Kevin Seplowitz, President of Bard’s Tale, speaks of the development of Dragon’s Gold as a part of our European traditions. "We wanted to pay homage to the brewing industry that came before us, and we wanted to be embraced by them.”

Traveling along Kenai Peninsula, you are beckoned southward to the very tip – the Banana Belt of Alaska, Homer and Homer Spit, the “Cosmic Hamlet by the Sea.” A boy from Texas could fall in love with a place like this.

My eyes are watering now, stinging from the cold and wind. A brief moment more, and the doors of the Glacier Brewhouse beckon with amicable hospitality.

As home of the Arctic Devil, eight-time winner of the Golden Plate at the Great Alaska Beer & Barley Wine Festival, Midnight Sun distinguishes itself as master of the Barley Wine style, the makers of magic that place it in the realm of “World Class.”

Naming a beer creation is not exactly like naming your newborn child, although the love can be just as powerful.

Great Jazz, Be-bop, and Rock filled every corner, setting the elevated mood. Wall-to-wall people…having fun…enjoying taste.

I only intended to taste Gordon, but it was impossible to avoid his powers of seduction.

Nearly every American from the lower forty-eight has entertained the fantasy of visiting the great land mass to the north, Alaska, at some time during his life.

The Beer Fox says, “A taste-of-the-shore merges well with lemony orange and spice for a delicious dip that serves well with gourmet crackers, seasoned bagel chips or foccacia bread.”

The Beer Fox says, “Liberty Ale mirrors the delicate flavors of the sea, and enhances those distinctive characteristics.”