Midnight Sun Kodiak Brown Ale

Brewed by Midnight Sun Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Anchorage, Alaska USA

This one is an attractive mahogany with an ok yellowish head. The flavor was malty, brown sugar, but had a bit of twang that I didn’t really like. It was a bit of a surprise as the rest of their beers are excellent. It wasn’t an overwhelming sourness, but just a little bit off that kept it from reaching its potential.

Cloudy, ruddy black/brown with a rocky, nerf top and good lacing. Aroma sour...INFECTED! I was very disapponited to find that this bottle that I bought in Healey as well as one that I bought in Fairbanks was infected. The bottling date was January, which shouldn’t have been too long, with proper sanitization techniques. Nonetheless, around the vinegary aroma and taste, there was some caramel malt aroma and a toasty, caramel malt flavour with notes of macadamia nuts. The body was light and carbonation high, but that could have been from the bacteria, I guess. I’m going to go with the average rating and hope to try another bottle another time.

Tastes like a Nut Brown Ale. Very similar to me like Newcastle. Nice, solid cocoa taste with light coffee.

Nutty, a little smokey, with alot of coffee aroma and taste .

September 2003 bottle. Fizzy, bubbly, heavily carbonated pour, but it’s natural carbonation and departs pretty quickly from the beer. Dark brown, hazy, with sediment at the bottom. Some magenta highlights on the edges and mountains of off-white/beige head. Aroma showcases English yeast and light coffee. Dark fruits, not altogether like fruit flavored coffee (raspberry predominantly). There is some earthy, dusty appeal from the yeast as well. Flavor begins strangely sweet, but has a dry, bitter edge to it, like black coffee broken up by lots of sugar. Some earthiness and dustiness from the malt and/or yeast. It almost tastes like there is some malt in here that is used in Belgian brown ales, but maybe I’m just getting confused. Ends watery, but not overly so, with an otherwise medium, rather uninspiring body, with light signs of oxidation. Texture is peppery at first, from the carbonation, but then turns much smoother after breathing. Finishes with some light coffee and chocolate and a bit of sticky caramel and dough.

Thanks very much to Kinz for sending me a sweet trade almost a year back.

I truly wasn’t very impressed with this beer. Brown ale… Brown body, fluffy tan head. The aroma was lightly malty, notes of caramel and toasted malts. Hints of breakfast cereal, maybe some coco…. It was just a boring beer, IMO. Not terrible… Not even close to being memorable… it’s just there.

Mahagony colored, earthy malty nose with a subtle hint of coffee. Smooth earthy malt taste with some sweetness.

Deep dark brown in colour with a tan head that lasts for a long while. Aroma of bubble gum, caramel and some raisins-no nuts at all. Medium-bodied; Raisiny taste with nuts strong in the finish all with a nice spiceyness. Aftertaste shows lingering sugars with some slight pit fruit tastes. Overall, a decent brown, but that isn’t saying much. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased at Whole Foods in Vienna, Virginia on 24-November-2004 on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.