My Month of Flagships: AlaskanBrewing Co. Amber Ale -- Bringer of craftbeer to the land of the midnight sun. FlagshipFebruary beertwitter
there was a moment when I wondered the following: Is this the longest thing that any beer writer has written on amber ale, as a style, in the last five years?
That’s almost certainly true for Alaskan Brewing Co. and their longtime flagship Amber, although the brewery classifies it not as the expected “American amber ale” but as a German altbier, one of the closer Continental equivalents. The altbier style literally means “old” beer, referring to the way the amber, malty ales predate the lager beer styles with which Germany increasingly became associated from the mid-1800s onward.
On the nose, Alaskan Amber is malt driven and evocative of mild sweetness, with a slightly musty quality and a fruity note reminiscent of red licorice, transitioning into a deeper, toastier breadiness. In other words, it smells the way that almost nothing does anymore, for better or worse.
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