Alaskan Brewing Pale

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Pours a clear golden blonde with a small white head with spotty lacing through out the glass. The aroma is mostly malty bread comes through, but a bit of citrus in there as well. The taste consists of malt from the start to finish, with barely any bitterness. Aftertaste is perhaps slightly stale or earthy. The mouthfeel is low in carbonation, thin, but still quite drinkable.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

It pours a light golden with thick & dimpled white head and copious lace. Aroma of sweet malts, hops, citrus, and mild spices. The mouthfeel is smooth and rich. Flavors of caramel malts, tea, lemon/citrus, hops, and mild spices. Excellent very palatable.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

how is Alaskan PALE ALE a blonde??? Oh well. It's a bit boring for a pale, but enjoyable and highly drinkable. I used to like it more, but since then have come to enjoy the "bigger" pales. For those who want an easy drinking balanced beer, this is it.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Pours a golden/amber color with a small head but good lacing. Aroma of floral/citrusy hops, malts. Taste is balanced between hops and sweet malts. Mouthfeel is medium, clean, a bit dry.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

12 oz bottle. Pours a clear yellow gold with a frothy white head that retains well and leaves some lacing.

The aroma is sweet malts, honey and some lemoney hops.

The flavor is sweet and biscuity malts with a mild citrus hop finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with some semi-sharp carbonation.

Overall, a decent mild pale / golden ale.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

I thought this was a great beer. This beer poured a blonde color with a smaller head and tons of lacing. You could smell the hops with a little floral smell. This beer was crisp, clean, and dry. It had a little citrus flavor with a nice hop flavor that was not bitter at all. Good shit!!!

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Nice crystal clear light amber brew with ample effervecance that did not produce much head at all. Has a white crown that goes to a ring and some thin lacing. The aroma was very fresh with lots of mild grapefruit and candy hops and nice malts. Yum yumyumyummmy flavour. Excellent taste! Very tasty tangy hops slightly dusty with some odd dryness. The mouthfeel was very good: super smooth and soft, medium bodied, light bitter middle (very little bitterness - well done), a soft dry malty finish with a light dry aftertaste.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Bottle Code of A082807, Sampled September 2007
Pours with a frothy, initially fat two-finger thick, light tan colored head. The beer is a brilliantly clear, bright gold color when held up to the light and shows a rich copper hue otherwise. The aroma is fruity with citrusy hop notes of candied lemon zest, grapefruit, something akin to kiwi and a definite candied fruit component that smells quite sweet. A back note of aromatic, pale-toasted grain and crushed soda crackers rounds out the dominant fruit aromatics.

Crisp and fairly dry, yet with a touch of clean malt sweetness. Clean malt notes mix with a light, yet present, hop character that leans towards citrus (orange peel, grapefruit and a touch of lychee) and a lean grassiness. A solid bitterness is found in the beer; it is enough that it is one of the larger components of this brew, but this is such a light brew overall that this is not saying a whole lot. The bitterness definitely lingers on in the mouth long after a sip has been consumed. The malt character seems a bit thin at times, strangely even evoking thoughts of macro-brewed lager.

I am not too sure about this brew, it is certainly not bad and is well made, but it just leaves me feeling unfulfilled and as if something is missing. I wonder if replacing the American two row with a good imported base malt would kick the flavor up to the level that I am hungering for. Not bad, and I do like the hoppiness here.

Purchased: Plaza Liquors, Tucson, AZ

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Bottle courtesy IrishBoy via trade. The pour was amber colored, took this to be an English Pale based on appearance and flavor. Head was generous, good lacing. The aroma was toffee, caramel, light tea bags. The flavor followed suit, fairly balanced, but I don't love the tea bag flavors / slight roasted toffee. Mouthfeel was fairly malty for a blonde ale, right on for an English pale, although more slanted to malts than hops. A light beer appropriate for the summer. Thanks for the trade, Richard, a nice bonus!!!

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

Lets not beat around the bush...first taste is a bit tart. 2nd taste smooth as silk. Nice frothy white head. Clear yellow color. Tasty to the last drop. Not as good as the Amber, but great with sushi!