# Baleen Brewing — Ketchikan, Alaska

> Baleen Brewing in Ketchikan, Alaska, United States scores 3.85 out of 5 — Fine, #19 in Alaska. 13 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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Baleen Brewing is a brewery in Ketchikan, Alaska, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.85 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #19 in Alaska. Of the 13 beers we track, 20% are IPA and 15% Pale Ale.

## Rating

- Score: 3.85 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #19 in Alaska · #3,415 in United States · #4,716 worldwide
- Popularity: Barely rated
- Beers tracked: 13

## About

Here are the official style guidelines used for competition:..................................................... Inside Baleen Brewing: I'm Al, owner and your humble brewer at Baleen Brewing Co. I built this brewery from the ground up based on over 34 years of brewing experience and education at Doemens Academy in Gräfelfing, just outside of Munich, Germany. It's been my life's goal and a dream come true to bring you the best beer possible brewed right here in Ketchikan, Alaska. It's a land with perfect brewing water, clean air and a lifestyle degrees apart from the Lower 48, as we call it here. I hope you enjoy my beers and look forward to hearing back from you. Prost!

## What they brew

- IPA — 20% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 15% of the beers we track
- Other — 15% of the beers we track
- Wheat Beer — 14% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 13% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 12% of the beers we track
- Belgian Ale — 11% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 449 Mill Street, Ketchikan, Alaska, United States
- Coordinates: 55.3412929, -131.6447356
- Website: https://www.baleenbrewing.org/

## Breweries nearby

- [Bawden Street Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/bawden-street-brewing-company-3244.md) — 3.52, Poor — Ketchikan, Alaska — 0.1 mi away
- [Wheelhouse Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/wheelhouse-brewing-company-9554.md) — 3.72, Fine — Prince Rupert, British Columbia — 88 mi away
- [Sherwood Mountain Brewhouse](https://finding.beer/brewery/sherwood-mountain-brewhouse-5515.md) — 3.78, Fine — Terrace, British Columbia — 134 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Alaska](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/alaska.md)
- [Best breweries in United States](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states.md)

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