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Check out our review at
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Read about the BrewHouse in Travelocity.com's
"Local Secrets, Big Finds" |
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JAMES
"DR. FERMENTO" ROBERTS
Anchorage Press, November 6 - 12, 2003
Page 22
...The other hot ticket this week is Glacier's
BrewHouse Black Rye Bock, one of the smoothest big-end dark beers I've had in ages. It
combines a rye, a bock, and a Schwartzbier, and, leaning toward the last, it's almost
coal-black and clear. A deep roasted aroma with chocolate notes rises from the glass,
which is adorned with a tight tawny head. German hops spice the beer and balance the big
malt character. It has a malty sweetness, but the bitter chocolate notes and the rye come
through and linger in a clean, snappy finish. The chocolate sticks around after the
swallow, making it almost like candy, albeit with six percent alcohol. I was doubly
rewarded when I paired it with Glacier's new T-bone steak entree, finished with rosemary
compound butter and topped with an oatmeal stout demiglace. It was one of the most
delicious food-and-beer combinations I've ever had. |
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DAWNELL SMITH
Anchorage Daily News, October 10, 2003
Page H15
A few weeks ago, I got a sneak preview of the Oktoberfest Trifecta made by Glacier Brewing
Co. Actually, I tasted only one-third of it, the portion oak-aged in Napa Valley red wine
barrels. I can't explain how it works, but somehow the essence of wine melds with the
richness of Munich malt to create a singularly earthy lager that is more terrestrial than
heavenly yet somehow sublime.
I think the technical term for this is "Wow."
The other two versions of the beer were aged in steel and Jim
Beam barrels. I haven't tried the Beam stuff yet, but I have never tasted a bad beer at
Glacier, let alone onwe aged in a bourbon barrel..... |
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JAMES "DR. FERMENTO" ROBERTS
Anchorage Press, October 9 - 15, 2003
Page 21
...Yet there are some variables that can make the GABF
a crap shoot. Beers at the competition should stand on their own merits, but that's not
always the case. The competition is professionally managed and judged, but as far as I'm
concerned, a regional beer is better judged by a panel of its peers than a hodgepodge of
culturally and regionally tempered taste buds. Tell me, for example, how it is even
remotely possible that Glacier's Ice Axe Imperial Blonde Ale, one of the most incredible
beers to ever fill Alaskan mugs, didn't even place at GABF, and yet within the same
category, Michelob Honey Lager - MICHELOB! With an insipid brew - took the silver?... |
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