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Beer and Cheer: Alaskan Winter Ale

Alaskan Brewing Company offers one of the most unusual and refreshing tastes of the season with its Winter Ale, with is smooth and rich from start to finish.. Although the beer is brewed with spruce tips, it tastes more like honey and sweet melons than trees. And if trees can...
By Jonathan ShikesDecember 7, 2009
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Alaskan Brewing Company offers one of the most unusual and refreshing tastes of the season with its Winter Ale, with is smooth and rich from start to finish..

Although the beer is brewed with spruce tips, it tastes more like honey and sweet melons than trees. And if trees can create something this delicious, then call me Johnny Appleseed — because I’m planting more.

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Jonathan Shikes is a Denver native who writes about business and beer for Westword.

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