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Alaskan Summer Ale 3.09 350

Alaskan Summer Ale

Percentile
55
overall

bottled
common

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unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
3503.1/5.03.09/5.0Summer5.3%79.2Kölsch/Altbier
Commercial Description:
Based on the traditional style of Kölsch beer brewed in Cologne, Germany. Haines Booth Our Crew loves the chance to hook up with Alaskan fans at festivals! Flavor Profile: Alaskan Summer Ale balances a softly malted palate with the clean freshness of Hallertauer hops. In the tradition of the style, neither overpowers the other. Both hops and malt come together to refresh and renew the palate. The straw-gold color and easy drinkability are an enjoyable way to celebrate summer. History: Brewed in our original brewhouse in 1997, this beer is part of our Rough Draft series and has met success with each limited edition release. The enthusiastic reception led the Brew Crew to bring it to the West Coast as a summer seasonal. Ingredients: Water, malt, hops and yeast with no adjuncts, no preservatives and no pasteurization. Our glacier-fed water originates in the 1,500 square-mile Juneau Ice Field. Crafted from Pale, Munich, Vienna and wheat malts, with Hallertauer hops and our own house yeast.
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Quillaraymi (88), USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/104/514/20
Aug 8, 2005  
Well, It smells like white eggs, it didn’t have the best crown ever or color and the taste is not awesome but it was really refreshing. It was a beer with a simple flavor that didn’t last that long in the mouth, nothing special but I liked it as refreshing drink.


 mjg74 (2000), La Mesa, California, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Aug 7, 2005  
Bottled. Pours golden in color with traces of orange. Smells kind of fruity with a sort of floral like aroma. Mild flavor. Hint of malt and a dash of grain with a little perfume. Not much going on.


 BeerLimey (1873), California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Aug 3, 2005  
Clear golden, well carbonated. Sweet alcohol, sugar and spicy yeast aroma. Slightly syrupy, slightly yeasty/spicy flavor, moderately bitter finish. Pretty complex flavor for a kolsch, there’s some Belgian influence in there too. One of my favorite Alaskan Brewing beers.


 BeerandBlues2 (3231), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/514/20
Jul 31, 2005  
22-oz. Bottle. Pours gold with lots of tiny fast rising bubbles and a small white foamy head. Malt (hay, straw) and sour yeast (sweat) with fruit hops, some faint banana notes. Yeast (dough, sweat) and malt (grain) creamy buttery flavor. Light bodied palate.


shindle (1), USA
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3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 23, 2005  
Even though this beer sat outside over 2 years and then in the fridge another 6 months, my brother really likes it.


 puzzl (2648), New York, New York, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/53/103/510/20
Jul 22, 2005  
The pour and aroma of this beer will fool even the most cunning connoiseur. Has a rich, spicy, hoppy aroma that will leave you salivating at the mouth. Bring it to the mouth and... yuck! What the hell is that. Tastes like a skunk dipped in one of Wonka’s everlasting gobstoppers. I’d say avoid this at all costs, but, well, you’ll manage to finish it because every time you bring it to your mouth your nose registers "mmm, delicious! maybe it’ll taste better this time around."


 irishsnake (353), Oakland, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/515/20
Jul 20, 2005  
beer pours a very pretty (and bright) deep gold with an ok head that left little lace. nose is rather sweet and lightly toasty - like there is a lot of Munich malt in there. flavor is more of the same - sweet and malty, with perhaps a slightly nutty flavor. a handful of hops in the finish add some slight spiciness to the balance. beer is rather sweet for a summer beer, and seems to be a bit malty for a Kolsch - it drinks more like a Vienna.


 5000 (2621), Hardened Liver, Washington, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Jul 13, 2005  
Bottle: Translucent golden, pale, thin white fizzy head, spotty lacing, slight carbonation.   Pale malty aroma, somewhat like an old sweater.   Fairly sweet malt flavor, sweetenes even more as it finishes.   Very subtle apple or pear skin at the end.   Moderate body and mouthfeel.   Very clean and crisp finish.   Good summer thirst quencher.



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