3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap @ Pacific Beach Bar & Grill in San Diego. Pretty good winter beer. Medium to creamy body, some hops, well balanced maltiness, nuttiness & spiociness
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Very impressed with this winter ale! 12 oz bottle. Pours a deep rusty brown with a tan head that was relativly thin. Nose was piney, some hops and spice as well. I really loved the aroma of spruce in this brew. Alakan nailed it with this brew!
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Poured a nice deep amber color, thin head, with the thoughts of drinking a Christmas tree. The spruce tips freshened the flavor and it held it’s own throughout the glass. Another welcome addition to the Alaskan Brewing Co.’s arsenal.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Don’t know color, it was too dark to see. Moderate head, decent lacing and retention. Aroma is caramelly with funky pineyness. Fairly fruity. Somewhat different despite being somewhat bland as well. Interesting, fairly enjoyable.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours an amber color with floral aromas, taste is sweet with a bit of spices, good brew but one of those brews you cant have too many of cause the taste starts to get a little to sweet.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours an orange-amber with a small light tan head. Aroma is roasted nuts, touch of caramel. Taste is a little sweet, some spice, a bit bitter, citrus on the tongue way in the back, leaves the mouth oily. nice brew for a winter, i was pleasantly surprised.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: SEP 19, 2009 12 oz bottle via Rorh’s. Pours a crystal clear amber with a small beige head. Tons of tiny bubles leap to the surface of my glass mug. Nose is toffeeish with and biscuity. Taste starts with some sweet caramel, then some almost burnt flavors come through, some toastiness, some toffee, some subtle earthy hops and perhaps a little ginger in the finish which is likely the spruce tips, and then the sweetness returns. Body is medium and carbonation is high.
9/21/209 rerate-original was 7/3/7/3/14=3.4.
12oz bottle via Hagen. Pours a clear copper with a small off-white head. THe nose is malty and tea with some mild fusels. Taste starts with some sweet crystal malt tea flavors, a little caramel, then a LOT of nuttiness, buttered biscuits, rye, herbal hops and a very earthy hay-like finish. Figgy/chocolate oatmeal cookie aftertaste...grandma’s cookies come to mind. This is really yummy malt driven stuff, not sweet, but definately malt driven. love the toasty/hutty flavors. Body is medium, carbonation is medium to moderate. Love it.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Very malty and sweet. An orange brown color, with a thin white head. It has a bit too much of a thin alcohol feel and somewhat heavy carbonation. I end up wishing it had more bittering mouthfeel - from the discription I was expecting more pine scent or flavour from the addition of the spruce tips. Oh well, it’s from Alaska and that’s gotta be a plus :)
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