German Kölsch
German malt, German hops, and traditional process create a crisp, precise Kölsch rooted in Cologne brewing.
Classic German, Belgian, English, and American styles brewed with excellent ingredients and tradition in mind.
HooDoo keeps the naming simple so the beer can do the talking. The archive below preserves decades of rotating styles, annual solstice releases, barrel-aged vintages, and seasonal beers from the Fairbanks brewhouse.
German malt, German hops, and traditional process create a crisp, precise Kölsch rooted in Cologne brewing.
Pilsner malt and rice create a light body and dry finish with restrained floral and herbal hop character.
A German-style wheat beer with lively carbonation, rich grain character, and expressive traditional yeast notes.
A bright golden seasonal lager with German malt, Hallertauer Hersbrucker hops, and a long cold-conditioning period.
Oats and wheat support a juicy hop profile built with Amarillo, El Dorado, and tropical Citra.
Northwest pale and crystal malts meet Centennial hops for a floral, citrus-forward IPA with a sturdy malt base.
Dark roasted barley, oats, and milk sugar build a creamy stout with chocolate and coffee character.
Availability changes throughout the year. These beers are preserved as HooDoo brewing history, not as a promise that they are on tap today.
Bohemian pilsner malt and Czech Saaz hops produce a clean lager with crisp bitterness and spicy hop character.
Barley, wheat, and oats combine with a restrained Golding hop profile for a dry, lightly tart summer ale.
A light three-grain Belgian ale accented with coriander and bitter orange peel.
An English-style pub ale with biscuit and caramel malt notes balanced by earthy, herbal European hops.
A seasonal German lager built around rich malt, toast, smooth fermentation, and extended cold conditioning.
A lightly tart wheat beer kettle-soured before boiling, then finished with coriander and sea salt.
Pilsner malt, jasmine rice, expressive yeast, and the Pink Boots hop blend create a dry, aromatic IPA.
A pale Munich-style lager with crisp noble-hop structure and a softer, breadier malt focus than pilsner.
A simple American ale built for refreshment with pale malt, honey malt, biscuit malt, and a touch of Saaz.
A lower-ABV IPA packed with Waimea, Mosaic Cryo, and Citra for bright tropical aroma and flavor.
A low-strength English pub ale centered on caramel, toffee, and chocolate malt character.
A balanced Belgian ale with toasted malt, subtle fruit and spice from yeast, and gentle Golding bitterness.
German malt, including beechwood-smoked rauchmalt, gives this lager a smooth smoke-and-toast character.
Maris Otter malt and East Kent Golding hops create an old-school English IPA with firm bitterness and fruit.
English pale malt and layered specialty malts are aged with Madagascar vanilla beans for a rich winter porter.
Locally grown pumpkin and classic baking spices create a full-bodied anniversary ale with layered malt sweetness.
A Fairbanks summer-solstice Imperial IPA built with a decoction mash, Waimea and Centennial in the kettle, Kveik fermentation, and Waimea and Mosaic dry hopping.
A winter-solstice Imperial Stout with dark chocolate, whiskey, smoke, and oak character from barrel aging.
A high-gravity Belgian Quad aged in freshly emptied Texas sotol barrels for layers of caramel, spice, vanilla, spirit, and oak.
An English-style Barleywine centered on Maris Otter malt and aged in Frey Ranch Rye and Desert Door Sotol barrels.
A summer-solstice wheat ale with Weyermann wheat malt, flaked wheat, honey malt, Strata and Waimea hops, West Coast ale yeast, and blue agave nectar.
A blended winter-solstice stout combining smoked Imperial Stout from Widow Jane Bourbon barrels with older stout matured in Desert Door Sotol and Russell’s Reserve Bourbon barrels.
A bold, lightly smoked Imperial Stout matured for a year in Widow Jane Bourbon and Desert Door Sotol barrels before blending.
A West Coast original with layered caramel malt, German Northern Brewer hops, and lager yeast fermented at warmer ale temperatures.
A rich but dry Scottish ale made with nine malt varieties and a small portion of peat-smoked malt for restrained earthy smoke.
A light malt base of two-row barley, wheat, and toasted oats supports El Dorado, Kohatu, and Mosaic hop character.
Originally brewed for the University of Alaska Fairbanks centennial, this ESB combines international malts with Centennial and Strata hops and English yeast.
A Pink Boots Society of Alaska collaboration pairing German and US grains with the Pink Boots hop blend and expressive Belgian yeast.
A darker companion to HooDoo’s Bavarian Weissbier, combining German wheat malt, specialty grains, and expressive Bavarian wheat yeast.
A strong Belgian Tripel with pear and banana esters, matured for three months in lightly toasted Chardonnay barrels.
A strong English Barleywine showcasing Maris Otter malt with layered caramel, chocolate, and warming malt complexity.
A slightly smoky Imperial Stout aged in Widow Jane Bourbon barrels for bourbon, vanilla, charred oak, and deep chocolate character.
A strong English-style Barleywine focused on the rich, layered malt character of Maris Otter.
A winter-solstice Imperial Oatmeal Stout aged for a year in Buffalo Trace Bourbon barrels for vanilla, coconut, bourbon, and dark malt depth.
A deep-golden summer-solstice Tripel with Weyermann malt, Belgian candi sugar, oats, US and German hops, and Trappist-style yeast.
Belgian Golden Strong matured in freshly emptied French oak Chardonnay barrels for spice, vanilla, wine, and wood character.
A pale, dry Belgian strong ale balancing pilsner malt, noble hops, Belgian candi sugar, fruit, spice, and lively carbonation.
A sessionable pale ale with a lightly sweet malt foundation built to showcase classic Cascade hop citrus, grapefruit, pine, and bitterness.
An earlier HooDoo Oktoberfest recipe brewed with German ingredients, traditional step mashing, and a clean lager fermentation focused on rich pilsner malt.
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