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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.


4.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 19/20
thetmaxx (383) - West Sacramento, California, USA - DEC 5, 2011
Poured from the bottle. I thought I rated this before, glad I checked. Last year this beer was amazing, hence the reason I bought again. The pine flavor is awesome! Palate is decent, as is aroma. Overall a favorite winter beer of mine.

3.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
theOptimator (210) - Sacramento, California, USA - DEC 4, 2011
Aroma is sweet malt, cotton candy. Appearance is clear copper with small tan head. Taste is caramel malt forward. Followed by what I assume is the spruce, which is very unique. It is like a cotton candy, floral, berry flavor. Palate is medium and crisp. Overall a surprising beer. Interesting bright unique flavors that are balanced just right.

2.4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 8/20
beersearcher (1357) - Glendale, California, USA - DEC 3, 2011
Pours a dark orange. The aroma is candy sweet. A bit of malt and a lot of sweet in this one. Maybe a bad bottle? If there is spruce in here it is really restrained. Good with a candy cane.

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
BVery (1976) - Burnsville, Minnesota, USA - DEC 3, 2011
Tap. Clear light amber pour with a small soapy head. Spruce, caramel, and sugary taffy candy on the nose and taste. Medium palate. Decent.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
bluemooner (422) - Isanti, Minnesota, USA - DEC 2, 2011
Pours a clra, dark golden with a thin, dirty-white head. Aroma is Saaz with herbal notes. Flavor is more Saaz with hints of malt, spruce, light hops, and spicy herbal notes. Medium body with medium carbonation. Decent but nothing special.

2.4
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
Tessic (611) - Brantford, Ontario, CANADA - NOV 28, 2011
This ale poured a medium amber colour with a big, beautiful, off white, frothy head. Nice lacing. To the nose there are scents of cooked veggies, earthy notes, rotting wood and a little spice. First taste was smooth with a medium creamy mouthfeel. Flavours of malt and light caramel. A little hopp flavour adds to the slightly bitter finish. Palate is sweet and slightly hoppy...

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
portableparty (1008) - Blaine, Minnesota, USA - NOV 17, 2011
Bottle to snifter. Pours clear amber with a white soapy head that dissipates to a tiny collar. Aroma is grain grass and malt with some faint hops. Taste is spice and citrus floral hops and malt. Palate is thin and fizzy with a dry finish. Very carbonated for an old ale and rather hoppy too.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
nsquishee (341) - Richfield, Minnesota, USA - NOV 8, 2011
Oddly sweet and spiced, but for a spiced beer, it is not very complex. I think the overly sweet finish and lack of hops to match turn me off.


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