stevoj (18528) reviewed Sunken Island IPA from Kenai River Brewing Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
IPA in aroma and flavor, but nothing sets this one apart. Rather pedestrian for NW IPAs. Still pretty tasty though.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
On tap at Alaskan Bar n’ Hotel.
Into a pint glass.
The appearance was a semi - hazy golden yellow to orange color with a bar pour’s kind of slim white head that maintained a decent filmy lacing as it sunk into the beer itself.
The smell was actually fairly malty and clean, slight crisp English and \"soapy\" to non - English understanding beer drinkers.
The taste was sweetly malted to an extent and carried a light bready aftertaste that led to a refreshing sort of standard somewhat watery finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a pretty good sessionability about it. I would say that this has a slightly smooth quality rolling over my tongue.
Overall, good English IPA that I could do again.
Oakes (33770) reviewed Arctic XPA from Kenai River Brewing Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Hazy light amber with a thin head. Fruity, berryish hop aroma with light, slightly biscuity malts. Clean, fresh hop character has some tangerine, blackberry and subtle pine. Off-dry finish.
Oakes (33770) reviewed Breakfast Beer from Kenai River Brewing Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
This is a sweeter stout – the milk stout aspect – with some light chocolate and oatiness. Probably a bit too fatty for me to drink more than one, as that element is pronounced, but a good sweet stout.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft: Poured a deep black oil with very thin brown head. Aroma was strong dark chocolate and smokey bacon. The taste was similar with smooth chocolate, smokey bacon, and molasses. It had a great balance between the rugged roast and smoothness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
The appearance has a slightly golden/yellow colored body with a slight transparency but even a slight haziness to the color; as many times I poured it, barely any head more or less than just a film no matter how fast or slow I poured it, adequate slightly filmy lacing tries to grace the sides of the glass, but slides for the most part.
The smell has the normal Tripel smells - that \"iced apple\" aroma I often use to describe many Tripels, with an adequate Belgian spice to amplify a well balancing of spice to sweet.
The taste is sweet to nice Belgian spiciness; not much of an aftertaste - maybe just a tad of spiciness there; quick dry finish.
The palate is light to medium (really, huh at 9%) wow, uh....it seems to be slightly misleading is this really 9%, whoah, ok, so we’ll say this is pretty sessionable, carbonation seems to be right on par for a Tripel nothing too harsh and nothing too watery - just right on par.
Overall, good Tripel, nothing wrong with it but nothing over the top, just glad to see an Alaskan brewery to do a good one that I would have again.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
The appearance has a hazy golden yellow colored body with a slim half finger white foamy head that must die within thirty seconds. Some carbonation is seen rising through the hazy at a steady pace with its lacing that tries to cling but slides after a good minute.
The smell has some sweet maltiness, a little bit of corn adjuncts and just a tad of fruitiness, light spice.
The taste seems that the flavoring is a bit different as the previously mentioned flavors that are there, as the spice is right there in the flavoring (spicy malt, interesting?), but there is no aftertaste or finish.
The palate is light, and fairly sessionable. Carbonation seems pretty smooth for the style and for me, good feel for an American Blond Ale.
Overall, with the corn adjuncts coming through in the smell, this is a borderline AAL/Light Lager or something to the effect, yet the spice that comes through helps it keep its edge, would I have this again, perhaps in the summer with some food.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
The appearance has a dark brown body, two finger white foamy head slowly dies leaving a decent amount of spider web foamy lacing.
The smell has a rich yet roasty nuttiness with some pecans showing up a bit, backed up sweetly by some chocolate and still slightly balanced by a nice coffee note.
The taste is mainly sweet but gives a decent roasty tone to the flavoring, slight nutty aftertaste, no finish.
The palate is about a light to medium, and sessionable. Carbonation is good for the style and for me, leaves a slight creamy sort of feel.
Overall, this is a good English Brown Ale, as that’s what comes across to me, unsure if this is what the brewer intended, but I didn’t get any hop bitterness anywhere throughout the entire growler, still I would have this again.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Second beer from tonight’s hidden in the fridge series, thanks to BeerKangaroo for the opportunity. Dark golden almost amber color with a huge frothy beige head that slowly recedes but sticks to everything. Citrus and pine aroma with an earthy almost sulfury English yeast thing going on. Light fruitiness and a bit of sweet sugary malts round out the aroma. The flavor is solid bready caramel maltiness with a nice earthy citrus hop flavor and and a mild level of bitterness. Medium body with a light to moderate level of carbonation and a sweet slick mouthfeel. Nice IPA, a bit old school, but nice to drink, and its in a can!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Rich hazy golden and copper coloured body with hints of bronze and a ridiculously large, four centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of light fruits - apples, pears, etc with a hint of malt and a touch of alcohol. Light-bodied; Mild flavours of sugar, malt, fruit and a hint of dry grassy and herbal notes, but no hops at all. Aftertaste shows mostly the sweetness from fruit and a bit of the dry malts, but not much else and no real complexity. Overall, a beer that I was expecting. Not bad, but not great of course, and a beer that was nice to have in a modern-designed can and still from Alaska, an amazing place to support the beer scene and everything. I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased from La Bodega in Anchorage, Alaska on 04-October-2013 for US$1.85 and brought back home to the opposite end of the country at home in Washington on 29-January-2014.