Alaskan Winter Ale

	Percentile
	70
	overall

Brewed by Alaskan Brewing Co
Style: Old Ale
Juneau, Alaska USA

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
365	3.25/5.0	3.24/5.0	Winter	6.4%	41.4	English pint, Snifter

Commercial Description:
Style: English Olde Ale. Traditionally malty with the warming sensation of alcohol, Olde Ales are brewed in the fall as winter warmers.

Flavor Profile: Brewed in the style of an English Olde Ale, this ale balances the sweet heady aroma of spruce tips with the clean crisp finish of noble hops. Its malty richness is complemented by the warming sensation of alcohol.

History: From the seafaring adventurers of the 1700s to the homebrewers of today, adding spruce tips to beer has a rich history in Southeast Alaska. The tender new growth of Sitka spruce tips lends a delicious, yet subtly sweet floral aroma to tea, jelly and now Alaskan Winter Ale.

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. A complex blend of six malts including Pale, Wheat, Munich and caramelized malts. Prized Czechoslovakian Saaz hops and Sitka spruce tips.

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jackbocracken (36), Washington, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	5/10	3/5	5/10	4/5	16/20

Dec 19, 2005

I don’t taste the spruce, but I do think this is one of the maltier winter ales. Quite spicy indeed.

bu11zeye (5510), Frisco, Texas, USA

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	6/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	12/20

Dec 8, 2005

(Bottle) Pours a lightly cloudy amber body with a small white head. Aroma of fruit, caramel, spruce, and spices. Flavor of mild hops, fruit, and spices.

oldrtybastrd (1801), Morlautern, Germany/Great Falls, Montana, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	16/20

Dec 6, 2005

Pours a deep dark amber color. Aromas of hops/spice/roast malts. Flavor is bittersweet with a nice hop/spruce linger.

turbo (1254), Arizona, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Dec 1, 2005

Bottle poured a dark copper with a good off white head. Aroma of malt and hops. Flavor is sweet malt, spice and a light metalic flavor in the background. Light sweet alcohol finish.

Boutip (2369), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

2.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.7	6/10	3/5	5/10	2/5	11/20

Nov 28, 2005

Bottle (Courtesy of FlacoAlto): Poured a clear deep amber color ale with a nice white bubbly head with average retention. Aroma of sweet malt with a subtle mix of spices. Taste is a mix between sweet malt and a subtle mix of spices. Body is a bit thin and I can’t say that I really tasted the spruce tips. I believe I would have appreciated this better with a stronger presence of spices.

SDbruboy (1832), San Diego, California, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	7/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Nov 26, 2005

12 oz bottle purchased as a single at Whole Foods. Pours clear orange-amber with a thin white head. Delicious fruity malt aroma with maple, vanilla and a hint of spice. Flavor is very sweet, toasty, fruity malts with pepper and spice - kind of reminiscent of a fruit cake - and becomes a bit cloying as it warms. Medium body and pricly carbonation.

beerbastard (98), Mesa, Arizona, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	4/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Nov 25, 2005

Nice looking Copper Orange with a mild sweet nose. Not tasting any spurce or pine. However this has a nontart raspberry flavor. Feels good and I like it.

Saarlander (1579), Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	13/20

Nov 23, 2005

I liked this one, quite hoppy, with some nice spiciness to it. Easy drinking. Copper color, nothing really dominates this one, good to drink!

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