Alaskan Pale

Brewed by Alaskan Brewing Co
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Juneau, Alaska USA

This brew looks a slightly cloudy orangey brown with a thin veil of a cap, boring looking beer, sort of cheap looking to. The aroma is filled with medium powered hops, the perfumey style of hops that makes your beer smell like a bouquet flowers you give your wife after forgetting your 41-month anniversary. Mild grape fruity hops, and some very mild bready malts make up the bulk of flavor, a hidden bitterness seems to be trying to come through but doesn’t seem to be able to make it out. Enjoyable beer but kind of boring and easily forgettable, but in the beers defense I might have let it hang out in the fridge way to long.

The beer pours a slight hazy golden with a very small head. The aroma has a nice mild roasted maltiness with some good grassy hops. The flavor is very nice with a good citrus hoppiness and a nice bitter back well balanced with a mildly biscuit like somewhat sweet malt flavor, a very solid pale ale.

(bottle). Pours a yellow color with orange tint. Medium white head. Very light hop aroma. Light hop taste, with light bitterness. Light body. Watery finish. Moderate carbonation.

2009 Bottle - Pours dk yellow with a small off white head...aroma is bready, malty, slightly acidic...flavour is simple and straightforward, corn malt, wheat and a slight hop bitterness, grassy...finish is bubbly...meh...

Aroma: Mild yet complex aroma of mild citrus, flowery and malt notes. Appearance: Pours clear, golden yellow with a tall white head, highly carbonated Flavor: Balanced towards the malts, some hops flavor. The bitterness is on the low end. Mouth feel: It has a medium-light body Overall Impression: Easy drinking almost boring it is subtle in flavor and aroma. There is nothing that stands out with this beer (neither good nor bad). It seems to align with the style guidelines and the style guideline for a Blonde Ale describes a (boring) beer, I would not drink. I prefer beers with bigger flavor and more character.

Bottle courtesy of decaturstevo. Poured golden with a nice white head. Aroma of light toasted malts, hay, and pepper. Sweet flavor of malts, hay, and a light hop background. Light body, crisp, tingly carbonation.

Pours very yellow; very lager-like, with a small, foamy head. Aroma is weak and vague: There’s a little hoppiness in there, and some generic fruit, and that’s it. Flavor is only slightly hoppy, but somewhat corny, and that tastes cheap. Finish is decent enough, but far from impressive. This stuff is alright, but I doubt I’ll remember it past tonight. Overall, fair.

Gold pour with creamy head and lace. Sweet malt, pepper, floral hops, and hay. Medium light sweet malt, light candy, light bitter. Foamy, creamy, medium bodied beer. Why didn’t they call it Alaskan Gold?