Holland America Lines Adds Innovative Culinary & Cultural Features To Its “Alaska Up Close” Onboard Programming

 

Holland America Line’s “Alaska Up Close” programs offer guests an immersion in Alaskan culture with informative onboard programming, sea-to-table dining and award-winning shore excursions. This will be enhanced in the 2023 Alaska season to offer an even more engaging guest experience.

Added to every Alaska cruise, guests will find new localized cuisine, cocktails featuring authentic glacier ice, an Alaska-themed brunch, Huna native presentations and wildlife experts to help guests spot the abundance of indigenous animals from the comfort of the ship’s deck.
Four new cocktails feature authentic Alaska glacier ice harvested by state permit among floating glacier bergs in Prince William Sound and prepared to the highest standard under Alaskan authority. Holland America Line is the only cruise line serving glacier ice, giving guests the unique experience of safely tasting real glacier ice from the waters of Alaska. The cocktails with the glacier ice include:

• Juneau Gin & Tonic” features Juneauper Gin that’s produced in Juneau, Alaska.
• “Alaska’s Blue Ice” has De Kuyper Blue Curaçao, X Rum, pineapple juice. Velvet Falernum and Dry Vermouth.
• Blue Iceberg: Juneauper Gin, apricot brandy, Blue Curaçao and lime juice.
• Black & Blue: a choice of Jonnie Walker Black or Jack Daniels Black Label served over glacier ice.

Holland America Line will also serve new cocktails during scenic cruising in Glacier Bay, Tracy Arm and Hubbard Glacier:

• Glacier Bay Coffee: Baileys Irish Cream and Malibu Coconut Rum.
• Alaska Railroad Coffee: Jameson Irish Whiskey, Kahlua and Cream.
• Gold Rush Coffee: Grand Marnier, Coffee and Hot Chocolate.
• Northern Lights: Crème de Cacao, Kahlua and Brandy.

Offered once per cruise, all dishes on the new Alaska Brunch menu in the Dining Room have been created with the influence of fresh, local Alaskan and Pacific Northwest ingredients. The selections range from sweet to savory and include Alaskan Blueberry Pancakes, Salmon & Potato Chowder, Wild Forest Mushroom and Tarragon Crepes, Kodiak Steak and Egg Skillet, Crab and Hot Smoked Salmon Cakes, Biscuits with Gravy and Alaskan Reindeer Sausage, and Home Smoked Gulf of Alaska Cod Benny.

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