Alaskan Amber

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

Bottle at "Stockholm Beer & Whiskey Festival 2007". Caramel, amber-malty, light metallic, ligh smokey notes, fruity, light crispness, light hoppy. Not bad...

Dark amber or rusty red with decent head, but it quickly subsided. Vague caramel tones on the nose; the flavor is similarly understated, caramel and lightly malted with a sweet finish. Disappointingly still.

Burnt Beer Night: Amber color (I should hope so) with a thin head. Fruity aroma. Taste was fairly grainy along with some regular malt tastes. A little dry on the backside, but quite a tasty brew. Update: This time I found more maple in the aroma. The taste is still predominantly grainy, but has a hit of rye or pumpernickel.

Early 2006 bottle (educated guess) drunk on 3/22/07 at the Stuffed Sandwich
Had this baby while waiting for a 1987 and 1996 Anchor Old Foghorn to warm up/breath. Head is small, buttercream colored and fades pretty steadily to partial cover and ring. Body is a straw and copper yellow with light sunny orange highlights. Clarity is high, with light carbonation running through the liquid.
Kind of a sweaty hop and grainy malt combo in the nose. Perhaps a bit of munich or caramel malt? There seems to be a moderate amount of breadiness and a very light acidity, though that could just be the hops. The graininess of the malts seem to overly dry things out and the bready character takes things to an almost astringent level. But some late honey-vanilla notes, joined by a small dose of light caramel, seem to save things. Floral and mossy hops continue on and seem rather oily, sticking to the end of the aroma. No flaws or alcohol noted, medium strength of aroma.
Definitely German in nature, with some tettnang like spiciness and perhaps spalter earthy/mossiness. It’s very oily and sticky, almost like what I would think hop extract would taste like. It’s layered upon breadiness and dry caramel, with grainy base malts edging out what would be a more desirable malty-smooth consistency. Honey and vanilla ara again present, but all the earthiness and breadiness seems to win out. Moderate carbonation, with a not particularly substantial mouthfeel (moderate filtration obvious). No flaws however.

Sampled at SBWF, 2007. Deep copper-red. Light nutty toffee-aroma. Sweet and malty flavour with toffee and nuts.

(Stockholm Beer Festival 2007) Bottle. Amber/orange color, small brownish head. Roasted nutty aroma, some chocolate, raisins and figs. Malty nutty flavor, roasted and with fruity notes.

Bomber poured a clear amber with a small lasting amber head. Aromas of carmel, fruittiness and toasted malt. Palate was light bodied and crisp with a smooth finish. Flavors of carmel, toasted malt and light fruittiness with a smooth lightly sweet finish.

Many thanks to chadzter for bringing this back from AK. Pours a very bubbly amber with copper tones, a medium sized frothy and foamy head, lined lacing. Aroma is yeast (sweat, dough), malt (straw, grain, meal) and grass, flowers, earth. Medium sweet caramel malt and grainy meal flavor, grassy yeast, fizzy and spicy hops, mild bitterness and acidity. Medium bodied and fizzy-spicy palate.