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Midnight Sun Sockeye Red IPA

Midnight Sun Sockeye Red IPA

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An India Pale Ale (IPA) brewed by
Midnight Sun Brewing Company

Anchorage, Alaska USA

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1843.59/5.03.59/5.00.395.7%78.8 Shaker, Tulip P  Stats

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Brewed in the bold spirit of Alaska, Sockeye Red IPA is a finely crafted Pacific Northwest-style India Pale Ale with a real bite. Ample pale two-row malt creates a fresh, firm body while specialty malts impart a spawning red hue. The predominant character of this fiesty catch comes from outlandish portions of Centennial, Cascade and Simcoe hops, giving this beer tremendous citrus and floral aroma and flavor. Determined and bitter but amazingly balanced, Sockeye Red is gnarly enough to take you hook, line and sinker. Forget about a bigger rig; grab a bigger glass.
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 BlackDonald (428), Anchorage, Alaska, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/512/20
May 12, 2008  
Tap @ Humpy’s - Pretty standard beer for the tourists here. Floral hop nose, with a hint of cirtus. Grainy malt background with a little too much carbonation. Not the greatest offering.


 willblake (1896), Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Apr 26, 2008  
20061007 After Kennett. Bomber. Damn dry stuff, floral. Pithy, quick finish. Not up to the standard of the strong beers I’ve had from Midnight Sun, but good enough.


 Zinister (755), Houston, Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Apr 26, 2008  
Dirty, dark orange with a nice off-white head. Nose is grapefruit, floral hops some sweet malts. Flavor is spicy malts, pineapple, orange rind and bitter hops. Solid beer.


 JK (2262), Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Apr 26, 2008  
From Skyview’s bottle. A tasty, and somewhat above average, West Coast IPA. Brown color and a thin, white head that leaves a lace. Abundant floral, flowery hops in the aroma. Flavor is bitter, and a combination of herbal hops, and sweet malt. Medium palate. This is the sort of IPA you keep in the fridge all the time.


MatSciGuy (98), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Apr 23, 2008  
[bottle] shared by skyview. Poured a dark gold with a large off white head that lasts. Aroma is floral hops with some grapefruit character. Very bitter, dry finish.




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