A weekly look at the draft selection in beer-friendly bars across the country.
Achieving the premier beer selection in Anchorage, Alaska, is probably harder than it sounds, and is a huge selling point of Humpy's Great Alaskan Alehouse. "[The bar] was created for beer lovers by beer lovers," chuckles manager Sandoz Maurer, as she recites the mantra that can be found on the pub's Web site. A quick look over the draft selection, however, proves this is no laughing matter: 50 types of brews are displayed including an astounding 18 locals!
Humpy's, a live music venue with a slew of Alaskan artists, is well regarded as a locals' hang but is also a visitor destination, particularly during warmer weather. "Summertime is definitely tourist season," Maurer says.
Tourists and locals alike can check the Web for a draft list updated daily (though it's difficult to find, look under "Daily Specials.") Find the most recent selections after the jump.
Though these suds may reign supreme in Anchorage, how would this bar stack up in your fair city? (No Palin jokes, please!)
- Celestial Meads Razzery Cyser (local)
- Ring of Fire Apple Cyser (local)
- Spire Mt. Apple Cider
- Alaskan Summer Kolsch Ale (local)
- Pyramid Apricot Ale
- Pyramid Hefeweizen
- Lindemans Framboise
- Harp Lager
- Midnight Sun Gold Strike Kolsch (local)
- Warsteiner Premium Pilsner
- Alaskan Pale Ale (local)
- Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale Ale (draft & cask)
- Moose's Tooth Pale Ale (local)
- Widmer Drifter Pale Ale
- Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
- Full Sail IPA
- Humpy's Sockeye Red by Midnight Sun (local)
- Kenai River Sunken Island IPA (local)
- Moose's Tooth Fairweather IPA (local)
- Stone Double Bastard Ale
- Midnight Sun Anchor Witbier with Brettanomyces (local)
- Monk's Cafe Flemish Sour Red Ale
- Stella Artois
- St. Bernardus Grotten Brown
- Unibroue Blanche de Chambly
- Bosteels Kwak Belgian Ale
- Chimay Cing Cents Triple
- Delirium Tremens
- Midnight Sun Panty Peeler Belgian Triple (local)
- Midnight Sun Saturn Belgian Fresh Hop IPA (local)
- Anchor Our Special Ale 2008
- Dupont Avec Les Bons Voeux
- Full Sail Wreck the Halls
- Midnight Sun Cohoho Imperial IPA (local)
- Scaldis Noel
- Sierra Celebration Ale
- Alaskan Amber Ale (local)
- Midnight Sun Oosik Amber (local)
- Baron Liberator Doppelbock
- Paulaner Salvator Doppelbock
- Great Divide Claymore Scotch Ale
- Midnight Sun Kodiak Brown Ale (local)
- Newcastle Brown Ale
- Anchor Steam Porter
- Deschutes Black Butte Porter
- Sleeping Lady Portage Porter (local)
- Guinness Stout
- Young's Double Chocolate Stout
- Sleeping Lady Wheat Wine (local)
- Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine
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