Winter Ale
Alaskan Brewing Company in Juneau, Alaska, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Winter|
Score
6.45
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English Olde Ale. Traditionally malty with the warming sensation of alcohol, Olde Ales are brewed in the fall as winter warmers.
Brewed in the style of an English Olde Ale, this ale balances the sweet heady aroma of spruce tips with the clean crisp finish of noble hops. Its malty richness is complemented by the warming sensation of alcohol.
Alaskan Winter is made from glacier-fed water, Sitka spruce tips and a generous blend of the finest quality European and Pacific Northwest hop varieties and specialty malts. Our water originates in the 1,500-square-mile Juneau Ice Field and from the more than 90 inches of rainfall we receive each year.
Brewed in the style of an English Olde Ale, this ale balances the sweet heady aroma of spruce tips with the clean crisp finish of noble hops. Its malty richness is complemented by the warming sensation of alcohol.
Alaskan Winter is made from glacier-fed water, Sitka spruce tips and a generous blend of the finest quality European and Pacific Northwest hop varieties and specialty malts. Our water originates in the 1,500-square-mile Juneau Ice Field and from the more than 90 inches of rainfall we receive each year.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle. I’ve had this beer several times before, and never associated it as an Old Ale. Filtered orange body, frothy white head. Sweet and spicy, but clean and really well brewed, which goes along way. Doesn’t really have any of the deep malty tones I associate with an Old Ale, but is a very enjoyable Winter Ale. Smooth rich golden malts, spruce and spices approaching Pumpkin beer territory. Unique, well done beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2013
at 21:02
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Wasn’t expecting an old ale, but this fits nicely. The spruce combines with the hos to add a nice piney element to the orange/amber brew. Fast dissipating head, with fine, lazy carbonation. Aroma is whiskey malt and pine forest. Taste flattens out with a dull finish. No warming effect from the alcohol either. Decent, but better to be found.
Tried
on 22 Oct 2013
at 20:30
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Orange appearance. Nose is non existant. I get lots of rotten oranges, bitterness that’s both rustic and very English in nature. Caramel finish but not memorable
Tried
on 16 Oct 2013
at 22:32
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared by Mike
Appearance: Clear golden with no head or lacing
Aroma: Sweet spruce
Taste: Candy, waxy sweetness
OK.
Appearance: Clear golden with no head or lacing
Aroma: Sweet spruce
Taste: Candy, waxy sweetness
OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2013
at 17:59
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12oz bottle pours a clear orange amber with some clumpy, white head. A fair amount of spruce in the nose, some pine but far from hoppy, malt, cracker. Flavor is malty, orange, some spruce, a little dusty, some light spice but nothing definable. Medium bodied, dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2013
at 14:25
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours clear orange-amber with a small off-white head that dissipates quickly and leaves no real lacing. Aroma is quite light with notes of caramel, spices. Flavor is light to medium sweet and spiced, minimal bitterness. No real notes of spruce apparent to me, except maybe in the far finish. Interesting beer, but nothing special
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2013
at 16:07
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 oz bottle. Pours a copper color with medium head that dissipates quickly. Aromas of biscuits, hay, and golden raisins. Fruity flavors of raspberry and strawberry , along with light malts and cereal. Not what I was expecting. Interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2012
at 19:48
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Light brown colour. Aroma is very perfumey (I guess that’s the spruce tips). Flavour has bittersweet fruity flavour with some orange peel notes.
Tried
on 28 Nov 2012
at 11:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: poured a copper color with a thin white head. Aroma is fresh and clean spruce. Taste is a mix of fruit and spruce with a grain finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2012
at 15:41
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
From Nov 2005
Poured from the bottle(room temp) a deep gold with very small head that dissipated almost immediately.
Smell is a weak wiff of malt and some fruit.
The taste is nicely sweet malt with a tinge of bitterness that must be the spruce tips but the faint fruit aroma doesn't, for me, show up in the taste at all. This winter ale lacks complexity but is certainly very drinkeable. Pretty good stuff.
PS: I also had this on tap yesterday and my overall impression of *it* was that it was slightly more "intense" on all counts and would score a slightly higher score. ;^)
Poured from the bottle(room temp) a deep gold with very small head that dissipated almost immediately.
Smell is a weak wiff of malt and some fruit.
The taste is nicely sweet malt with a tinge of bitterness that must be the spruce tips but the faint fruit aroma doesn't, for me, show up in the taste at all. This winter ale lacks complexity but is certainly very drinkeable. Pretty good stuff.
PS: I also had this on tap yesterday and my overall impression of *it* was that it was slightly more "intense" on all counts and would score a slightly higher score. ;^)
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2012
at 17:13