Alaskan Amber

Brewed by Alaskan Brewing Co
Style: Altbier
Juneau, Alaska USA

Bottle: Pours amber in color with a nice white head that is mostly lasting. Aroma is nutty with hints of caramel. Flavor is rich and sweet with hints of caramel. Well balanced and easy drinking.

It was a very nice session brew to while away the hours of a long trip. I was not surprised by the newbees that liked it

twelve ounce bottle pours red with white head, very very sweet for an alt beer I would think it needs to be a little dry but no. Nice use of hops and very drinkable at right temp

120z bottle-A light amber in color with a nice head that keeps its retention. Has an aroma of malt and caramel and nuts. A malty flavor with hints of honey. A light to medium body. A nice tasting beer.

First time I had this beer, I wasn’t too keen on it and thought it was a basic amber ale. Second tasting (June ’06 rerate) was much better. Usual appearance, good initial head and good lacing, amber colored (not as deep a copper as I like in an alt). Malts were mildly sweet and moderately rich: nutty, bready, very light caramel. Hops were bittering, nicely done. Unfortunately, a little bit too much fruitiness sticking around in the aftertaste, leaving this a bit sloppy for the best of the alts, yet a good stateside example. Third tasting, 3/07, a little too malty, although the comments stand. Re-rate on draft, 11/07: A product that is continually slipping, too imbalanced to the sweet side to be a stellar altbier. Sweet, slight breadiness, caramel, in need of more toasty nutty notes and more balancing hops to be a better example of the style. Appearance within style was a bit weak too. No lager crispness anywhere in this product.

a delicious amber. at first i didn’t think much, but after a few experiences i’ve re-decided that this is an excellent beer.

This is a very good beer, don’t get me wrong. However, this is a beer that I liked a lot more before I sat down to rate it. I think that this might be a very good beer that is nonetheless overhyped. (For an excellent beer that lives up to the hype, try their smoked porter.) Alaskan Amber pours red-orange with a small tan head which dissipates quickly. If you like malty beer, you’ll be very happy with this alt. After the pour I thought I’d opened a bag of walnuts. The aroma is nutty, toasted cereal with a detectable herbal hop aroma. The beer is medium bodied and chewy, and very appetizing. Drink this at your next cookout and you won’t be disappointed.

On tap at a pizza joint in Palm Springs. Great amber color with a small white head. Very sweet caramel flavor with no hint of hop. I was excited to see this beer on tap so I passed up the Chimay to try one. Big mistake on my part. This beer is over rated.