7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Pretty clear, but ever so slightly hazy copper coloured body with a nice, thick, four to five centimetre tall microfoamed and fast-dying tan head, but still leaves a nice lace on the sides. Aroma of grass, flowers, hay and a heavy dose of funk yeast - the kveik, but still seems a bit drier and more woodsie/rustic than others I've smelt. Medium-bodied; Rich malts and earthy, grainy and floral flavours show at first with some pungent bitterness from the hops, a lot of pine and spruce notes and some resinous and grassy astringency at the end with a good deal of the kveik yeast that shows punch as well. Aftertaste shows the malts more than the hops, but both are quite strong and showing a ton of floral and grassy notes with the astringency kicking, especially from the yeast with some alcohol and a hint of sweetness from honey. Overall, a pretty nice beer that has a ton of flavours and complexity both from malts and hops with a lot of spruce, pine and dry hay notes that have some yeast pungency at the end. Nice to sample and a good reminder of the nice beers that are made at a few breweries up in Alaska, especially Midnight Sun! I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Silver Gulch (in Anchorage International Airport) in Anchorage, Alaska on 05-October-2021 for US$9,25 (without having to clear security!) sampled at my house here in Washington on a still pretty chilly day here, especially in May, on 06-May-2022.