Yukon Red - Yukon Brewing (Canada - Yukon - Whitehorse) 5.5%

Yukon Red - Yukon Brewing (Canada - Yukon - Whitehorse) 5.5%

A nice deep amber colour in a glass. A surprisingly hoppy aroma, roasty with a bit of a glaze-like aspect. Also a touch of molasses or toffee in the aroma.

A very appetizing mix of hops bitterness, red fruit esters, roasty sweetness and touches of grain. There is plenty of malt and just a bit of something chocolatey in the dry finish. The hops character is relatively muted but it provides a nice balance some mild spice. The hops character is slightly astringent with a little pine and a some fresh cut grass but none of these stand out very much because of the robust and positively yummy malt flavours.

Ice Fog - Yukon Brewing (Canada - Yukon - Whitehorse) 6.0%

Ice Fog - Yukon Brewing (Canada - Yukon - Whitehorse) 6.0%

Full gold in a glass. Pine and citrus loaded hops aroma. A mellow but sticky hops character with resin and citrus (sweet orange mostly). A bit of biscuit rounds out the taste. Ice Fog is more of a summer IPA than some (because of the strong citrus aspect) and as a result would pair well with lighter fare than most IPAs and certainly any dish that contains orange and a bit of spice could go nicely with Ice Fog.

Yukon Gold - Yukon Brewing Company (Canada - Yukon - Whitehorse) 5%

Yukon Gold - Yukon Brewing Company (Canada - Yukon - Whitehorse) 5%

A aroma of grain that is also sweet, lightly hoppy, a bit spicy with a touch of red fruit and slightly bitter. Gold and clear in a glass with the barest hint of red.

Very sweet and lightly roasty with some tastes of grain or biscuit (like a tea biscuit, not a cookie) and a dry hops flavour. The dryness imparted by the hops is typical of the hops character I associate with an English Pale Ale. There is a mild nutty flavour in the finish: this too is a flavour I expect from an English Pale Ale.

I find Yukon Gold by the Yukon Brewing company is just a bit sweeter than a perfect English Pale Ale but that may just be my interpretation of the style; it is definitely quite a good beer.

Discovery - Yukon Brewing Company (Canada - Yukon - Whitehorse) 5.5%

Discovery - Yukon Brewing Company (Canada - Yukon - Whitehorse) 5.5%

A darker amber in a glass. A roasty aroma with hints of grain and honey. The taste is sweet then more bitter then sweet again with a particularly sweet honeyed finish. Grain, malthouse and roast flavours with a mellow barely spicy honey throughout and a lingering but subtle nuttiness. Yukon Brewing set out to make a Honey Extra-Special-Bitter and by my measure they did just that: it's quite nice!