Stranger In the Alps
Fair State Brewing Cooperative in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Threes BrewingLager - Pilsener Rotating
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Score
6.41
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Stranger in the Alps is an Alpine Lager brewed in collaboration with Threes Brewing (Brooklyn, NY). We set out to brew a beer that tasted like the way the air at the top of a mountain smells. The result is a crispy pale lager brewed with noble hops, foraged spruce tips from Duluth, and lemon balm. Nuanced but quaffable, lemony and bright, it enlivens the spirit much like a breath of mountain air.
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3.4/10
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Appearance 3
Aroma 5
Flavor 2.5
Texture 3
Overall 3
My can says nothing about the collab with Threes Brewing. Pour is slight haze on pale. Nice white head stays. This brew has a nice constant show of lively continuous carbonation rising. Nose is mildly noble hops. Whew, first taste is more personality than expected. Yes seems o have some pine needles flavor in there. A bit more hoppy than I like. Odd bitterness developing more sharp toward the middle. Almost has a cleaning fluid attitude. Near the finish, getting some weird pine perfume on the olfactory. Ends with an unwelcomed sharp lasting astringent bite. Does not hide alky well, seems like more than 6% to me. Can't pick out the advertised lemon balm in this one.
Tried
from Can
from
Vintage Estate Wine and Beer
on 07 Apr 2026
at 17:40
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Tried
from Draft
at
Rare Bird Brewpub
on 02 Apr 2026
at 04:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Certainly spruce tips. Some barnyard dust. Golden pour with decent head retention. Crisp finish. Can.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Mar 2024
at 03:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Similar to the other one with almost the same name but not a collab.
Malt, wet grain and a hint of a lemon in the aromas. Flavors are somewhat similar to nose, bittersweet and the spruce tips replace the lemon. Not bad not great.
Malt, wet grain and a hint of a lemon in the aromas. Flavors are somewhat similar to nose, bittersweet and the spruce tips replace the lemon. Not bad not great.
Tried
from Can
from
La Crosse People's Food Co-op
on 21 Dec 2023
at 22:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ MBCC '21 [ Green Session 🧙♂️🍻🇩🇰 ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2021, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark.
[ As Fair State / Threes Stranger In The Alps ].
ABV: 5.1%. Clear medium yellow colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, grass, floral. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, sweet malt, biscuit malt, floral. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20211023]
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Tried
on 07 Jan 2023
at 12:01
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can. A- Floral, straw. A- Yellow color, clear liquid, white head. T- Spruce, pine, lemon, floral bitterness, straw. P- Light body, average texture, average carbonation, complex finish. O- Very floral and spice forward. Love the concept but the spruce and balm are just too strong. Dial it back and you've got a great lager.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Oct 2022
at 21:58
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
How: Draught.
Where: MBCC 2021.
Appearance: Golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Malt, hops, citrus, grass.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, hops, citrus.
Where: MBCC 2021.
Appearance: Golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Malt, hops, citrus, grass.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, hops, citrus.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 May 2022
at 11:39
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hazy and bright yellow, large frothy head, good retention. Looks nice. Aroma of pale malt, spruce, pineapple, lemon. Taste is spruce, lemon, mango, vanilla pale malt. Eventually some cotton candy. Juicy. Interesting.
Tried
from Can
on 03 May 2022
at 04:43
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Golden with a white head - Malt aroma - Malt body with some herbal notes - Malt and herbal notes goes into the finish with some bitterness in the end - This was nice
Tried
on 01 Feb 2022
at 17:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught, taster. @MBCC 2021, Copenhagen (Denmark). 23/10/2021 [#4.526 Global - #585 United States of America - #4 Fair State Brewing] Clear golden with a white head. Pines, citrus and yeast. Spruce and grainy finish. Next one please!
Tried
on 27 Nov 2021
at 08:27