, USA - DEC 24, 2008
UPDATED: DEC 25, 2008 Nice and malty with good warming ABV. Spruce definitely is detectable and gives a nice perfumy addition to the aroma.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
SamGamgee (2451) - down the whirlpool, California, USA - DEC 17, 2008
12oz bottle. Orange color with a lasting head. Malty, toffeeish aroma with some spruce and light hops. Thick, malty body with caramel, toffee, and a minty spruce flavor. Full bodied and smooth. This is pretty cool, though maybe thats just the novelty of the spruce talking. Now I have too seek more of these northern creations out.


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