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Midnight Sun Kodiak Brown Ale

Midnight Sun Kodiak Brown Ale - Brown Ale

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 Percentile 
73
overall
Brewed by Midnight Sun Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale

Anchorage, Alaska USA

bottled
common

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1593.3/5.03.28/5.05%80Dimpled mug
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Commercial Description:
Rugged yet smooth, Kodiak Brown Ale sports abundant yet graceful portions of pale and specialty malts, balancing caramel sweetness with a roasted malt character. Perle and Willamette hops accent without overpowering this brown ale's intrepid maltiness. The result is a bit bold but beautifully balanced. That Kodiak Brown Ale is our most popular beer says something about the adventuous spirit found in Alaska. But we are not surprised; we know Alaskans are not afraid of the dark.
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 Crit (2399), New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/512/20
Jun 25, 2007  
Reddish brown,small tan head. Toasty malt nose.Somewhat astringent sweet carmel malt taste. Somewhat stale, confirmed by the bottling date of Oct 06


 padrefan98 (787), (San Diego) Santee, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Apr 26, 2007  
22 oz bottle pours a redish brown with a decent head and little lacing. Nutty caramel flavor with a slightly hoppy finish. Very good.


 bu11zeye (5430), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Apr 1, 2007  
(Bottle) Pours a clear mahogany body with a small beige head. Aroma of sweet malt, dark fruit, and nuts. Flavor of malt, nuts, chocolate, and caramel.


 Ernest (4481), Boulder, Colorado, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/511/20
Mar 24, 2007  
Bottle. Head is initially small, frothy, light brown, mostly diminishing. Body is medium to dark brown. Aroma is moderately malty (caramel, roasted nuts), with a note of brown sugar. Flavor is moderately to heavily sweet, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery/syrupy texture, lively/fizzy carbonation. Not a very pleasant carbonation level/texture (almost like soda-pop), kinda wet and syrupy too. Very simple but somewhat attractive aroma. Needs more bitterness to balance the big sweetness (the nose portends correctly).


 luckygirl (1221), Boulder, Colorado, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Mar 24, 2007  
Bomber. Beer is very dark brown, nearly opaque. The head is tan, small, frothy. Diminishes rapidly.<P> The aroma is malty with moderate notes of toasted grain, caramel; Hoppy with light notes of flowers, grass/alfalfa; Yeasty with a light note of dusty cellar, trace of dough; Trace miscellaneous note of honey.<P> The flavor is moderately-to-heavily sweet, trace acidic, lightly bitter with a long, lightly bitter, moderately sweet finish. Some grassy metallic in the initial retro.<P> The body is medium, the texture is watery-to-syrupy and the carbonation is lively.<P> Nice brown. Roasty, sweet treat.


 CaptainCougar (5379), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/511/20
Mar 20, 2007  
Bottle sampled on 9/20/06: Pours a clear amber brown with a thin ring of light tan head. Aroma of mildly earthy toasty malts and some light doughy character. Flavor is drier than expected with some toasty earthy presence and some slight cardboardy character. Needs more sweetness for balance.


 mikey (336), farmington, Utah, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/104/512/20
Feb 23, 2007  
Poured a nice chocolate amber color with big long lasting head. The smell had a nice roasted malt presence with some fruity/nutty notes. There is a malt sweetness with roasted undertones in the mouth with coffe bitterness in the finish. Very drinkable. Note this one was made for Utah with an ABV of 4.0


 NYHarvey (2154), New York, New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/515/20
Jan 2, 2007  
Bomber from Liquid Solutions. This has a nice lightly toasted chocolate aroma with mild caramel and cocoa notes. It smells pretty damn good and has a solid concentation, the only fault is a slightly dusty cola tinge. The body of this beer is orange/brown and a two finger thick tan head sit aloft it while slowly fading and living clinging lace. It’s a good looking beer. <P> Doesn’t live up to the aromatic and visual hype. The fore is dusty and dirty with sweet raisin tinged malt and a hint of sweet bread and ever so slightly toasted accents. The raisin asspect becomes very dominate the more you sip and melds with the faint chocolate notes. I’d like some nuttiness and more of a roasty/toasty character, but I’m a sucker for raisins and especially raisinettes so this ends up being better, for me, than I’d have thought it would have from the initial sip.



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