Cranberry Tart
Alaskan Brewing Co.
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- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
Ranked #715 - ABV:
- 5.8%
- Score:
- 79
Ranked #45,728 - Avg:
- 3.43 | pDev: 13.12%
- Reviews:
- 18
- Ratings:
- From:
- Alaskan Brewing Co.
- Alaska, United States
- Avail:
- Rotating/Seasonal
- Wants
- 0
- Gots
- 6
SCORE
79
Okay
79
Okay
Notes:
Alaskan Cranberry Tart Ale was inspired by Alaskan high bush cranberries and features Sitka spruce tips in a refreshing wheat-based beer.
Reviews: 18
| Ratings: 48
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Reviews by RyanK252:
RyanK252 from California
3.44/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Bottle poured into an Alaskan Brewing Pilot Series pint glass
A: Pours golden amber with a faint pinkish hue and a frothy off white head that settles to a thin layer and leaves a little spotty lacing.
S: Slightly tart, cranberry and a little raspberry, the slightest hint of spruce, a touch of wheat, and some caramel sweetness.
T: Slightly tart but not very, fruity, cranberry and also some raspberry, just a bit earthy, faint hints of spruce, a little wheat twang, and a fair bit of caramel sweetness.
M: Medium body, moderate carbonation.
O: Really could stand to be more tart to balance all that sweetness. They could probably dial the cranberry and especially the spruce tips up a notch to make that happen.
Dec 23, 2018
3.44/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Bottle poured into an Alaskan Brewing Pilot Series pint glass
A: Pours golden amber with a faint pinkish hue and a frothy off white head that settles to a thin layer and leaves a little spotty lacing.
S: Slightly tart, cranberry and a little raspberry, the slightest hint of spruce, a touch of wheat, and some caramel sweetness.
T: Slightly tart but not very, fruity, cranberry and also some raspberry, just a bit earthy, faint hints of spruce, a little wheat twang, and a fair bit of caramel sweetness.
M: Medium body, moderate carbonation.
O: Really could stand to be more tart to balance all that sweetness. They could probably dial the cranberry and especially the spruce tips up a notch to make that happen.
Dec 23, 2018
More User Reviews:
Suds from Missouri
3.68/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This brew pours a gold-amber color with a slim white head. The aroma tells you immediately that Thai is a fruit beer. I get cranberry right away...followed by a little tart apricot note. The taste is dryish with some light tartness in the foretaste. Medium body. Not bad, but not great.
Nov 24, 2018
3.68/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This brew pours a gold-amber color with a slim white head. The aroma tells you immediately that Thai is a fruit beer. I get cranberry right away...followed by a little tart apricot note. The taste is dryish with some light tartness in the foretaste. Medium body. Not bad, but not great.
Nov 24, 2018
Bitterbill from Wyoming
3.4/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Best by February 4th 2019.
It pours a mostly clear solid gold with a finger of foam. Nice lacing.
I get spruce and cranberry in the smell but they don't stand out. Tart in the name but a struggle to find it in the smell.
Cranberry weak. Spruce weak. Tartness weak. Earthy with some wheat character. Pretty bland.
Mouthfeel is good. That and the look are the best of what this beer offers.
Sep 03, 2018
3.4/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Best by February 4th 2019.
It pours a mostly clear solid gold with a finger of foam. Nice lacing.
I get spruce and cranberry in the smell but they don't stand out. Tart in the name but a struggle to find it in the smell.
Cranberry weak. Spruce weak. Tartness weak. Earthy with some wheat character. Pretty bland.
Mouthfeel is good. That and the look are the best of what this beer offers.
Sep 03, 2018
Mitchster from Michigan
2.66/5 rDev -22.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 3
"Cranberries are paired with the same Sitka spruce tips we use in our award-winning Winter Ale, with Pilsen and German acidulated malts, plus malted white wheat and Nugget hops" $1.69 for a 12 oz bottle at Meijer.
Original Gravity: 1.050, ABV: 5.8%, 15 IBUs, 8 SRM
Pours out to a very light amber with slight pink tint, forming a modest white head with good retention and lacing. Moderate carbonation, about 2.5 carbs or so. Lightly hazy. The nose smells of wheat, light raspberry extract, no hop nose, not picking up spruce tips at all. Zilch. Nada. Zero. Slightly fruity ale fermentation. The mouthfeel is moderately tart, finishing moderately dry. Watery, thin seltzer body. Very watery. Taste is a recap of the nose. Wheat, raspberry extract, no hop flavor, minimal to no bitterness, watery finish, no spruce tip flavor at all. No cranberry flavor to speak of. And I should know because I just ate a bunch of them for thanksgiving.
This beer does nothing for me. It might be crushable for some on a hot summer day, but is quite insipid with little character and nothing that I would ever want to drink again. Not recommended.
Nov 23, 2018
2.66/5 rDev -22.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 3
"Cranberries are paired with the same Sitka spruce tips we use in our award-winning Winter Ale, with Pilsen and German acidulated malts, plus malted white wheat and Nugget hops" $1.69 for a 12 oz bottle at Meijer.
Original Gravity: 1.050, ABV: 5.8%, 15 IBUs, 8 SRM
Pours out to a very light amber with slight pink tint, forming a modest white head with good retention and lacing. Moderate carbonation, about 2.5 carbs or so. Lightly hazy. The nose smells of wheat, light raspberry extract, no hop nose, not picking up spruce tips at all. Zilch. Nada. Zero. Slightly fruity ale fermentation. The mouthfeel is moderately tart, finishing moderately dry. Watery, thin seltzer body. Very watery. Taste is a recap of the nose. Wheat, raspberry extract, no hop flavor, minimal to no bitterness, watery finish, no spruce tip flavor at all. No cranberry flavor to speak of. And I should know because I just ate a bunch of them for thanksgiving.
This beer does nothing for me. It might be crushable for some on a hot summer day, but is quite insipid with little character and nothing that I would ever want to drink again. Not recommended.
Nov 23, 2018
zeff80 from Missouri
3.42/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12oz bottle. Poured out a clear, golden color with ruby highlights and a small, white head of foam. It smelled of cranberry and wheat. Nice tart cranberry taste and not much else.
Dec 20, 2018
3.42/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12oz bottle. Poured out a clear, golden color with ruby highlights and a small, white head of foam. It smelled of cranberry and wheat. Nice tart cranberry taste and not much else.
Dec 20, 2018
Tone from Missouri
3.72/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a hazy gold color. 1/2 inch head of a white color. Great retention and decent lacing. Smells of cranberry, sweet malt, and a hint of vanilla. Fits the style of a Fruit and Field Beer. Mouth feel is sharp and clean, with an average carbonation level. Tastes of cranberry, sweet malt, spruce, hint of vanilla, and a hint of floral hops. Overall, good appearance, body, but blend is dominated by cranberry.
Nov 18, 2018
3.72/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a hazy gold color. 1/2 inch head of a white color. Great retention and decent lacing. Smells of cranberry, sweet malt, and a hint of vanilla. Fits the style of a Fruit and Field Beer. Mouth feel is sharp and clean, with an average carbonation level. Tastes of cranberry, sweet malt, spruce, hint of vanilla, and a hint of floral hops. Overall, good appearance, body, but blend is dominated by cranberry.
Nov 18, 2018
1mrbeer from Ohio
3.24/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Dec 31, 2018
3.24/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Dec 31, 2018
nrbw23 from Ohio
2.47/5 rDev -28%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Dec 07, 2018
2.47/5 rDev -28%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Dec 07, 2018
LXIXME from New Mexico
3.48/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Nov 22, 2018
3.48/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Nov 22, 2018
DrDemento456 from Pennsylvania
3.7/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Jan 19, 2019
3.7/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Jan 19, 2019
Keene from Washington
3.51/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Deep reddish or rose gold in color with very good clarity and an off white head. Slightly sweet on the nose with a prominent cranberry aroma against a woodsy, ever-so-slightly resinous backdrop. Not particularly complex. Spritzy, light-bodied, semi-dry, and truly more tart than sour, Alaskan has brewed an approachable beer that's flavorful enough to encourage a repeat visit, and not at all heavy handed with the eponymous fruit. It could use a bit more spruce, however. And while it's quenching, this wheat ale finishes somewhat flat. A nice seasonal with some room for a little improvement.
Nov 20, 2018
3.51/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Deep reddish or rose gold in color with very good clarity and an off white head. Slightly sweet on the nose with a prominent cranberry aroma against a woodsy, ever-so-slightly resinous backdrop. Not particularly complex. Spritzy, light-bodied, semi-dry, and truly more tart than sour, Alaskan has brewed an approachable beer that's flavorful enough to encourage a repeat visit, and not at all heavy handed with the eponymous fruit. It could use a bit more spruce, however. And while it's quenching, this wheat ale finishes somewhat flat. A nice seasonal with some room for a little improvement.
Nov 20, 2018
vette2006c5r from Minnesota
3.44/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Cranberry tart pours a hazy bronze color with not much head. Sweet sugary aroma. Flavor is sweet and sugary, cranberry but not tart. Good feel. Overall a sweeter fruit beer
Nov 23, 2018
3.44/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Cranberry tart pours a hazy bronze color with not much head. Sweet sugary aroma. Flavor is sweet and sugary, cranberry but not tart. Good feel. Overall a sweeter fruit beer
Nov 23, 2018
UCLABrewN84 from California
3.18/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
Oct 12, 2018
3.18/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
Oct 12, 2018
superspak from Ohio
3.68/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, best before 11/23/2018. Pours slightly hazy golden/amber, light pink/orange color with a 1-2 finger dense off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lightly tart/tangy cranberries, fruit skin, spruce, lemon, pear, red apple, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of pale/wheat malts, fruity yeast, cranberries, spruce, and mild earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of lightly tart/tangy cranberries, fruit skin, spruce, lemon, pear, red apple, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Mild herbal/grassy/spicy bitterness and fruit tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy cranberries, fruit skin, spruce, lemon, pear, red apple, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice complexity, robustness, and balance of pale/wheat malts, fruity yeast, cranberries, spruce, and mild earthy hop flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness and tart/tangy fruit balance; with no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and tart/tangy fruit. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and lightly sticky/tangy/acidic mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol for 5.8%. Overall this is a nice fruit wheat. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of pale/wheat malts, fruity yeast, cranberries, spruce, and mild earthy hop flavors; very smooth, refreshing, and fairly crisp/clean to drink with the mildly bitter/tart/drying finish. Would have preferred more fruit/spruce, but they had solid presence. Nicely balanced pale/wheat malts and fruity American wheat yeast; some cranberry/spruce; and mild earthy hops against sweetness. A nicely enjoyable offering, and well made style example.
Sep 15, 2018
3.68/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, best before 11/23/2018. Pours slightly hazy golden/amber, light pink/orange color with a 1-2 finger dense off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lightly tart/tangy cranberries, fruit skin, spruce, lemon, pear, red apple, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of pale/wheat malts, fruity yeast, cranberries, spruce, and mild earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of lightly tart/tangy cranberries, fruit skin, spruce, lemon, pear, red apple, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Mild herbal/grassy/spicy bitterness and fruit tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy cranberries, fruit skin, spruce, lemon, pear, red apple, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice complexity, robustness, and balance of pale/wheat malts, fruity yeast, cranberries, spruce, and mild earthy hop flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness and tart/tangy fruit balance; with no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and tart/tangy fruit. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and lightly sticky/tangy/acidic mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol for 5.8%. Overall this is a nice fruit wheat. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of pale/wheat malts, fruity yeast, cranberries, spruce, and mild earthy hop flavors; very smooth, refreshing, and fairly crisp/clean to drink with the mildly bitter/tart/drying finish. Would have preferred more fruit/spruce, but they had solid presence. Nicely balanced pale/wheat malts and fruity American wheat yeast; some cranberry/spruce; and mild earthy hops against sweetness. A nicely enjoyable offering, and well made style example.
Sep 15, 2018
kjkinsey from Texas
3.5/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Oct 14, 2018
3.5/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Oct 14, 2018
archero from Texas
3.5/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Nov 02, 2018
3.5/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Nov 02, 2018
SmellsofMahagony from Texas
3.54/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Nov 10, 2018
3.54/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Nov 10, 2018
Elicoleman from Colorado
3.5/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Jan 11, 2019
3.5/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Jan 11, 2019
stevoj from Idaho
3/5 rDev -12.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Bottle from Albertsons. Light amber pour, bubbly head dissipates to miniscule ring. Aroma is tart, yeasty funk with some cranberry notes. Taste is mildly tart, weak cranberry and no sign of the spruce tips.
Feb 12, 2019
3/5 rDev -12.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Bottle from Albertsons. Light amber pour, bubbly head dissipates to miniscule ring. Aroma is tart, yeasty funk with some cranberry notes. Taste is mildly tart, weak cranberry and no sign of the spruce tips.
Feb 12, 2019
jzlyo from Iowa
3.94/5 rDev +14.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Aroma is spruce, fruit/cranberries and a hint of honey. The flavor is cranberry/fruit/berries, malts, mild spruce/spices and a honey sweet/slightly alcoholic finish.
Oct 09, 2018
3.94/5 rDev +14.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Aroma is spruce, fruit/cranberries and a hint of honey. The flavor is cranberry/fruit/berries, malts, mild spruce/spices and a honey sweet/slightly alcoholic finish.
Oct 09, 2018
Irrationalist from California
3.5/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Nov 08, 2018
3.5/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Nov 08, 2018
rfreed from Washington
3.62/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Oct 25, 2018
3.62/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Oct 25, 2018
unclekeith from Alaska
2.62/5 rDev -23.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.75
Oct 17, 2018
2.62/5 rDev -23.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.75
Oct 17, 2018
Bear1964 from Nebraska
3.2/5 rDev -6.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Sep 24, 2018
3.2/5 rDev -6.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Sep 24, 2018
Karibourgeois from Texas
3.25/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Jan 24, 2019
3.25/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Jan 24, 2019
Cranberry Tart from Alaskan Brewing Co.
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