I'll be visiting Anchorage/Seward from May 27-31 and will be my first time in AK...STOKED!!! Any inputs on "can't miss" brews/eats? PM me for further discussions and possible meet up. I am coming from Texas.... take it easy...
Seward is easy. Seward Brewing and Seward Alehouse. a couple blocks from each other. Assuming you'll have a car? Here's something I did for ANC a while back Midnight Sun Loft - good food, the biggest selection of MS beers you'll see Anchorage Brewing - they recently opened their own brewery/taproom. definitely a must-hit. There will likely be beers here that you won't find anywhere else, both on tap and in bottles. plus, it's an amazingly beautiful space. Glacier Brewhouse - on the chi-chi side, but some of their beers are outstanding. Their flagship IPA is quite good, be sure to look at the seasonals and special releases at the bottom of the beer list. Good food, too. Humpy's - Best beer bar in the city, stuff you likely won't find other places. SubZero and Flattop Pizza are all run by the same folks, and the other two may have beers on that Humpy's doesn't. Taproot - Decent bar, live music, usually good tap list, nice whiskey selection. King Street - If you made it out to Midnight Sun or Anchorage, you might as well hit King Street, because it's in the neighborhood. Mooses Tooth/Beartooth- Old guard, decent pizza, solid beers. Mooses Tooth is usually packed, Beartooth has different food and usually easier to get into. They've been doing some more interesting stuff and bottling it lately. Resolution Brewing is the new kid on the block, small but friendly taproom with a rotating selection of their beers. Everything I had on my last visit was good, and while it's out of the way, definitely worth a stop. I don't think 49th State's anchorage location will be open yet, but worth trying. If you're looking for bottles: La Bodega - great bottleshop, awesome staff, and go next door to Cafe Amsterdam and have a pint. Brown Jug Warehouse - probably the best bottle selection in town. Might as well swing by Moose's Tooth if you go here. Other food places that I frequent when I go to ANC: Snow City Cafe - best breakfast spot in town, in my opinion Spenard Roadhouse - great dinner spot from the same owners Fat Ptarmagin - great wood-fired pizza place downtown Mexico in Alaska - good mexican joint on the south side. South - great food on the southside. from the folks behind Snow City, et al. There are some ANC locals that come in here from time to time, I'm sure they can chime in on way more than me.
I doubt that. This is one of the best "what to do in Anchorage" posts I've ever seen. I've cut and pasted it into a saved document for MY next visit. Thanks!
Also Silver Gulch (Fairbanks based) has a brewpub on Concourse C in the event that you get to the airport early on your flight back to Texas. Bottles to go (after security) and growler fills as well.
downside? Silver Gulch beers. upside? bottles (and cans) in the shop from most of the breweries in the state that package.
I miss ANC! second on the snow city cafe and spenard roadhouse. Snow City is absolutely worth the wait for breakfast.
Awesome responses and thank you kindly! We are so stoked to be visiting, although short, will be packed full of good times!! Again, hugely appreciated.
guessing there are no updates to this from a couple weeks back but any specific events going on for summer solstice? going to be in town on the 20th -22nd. Just saw that Anchorage Brewing is closed Mondays and Tuesdays earlier and it ruined my whole day so any good news would be appreciated
If you're on FB, follow "Beer On The Last Frontier: The Craft Breweries of Alaska". Timely updates on beer events around the state. I'm not associated with this website.
Everything Blackcloud said I 100% agree with (& couldn't have said it better). Re: Anchorage Brewing - they don't offer flights, but they'll pour you a small splash if there's something you'd like to try before you commit. Beautiful space - definitely visit them if you love sours. Midnight Sun knows how to make darn good food to compliment their beers. Come hungry! Food Spots - Definitely Snow City Cafe & Spenard Roadhouse - you won't regret either.
...or is your avatar pic from the airport? I guess there's probably no shortage of places in AK that have bears on display!
I will be in town for the two days of the week that Anchorage Brewing is closed...what are the best places to find their beers on tap other than the brewery itself? thanks!
That photo was actually taken at the Anchorage Hilton. Though, you are right - there are plenty of places for such a photo op.
