We have a “neighborhood” brewery down the road in Eagle River: Odd Man Rush Brewing. They recently announced a new batch of Mammoth Dust, a New England IPA and I stopped in on the way home to try it out and a growler followed me home.
This beer was originally brewed for The Boneyard in Fairbanks...an outfit that collects Alaskan fossils such as short faced bear, sabre tooth tiger, and of course, wooly mammoth. To make the beer unique to them, they added ground up mammoth tusk. So, Mammoth Dust. Gimmick aside, it’s a very nice beer: light bodied, hazy, with a fine, persistent head, and mouth watering citrus flavors. I like it a lot.
I’m having some tonight with a Perla Del Mar. Not the most thoughtful pairing but it’s pleasant all the same.