…continued from Packrafting the Mendenhall River Whenever I visit a new city, I want to find out what the locals drink. In Juneau, Alaska, the best place to do this is the Alaskan Brewing Company. With seven year-round beers, rotating seasonals, and numerous small batches, they have established themselves as one of the state’s pioneers of microbrewing, opening their distribution all over the region, and eventually expanding to the Lower 48 West Coast and upper Midwest.