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Early Spring?

While a large chunk of the Lower 48 is shivering through record cold, here on the Kenai it’s starting to look like an early spring. Temperatures were in the 40’s yesterday and we’ve got a lot of rain forecast for the weekend, which should pretty much take care of the little bit of snow we’ve got left on the ground. So let’s have another beer in anticipation of a quick breakup and a warm and early spring!

Taking a look at what’s new in Alaska beer news, first up is King Street Brewing Company. Last Friday, February 13th, it released a new seasonal, Baltic Porter.  Here’s how the King Street Crew described it:

The Baltic Porter style developed as a cross between English Porters and Russian Imperial Stouts. While the porter style has its roots in London, in the 18th century, strong porter variations became templates for brewers in the Baltic states of Latvia, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland and Russia. These brewers were also influenced by German brewing techniques, and so most versions

Source: Drinking on the Last Frontier

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