Unplugged: Klondike Birch Sap Ale
Yukon Brewing in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada 🇨🇦
Lager - Amber / Vienna Special|
Score
6.16
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An amber ale brewed with Klondike birch sap.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
At the January 2026 DC Brewver gathering. 16oz can. Poured a slightly darker orange color, not quite amber, but close, with a small, slightly off-white head. Aroma was pine, malts. It's a bit sappy? I guess? A little thin, slight crispness with some mild sweet barley. I don't know.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jan 2026
at 03:07
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tree sap. Some toffee and some leather. Pours dark golden with decent head. Light hint of tang finish. Can.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jan 2026
at 21:04
5.3/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 5
Overall 5
16oz can pours amber, white head. Nose has birch and malt and herbs. Flavor is very sweet, malt, some sap notes, herbs. Finishes flabby.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jan 2026
at 21:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
473ml can. Pours a clear red amber with a small, creamy, long lasting, beige head that laces. Sweet aroma of toasted caramel malt and floral hops. Sweet flavour of toasted caramel malt, sap and piney hops in a crisp, dry, mild bitter finish. Light to medium body with an oily texture and soft carbonation. Good but not great. Was hoping for more.
Tried
from Can
from
Collective – A Craft Beer Shop
on 09 Aug 2025
at 05:05
3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
This has a dullish dark amber colour. Thin head. So it smells sickly sweet, and full of bubblegum like fermented at way too high a temp. Tastes very sweet, unbalanced. Maybe a touch of birch syrup, but that doesn't cover up the lack of balance and the phenols. A pretty big miss, and that's on the base beer more than anything else.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2020
at 03:46