Beer Bars in Juneau

“In a bar there are very few critical factors.Liquor options.Bartenders.That's it.This place does them both perfectly. Rosemary was stupendous. She helped me create an amazing cocktail. The elderflower old fashion lives on. Huge selection of bourbons. Great bar.“

“We're fortunate to have 4 breweries in Juneau and this is one of our favorites. Barnaby is a bit more creative in their beer line-up, but Forbidden Peak has a fantastic large space with great views of Auke Bay, and a solid beer line-up, albeit a bit stagnant / monotone.They have several seltzers for the non-beer-drinkers or gluten-free people in your group, and about 15 beers on tap. They introduce about one new rotating beer once a month or so, but the rest of the lineup feels a bit conventional - they mostly seem to stick to a tight ABV / IBU style range. (Or maybe that's just a winter '23/'24 thing?)If I had the opportunity to chat with the brewmaster I'd love to lobby for a few ideas:Sometimes less is more, you probably don't need 14 beers on tap - a smaller, more diverse line-up is catching on in some places.Any Belgian (tripel, wit, quad, BPA, etc) or farmhouse style (saison) in the regular lineup would be awesome.The occasional sour has been interesting but there are usually no details about the type of sour yeast or style target - they're usually "fruity" beers for some reason.There are 4 different lagers that are all very similar. Props for putting in the extra work lagers require; but I'm not sure having both American lager and German lager is worth it - the American one is just the German one rewritten to be less flavorful (gateway beer?). And the schwarzbier and marzen are just malt variants on the helles. Good beers, but lagers have a lot more potential diversity than that (bock, doplebock, pilsner, kolsch, etc).Thank you for listening and cheers to 2024!“

“It was cool to visit the Alaskan Brewing Public House. This place is just the bar, but they did have a shuttle where you could sign up to go to the brewery itself if you had time. When it's cold outside, it's rather cold in here because they leave the doors open. They have a number of beers to try from Alaskan Brewing. I think they serve a bit of food here as well.“