Alaskan IPA

Brewed by Alaskan Brewing Co
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Juneau, Alaska USA

Bottle. Pours clear gold with 2 finger white head. Nose is citrus and floral hops. Palate is the same, though a lot lighter tasting then the aroma indicates. More malt than hops, with a touch of resin in the finish. Not bad – kind of average. Session-able though.

22 oz. bomber bottle, freshness date in the lower left hand corner of the label, sampled in an imperial pint glass. Poured a clear bright golden copper with a nice size foamy white head that slowly settled into a thin sudsy lacing, minimal amount of laced sticking. Plentiful supply of flowing tiny micro bubbles going from the bottom of the glass to the top. Tamed hoppiness in the nose, floral, fruity and citrus zesty, the dry hopping is not that noticeable. A light backing from the sweet pale malts. At first I wasn’t that impressed by the taste, but it is growing on me, especially as it slowly warms. Nice and mild northwest hoppiness, fruity, citrus zesty along with a tastes of candied citrus peel and a leafy hop oil stickiness on the tongue. Not a taste bud killer, but does have a hop prickliness in the palate. Soft backbone from the pale sugary, dry biscuit maltiness. Velvety moderate bodied feel, firm from the carbonation, goes down easy, quite consumable.

Bomber from a local store. Some nice head on this one, decent flavor, not a hop bomb at all, some malt to it, Fruit, but an enjoyable flavor, good drinker, under rated

Bomber with many thanks to gorditoabd. Pours a fairly light gold with a big sudsy head and decent aromas of floral hops, a bit of pineapple and a touch of mango. Flavor is mild and kind of soapy... not the explosion of hops that I was hoping for. To me, it seems like there is just not enough hops, and as it is, this comes off as a good IPA to ease someone in to the style.

on tap at papago... orange straw colored pour with a soft soapy-like head and lots of sudsy foamy spots of lace. the nose is a bit bubblegum-y with notes of grapefruit, orange and light non resinous pine... kinda like rosemary or juniper. the palate has an odd sweetness which grows as it warms.... it reminds me a little of GF west coast in it’s combination of malty sweetness and pine... flavors of bubblegum, candied orange, caramel malt and a dry pine related finish. medium body with and average mouth feel and pleasant carbonation from the tap. 6/3/6/3/14/3.2

Thanks Shawntana. Golden yellow with a large white head that leaves some decent lacing. Aroma of pine, citrus and some bready malts. Taste of citrus, especially grapefruit and some sweet malt with some twigs mixed in. Finishes up moderately bitter and that bitterness tends to last awhile. Decent, but not spectacular.

(11/4/08) Bottle at some place called "Sneak Joint" in Mission Beach, San Diego, that is standing where Liar’s Club used to be. Slightly hazy deep golden color. Aroma of hops, citrus hints and a bit of malt. Sweetish malty flavor at first that continues hoppy and bitter with pine and light floral and citrus notes. Medium-bodied. Not bad.

Sweet citrus aromas, mild hop aromas, more sweet malts, with some biscuit. Light gold, blonde color. Very sweet for an ipa, very mild hop flavor, some citrus, with notes of pine resin, with more honey malts. Very mild ipa, i prefer something with more kick. Good session beer though.