Alaskan Amber is the signature beer of the Alaskan Brewing Company, located in Juneau. This malt beer uses a traditional German ale recipe that the founders discovered while researching Alaska's brewing history, according to the company's website. The calorie content is nearly double that of today's low-calorie beer offerings.
Calories
The 12-oz. bottle of Alaskan Amber has 180 calories, with no calories from fat. Since grains are the main ingredients in the beer-making process, this beer has 20 g of carbohydrates per serving. By comparison, the average regular beer has 148 calories, according to the National Diabetes Education Program. A low-calorie beer has 101 calories. Alaskan Amber has an alcohol content of 5 percent.
Features
The Alaskan Brewery was the first one to open in Juneau since the Prohibition era. Alaskan Amber was its flagship offering, but the expanded product line includes Alaskan Amber Summer Ale, which has only 158 calories and 14 g of carbohydrates per 12-oz. bottle.
Ingredients
The brewery uses purified water from the glacier-fed Juneau Ice Field. To produce amber ale, the company says it combines specialty malts with hops from Europe and the Northwest region of the United States in a slow fermentation process.
