A brewer with an international reputation, Gabe Fletcher, the head honcho at Anchorage Brewing, started his career at Midnight Sun, another Alaskan brewing company. After 13 years of helping cultivate an image of creating adventurous beers, Fletcher decided to part ways with Midnight Sun and strike out on his own. In 2011, Fletcher released his first Anchorage beer. Turns out Fletcher’s meticulous attention to detail and brewing expertise combined to make some amazing beer — from fresh-brewed hazy IPAs to mixed culture fermented fruit beers to barrel-aged stouts and barleywines. The brewery took off, eventually moving to its own brick and mortar in 2014 complete with rows and rows of foeders. Today, Peaks & Pints presents an in-house flight of recently arrive Anchorage beers our cooler — a flight we’re calling Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Anchorage Beer.
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Anchorage Beer
Anchorage The Nectar
6.5% ABV
A dry saison brewed with honey, malted oats, and Hallertau Blanc hops, then fermented in oak foudres with Brettanomyces and Saison yeast. The hops pair well with the honey, wildflower, lemongrass, lime leaf, white tea, nectarine and white wine notes. The Brett is present, as the Saison yeast for pear, oak and green grape additions. It’s bottle conditioned for natural carbonation.
Anchorage Incognito Mode
8.4% ABV
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Anchorage Within Us
8.4% ABV
Brewed with Galaxy and cryo Simcoe hops, this low orange glow with huge frothy white head hazy double IPA pops with a tropical fruit, orange, and weed nose followed by white grapefruit, spicy pine, juicy peach, lime zest and some wet lawn grassiness over an earthy starchy grain base.
Anchorage Greed
10% ABV
Brewed with honey, thiol-boosting yeast, and Citra Incognito hops, plus dry hopped with Sabro, Vic Secret, and Nelson Sauvin for even more tropical hop flavor, this hazy triple IPA has notes of passionfruit, grapefruit peel, and rich wildflower honey.
Anchorage A Deal with The Devil
18% ABV
This year’s waxed can version of Anchorage’s A Deal with The Devil is a thick, double oaked black barleywine aged 16 months in a blend of barrels of Bernheim Original Wheat Whiskey, Elijah Craig 8-year bourbon, and Russell’s Reserve bourbon. The strong alcohol nose will burn off your nose hairs. On the tongue, expect a big malty backbone supported with blackstrap molasses, sticky sweetness with tons of caramel and toffee, and some chocolate notes.
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