Alaskan Smoked Porter

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

old rating: 8/4/7/3/14 - 3.6, 2007 vintage. 7/4/7/4/15 - 3.7, 2007 vintage. 2008 vintage. pours jet black with a red tint when held up to the light, a small brown foamy head, very good lacing. smell is dark cocoa, some coffee, beef jerkey, smoke, touch of vanilla, roasted almonds. taste is thick and smooth, campfire smores just not as sweet, dark and milk chocolate, some coffee, creamy vanilla, sour malts, nice and not overpowering smokiness, ends slightly dry and a little bitter with a deffinate smoke aftertaste.

Notes for the 2006 version. 22oz bomber. I don’t rightly remember when I had this. Deep deep brown with a 1/2 finger tan head fading to a ring. A 1/2 finger head does rouse for a minute or so. I smell campfire, wood, and some caramel. There is also some light dry roasted malts. Flavor adds some light molasses. There is still amount of campfire and ash, moderate to high roasted malts. The finish is dry and has zero sweetness. Bitterness peaks at a 2-3 on a -10 scale. Light to moderate slightly prickly carbonation with a medium body.

22oz bomber. Pours a deep dark brown with small tan head. Smells very smokey and almost has a mesquite flavor to it with a dry finish. Pretty good beer and probably the best beer i have had from Alaskan Brewing Co.

Bottle at "Stockholm Beer & Whiskey Festival 2007". Black - brown head. Burned, smokey, coffee, light sweetness. Watery mouthfeeling & Finish. Too weak !!

22oz bomber courtesy of theisti. Pours black with a hint of garnet highlights at the edges and a creamy tan head. The aroma is of a smokehouse: beef brisket and smoked ham with a light ash at the finish and sweet dark roasted malt in the background. Medium-bodied and slick with fine carbonation, it finishes with a very dry, roasted finish. The flavor is of sweet roasted malt with smoked beef brisket and peat notes coming at the swallow. Light coffee notes add to the mix, making you wonder whether this is a porter or a smoked. Quite dry in the aftertaste with a lingering smoke/peat, this is an exceptionally well balanced and well crafted beer.This would be fantastic paired with a lot of foods. I tried it with a smoked Gouda, and I think I saw God. Thanks again, Tim. You are the man.

Well, to be honest, I am not a big fan of smoked beers. I had heard this one was good so I picked it up. Poured an opaque black into the glass. Aroma was HUGE smoke, just like your clothes after a week of camping. Taste was huge smoke as well, with big roasty backbone and finishing up on a sweeter note. This was quite good, if I was a fan of smoked beers I would be all over this.

Bottle. [ Courtesy of drewbeerme ] Black color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, smoke, vanilla. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is creamy, carbonation is soft. ;o)) (240807)

Bottle, from friend, - Black, tan head. Smoky aroma and flavor - duh. Good mouthfeel. Flvaors of malt, coffee, smoke, chocolate, caramel, bitter hops - woody, dry.