6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
A nice ale with hints of citrus, malts, caramels, and something that was bittersweet. Could have been the spruce, but not quite sure. The orange/amber color is a bit deceiving, it tastes darker. Decent brew, but not outstanding.
Tried
on 20 Apr 2006
at 11:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Crisp hoppiness defines this brew. Citrus, floral tones, and malts are also present. A nice balance throughout with a solid hop finish.
Tried
on 20 Apr 2006
at 11:43
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Golden yellow in color, white head is gone quickly. Tastes of citrus, grain, and mild hops. Fairly plain in my opinion. Alaskan makes a better beer than this...
Tried
on 20 Apr 2006
at 11:40
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pale amber-gold, fully clear; with a medium, just off-white head. Bit of iodium nose, seaweed, pale malts, peanuts. High restsweetness, high grain level. I think "crisp" is the word, with means usually not enough hops, and often adjuncts; There’s hops here, but they are not really assertive. Restsugars give lots of slickness, nearly cloying. Not their best offering IMO.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2006
at 14:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Good, dense, nearly pink coloured head; red-chestnut colour, clear. Very perfumey, near almondy nose, malts abundant, cherry stones. Surprisingly bitter beer, hoppy taste, with just enough malt backing to feed it. Again something almondy retronasal, warming up. Very creamy, smooth MF. Medium bodied. Aftertaste yields dry hops. Best about it is its balance. It even can be refreshing, served cool.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Apr 2006
at 14:49
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Fully clear chestnut; nearly no head, yellow tinted rim. Bit leathery nose, malt, leathergrease - though no Brett here. Slightly sweet ale, malty, very little coloured malts notes. Light body, but a clean palate. Nowhere next to a real Alt. Just a good sweet-ish session ale.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2006
at 14:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught Amber-foxy; fast disappearing yellow head. Nice clean hoppy nose, nowhere overdone. A bit cloying-cookie taste, hoppiness is needed to keep it in check. Slight burning MF, certain slickness. Good mainstream amber.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2006
at 14:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bright orange; little white head. Not resiny nose, but indeed, fresh (spruce?) tips, and sweet malts behind it, and some caramel. Caramel taste, reduced orange juice gravy with a spiciness that is only spruce retronasal, some orangezest. Syrupy, without any cloying, near refreshing. This is definitely one of the better tries from Alaskan. Why don’t they advertise this a bit more?
Tried
on 18 Apr 2006
at 14:57
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Ruby black beer with a light beige head. Soft roasty aroma with some underlying sweet malt. Smooth roasty flavor with some hops in the background. Nice balance Lots of malt - caramel, coffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2006
at 21:53
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
@Freakin’ Frog, Las Vegas
Black color; thick head. Light aroma of roasted malt. Weak taste, some malt, some roasted malt, some caramel, light sweet liquorice, but really too simple, soft.
Black color; thick head. Light aroma of roasted malt. Weak taste, some malt, some roasted malt, some caramel, light sweet liquorice, but really too simple, soft.
Tried
on 14 Apr 2006
at 19:47