 carboloader (325), Houston, Texas, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 24, 2004 Pours transparent amber with small yellow head that diminishes quickly. Aroma is slightly fruity, berry-like and malty. Flavor is simple, but somewhat unnaturally sweet. Slightly carbonated. Slightly bitter finish. Good alcohol kick and easy to drink. Not much in terms of spices, but is a simple and easy to drink winter ale.
Hab40oz (242), Grants Pass, Oregon, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 16, 2004 not a bad winter brew, pours a amber color with a slight reddish heuw, taste much like a german style winter beer, with added malts and some american hop presence, not bad at all, very refreshing with decent alcohol content.
5000 (2625), Hardened Liver, Washington, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 16, 2004 Bottle pours amber, fairly clear, medium quickly dimishing fizzly off-white head, with soft carbonation, and spotty lacing. Apple cidery aroma, with what could best be described as a buttersweet herbal plant. Spiced flavor, somewhat similar to Siletz Spruce Ale so I am assuming thats the addition of Spruce I am tasting. Somewhat berry tasting in nature, and not nearly as piney as I thought this beer would be. Medium body and mouthfeel. Finishes somewhat light, strong Spruce flavor that lingers. Seems like a somewhat weak pale ale with lots of Spruce added. Tiz alright, but not as full as I would have wanted.
irishsnake (353), Oakland, California, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 9, 2004 a deep gold/amber ale with a nice white head that retains well-ish. aroma is a combination of toasty malt and spruce. flavor is primarily of malts, with and interesting balancing spruce/pine flavor. interesting mouthfeel, with an odd cooling sensation coming from the spruce. hard to judge its drinkability-would the spruce flavor become overpower-ing.
JoeMcPhee (5030), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 6, 2004 Amber ale, thin off-white. Light fruit aroma (cherry and blackberry) and lots of spruce resin. Flavour is similar to Alba Scotch Pine ale. Sweet malty flavour that gets a bit cloying. Toffee, fruit and spruce/pine with a sweet finish.
shadey (1501), Rochester, New York, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 1, 2004 Pour was orange with red and brown mixed in. Little to no head. The aroma was spicy as I would have expected from a winter ale. The flavor started nice but had a odd end to it. I wasn’t able to sit back and be satisfied. This small off taste really ruined it for me.
hopdog (5614), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 30, 2004 Poured an Iced Tea color (a description I got from my wife) with a small off white head. Spruce/pine in the aroma and tastes (no surprise there). Lightly sweet with light spices. Refreshing.
TChrome (1303), Bedford, Texas, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Nov 24, 2004 Beer pours pale light orange with a dissipating off white colored head. Aroma is modestly sweet malt with some light spiciness. Flavor is quite sweet, maybe too sweet for me. There is also a bit of spiciness but not as much as I expect from one of these winter ales. Not one of the better beers from Alaskan Brewing.
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