Pale Ales

Victory Headwaters Ale Cans, September

Victory Brewing Company (Downingtown, PA) has rolled out their first canned offerings this year. First, was Summer Love (a late spring-summer seasonal.)

Victory Headwaters Ale is coming in September, a beer that raises the awareness of beer’s key ingredient – water. Interesting to Continue Reading →

Eventide Pale Ale Headed to Package

Eventide Pale Ale looks to join the brewery’s package lineup in 2015. The brewery is based in the Grant Park area of Atlanta, Georgia.

Eventide Pale Ale is a part of their year round lineup, launching on draft when the brewery Continue Reading →

Posted in Coming Soon, Victory Brewing Company

Victory Headwaters Ale Cans, September

Victory Brewing Company (Downingtown, PA) has rolled out their first canned offerings this year. First, was Summer Love (a late spring-summer seasonal.)

Victory Headwaters Ale is coming in September, a beer that raises the awareness of beer’s key ingredient – water. Interesting to note, this can art removes the pale ale mention, plus the description is little different.

This crisp and aromatically arousing session ale integrates a supportive malt base with herbal hop complexity, offering lemon notes and tea-like earthiness.

The canning line is a part of Victory’s production expansion in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania. Victory Headwaters Pale Ale is a 12 ounce can offering.

Style: Pale Ale 
Availability: 12oz cans, 2015

5.1% ABV

Read more: Canned Craft Beer

Victory Brewing Headwaters Ale Cans

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines, New Releases, Southern Tier Brewing

Sports Fans, Southern Tier One Buffalo Releases Today

Southern Tier One Buffalo joins the brewery’s lineup, a partnership with Pegula Sports and Entertainment (PSE).

PSE is the sports management company behind teams like the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres. Southern Tier One Buffalo beer is meant to connected the Buffalo community, and “unite as one”. Presumably under the same team and city flag. For those Buffalo proud of course.

“It’s always exciting to launch new beer.” said Phin DeMink, founder of STBC. “We collaborated with PSE to develop an exceptional craft beer. It’s designed to appeal to all types of beer drinkers, in particular Buffalonians. I’m extremely proud of this product and proud to make Buffalo its home. It’s our beer, it’s what we drink around here.”

Southern Tier One Buffalo will tap the first keg at (716) Food and Sport in downtown Buffalo. Bills and Sabres President Russ Brandon will tap the first keg. One Buffalo will be on tap at Ralph Wilson Stadium starting with the preseason game against the Carolina Panthers tonight.

Starting August 31st, Southern Tier One Buffalo will be available in kegs throughout Western New York and six-pack bottles will follow in September.

Style: Pale Ale
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. Buffalo immediate area only
Release: 8/14/15

4.8% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Boulevard Brewing, Cigar City Brewing, Coming Soon, Don't Miss This

Boulevard Collaboration No 5, with Cigar City Nears Release

Boulevard Collaboration No. 5- Tropical Pale Ale, features the brewing stylings of Cigar City Brewing out of Tampa, Florida. Above is the label for the upcoming collaboration.

The beer will be called Boulevard Collaboration No. 5- Tropical Pale Ale, highlighted by Azacca, Lemondrop, Citra, Pacific and Mosaic hops.

Combing Boulevard’s love of pale ales with Cigar City’s expertise with fruit flavors, this joint venture is hopped with a blend of Mosaic, Citra, Lemondrop, and Azacca and brewed with passionfruit and grapefruit.

Boulevard Collaboration #5 is slated for a September, 2015 release date. Previous Boulevard Collaborations include releases with Deschutes Brewing, Orval, Pretty Things, and Ommegang.

Style: Pale Ale (w/ Passionfruit, Grapefruit)
Hops: Azacca, Lemondrop, Citra, Pacific, Mosaic
Malts: Marris Otter, Munich, Caramel

Availability: 12oz Bottles
Release: September, 2015 (Tentative)

7.3% ABV, 55 IBUs

Updated 8/6 with label & fruit mentions. Changed 750ml bottles to 12oz bottles. 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, Smuttynose Brewing

Smuttlabs summerteeth Debuts at Solid Sound Festival

A new pale ale the brewery is working on – Smuttlabs summerteeth will debut at the biennial Sold Sound Festival in North Adams, Massachusetts June 26th -28th, 2015.

This is a single batch brew and virtually all of it is going to the festival. If you aren’t going to Solid Sound, you can get a taste at Moe’s Tavern in Lee, MA on Thursday, June 25, the night before the fest begins. A few bars in New York City (Valhalla, The Gate, Mugs Alehouse, The Stag’s Head, Crescent & Vine and Seawitch)  will be getting kegs. We’ll also have a limited amount of kegs for sampling in the brewery and pints in Hayseed.

Smuttlabs summerteeth is brewed with El Dorado and Citra hops.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines, Lagunitas, New Releases

Lagunitas Citrusinensis Pale Ale (with Blood Orange) Ships

Lagunitas Citrusinensis Pale Ale is ready to ship, joining the brewery’s OneHitter 2015 Series.

To create Lagunitas Citrusinensis Pale Ale, the brewery took fresh Sanguinello blood oranges, concentrated the juice (without heat), and added it to a “wheatier” edition of Lagunitas New Dogtown Pale Ale. The result is a citrusy pale ale with even more citrus.

Other releases in the OneHitter Series include January’s Rye Cocoa Porter, High West-ified Imperial Stout, and Waldo’s Special Ale.

Lagunitas Citrusinensis Pale Ale was bottle this week (of June 6th). Available in 12oz bottles and draft.

Style: Pale Ale (w/ Blood Orange)
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. Seasonal release.
Release: Early June, 2015

?? ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Eventide Brewing

Eventide Pale Ale Headed to Package

Eventide Pale Ale looks to join the brewery’s package lineup in 2015. The brewery is based in the Grant Park area of Atlanta, Georgia.

Eventide Pale Ale is a part of their year round lineup, launching on draft when the brewery opened.

The American Pale Ale is the beer that started the Craft revolution. Steeped in tradition, yet tied to no allegiance, the APA has blazed a trail since the early 1980’s. Our version of this classic is made to provided a more approachable representation of this sought after style. Brewed with American hops, and an English yeast strain this balanced brew offers old world appeal with new world styling. Look for a citrus nose, effervescent malt body, and lingering hop bitterness to round out this go to style.

Eventide Pale Ale will be among the first package from the young craft brewery. The brewery has not yet announced dates for package launch.

Style: American Pale Ale
Availability: Draft only (Current), 12oz Cans (Soon)
Release: TBA

6.2% ABV

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Karl Strauss Brewing, New Releases

Karl Strauss Mosaic Session Ale Returns Year Round

Karl Strauss Mosaic Session Ale has rejoined the brewery’s lineup year round. The beer was first brewed in 2013 as a small batch release, returning to high demand again in 2014.

Karl Strauss Mosaic Session Ale is a sessionable beer, single hopped with Mosaic.

“Our Mosaic Session Ale is the ideal hop bomb: super vibrant, and bursting with aromas of grapefruit, citrus, and tropical fruits,” says Paul Segura, Karl Strauss Brewing Company brewmaster. “It’s got plenty of hops but is also sessionable, so you can enjoy a few.”

Karl Strauss Mosaic Session Ale is available in 12oz bottles and draft, year round. Mosaic just one gold in the 2015 Los Angeles International Commercial Beer Competition.

Style: Pale Ale
Hops: Mosaic
Malts: Pale Malt, White Wheat, C10

Availability: 12oz Bottles, 22oz Bottles, Draft.

5.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay