Pale Ales

Foothills Pilot Mountain Pale, Bottled

Foothills Brewing (Winston-Salem, NC) will start releasing a new 6-pack every three months this year. The first offering arrives on February 1st, with Pilot Mountain Pale Ale.

Foothills Pilot Mountain Pale Ale is a year round offering on tap, and hasn’t Continue Reading →

Posted in New Releases, Oskar Blues Brewing

Oskar Blues Brewhouse Special Pale Ale, A House of Blues Collab

This bright can is Oskar Blues Brewhouse Special Pale Ale, a collaboration with the iconic, music influenced, House of Blues.

If you know Oskar Blues, you know the brewery loves music as much as they love the outdoors. The collaboration is a pale ale, that features Falconer’s Flight and Lemondrop hops.

 A smooth, easy drinking American Pale Ale with lemon, pine, and citrus character.

The brewery tells Beer Street Journal that you can find Oskar Blues Brewhouse Special Pale Ale in cans at House of Blues locations.

Style: Pale Ale
Hops: Lemon Drop, Falconer’s Flight
Malts: Abbey

Availability: 16oz Cans

 6.1% ABV, 40 IBU’s

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, Yards Brewing

Yards Snorri’s Awakening, an Icelandic Collaboration

Yards Snorri’s Ale debuts on Friday, March 27th. The coffee pale ale is a collaboration with Iceland’s Einstök Brewery, and La Colombe Coffee Roasters.

Named in honor of 13th Century Icelandic historian and poet, Snorri Sturluson, this coffee pale ale is brewed in collaboration with Iceland’s Einstök Brewery, La Colombe Coffee Roasters and Yards. Steeped with Bravo and Chinook hops and freshly roasted beans, this crisp, copper-colored brew sings with bright citrus notes and rich coffee character.

There are multiple tap events (found below) for Yards Snorri’s Awakening starting Friday. Bottles will be raffled off at the various locations.

Style: Pale Ale (w/ Coffee.)
Hops: Bravo, Chinook
Availability: Bottles, and Draft

5.5% ABV

Tap locations on Friday, March 27th, 2015

·         Barcade 6pm

·         Sancho Pistola’s 6:30

·         Johnny Brenda’s 7:00

·         Fette Sau 7:30

·         Frankford Hall 8:00

·         Bottle Bar East 8:30

·         Fishtown Tavern 9:00

#WakeUpSnorri

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Don't Miss This, Terrapin Beer Company

First Look: Terrapin Rye Pale Ale Cans

Terrapin Rye Pale Ale will soon launch in 12oz cans. The brewery is actively making a shift cans across the portfolio. By the end of 2015, more more than half of the lineup will be canned.

Today, Dustin Watts, VP of marketing with Terrapin, shot over some of the first shots of the new Rye Pale cans right off the line at Ball Corp. in Colorado. The beer is a year round offering in 12oz bottles and draft currently, that debuted in 2002.

By using an exact amount of rye, a grain seldom found in other micro brewed beers, the Rye Pale Ale acquires its signature taste. Made with five varieties of hops and a generous amount of specialty malts, it offers a complex flavor and aroma that is both aggressive and well balanced – a rare find among beers

Terrapin Rye Pale Ale cans join Hi-5 IPA, RecreationALE, and just released Mosaic in the canned lineup.

Style: Rye Beer (Pale Ale Base)
Hops: Magnum, Fuggle, East Kent Golding, Cascade, (Amarillo – dry hop)
Malts: 2-Row Pale, Munich, Malted Rye, Victory Malt, Honey Malt

Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. 12oz Cans (Soon).
Release: Late March, 2015

5.5% ABV

Images via Terrapin Beer Co. 

Terrapin Rye Pale 2

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines, Lagunitas

Lagunitas Equinox Looks To Return More Than a Decade Later

Lagunitas Equinox was first brewed in 1995. By our best estimates, the beer struck around until around 2003/2004. Lagunitas looks to bringing Equinox back in the near future.

Equinox is a “pale oat ale” brewed with a heavy dose of oats. This re-brew will be a bit stronger than the last round, up to 8.4%, from 6.4%.

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Lagunitas Equinox will be available in 22oz bottles.

Style: Imperial Pale Ale
Availability: 22oz Bottles
Release: TBA

8.4% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, The Unknown Brewing Co.

Unknown Brewing Pre Game Session Ale Coming to Cans

The Unknown Brewing Company (Charlotte, NC) looks can one of their lower alcohol offerings, Pre Game Session Ale.

While craft beer easily made 7%+ a average ABV range, the more sessionable offerings are on fire right now.

Today is going to be a big day. It may be a tailgate. A pontoon party. A wedding or running with the bulls. It’s time to Pre-Game!

Unknown launched canned offerings last year, with Over the Edge IPA. Unknown Pre-Game is already available on draft.

Style: Pale Ale
Availability: Draft (Year-round.) 12oz Cans (Soon)
Can release: TBA

4.5% ABV

Read more: The Unknown Brewing Co.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Foothills Brewing, New Releases

Foothills Pilot Mountain Pale, Bottled

Foothills Brewing (Winston-Salem, NC) will start releasing a new 6-pack every three months this year. The first offering arrives on February 1st, with Pilot Mountain Pale Ale.

Foothills Pilot Mountain Pale Ale is a year round offering on tap, and hasn’t been bottled until now.

Named for one of western North Carolina’s iconic landmarks. A classic American style Pale Ale brewed with Crystal and Munich Malts, and aggressively hopped with Perle and Cascade for superior aroma and flavor. In name and in taste, a landmark beer.

Foothills Pilot Mountain Pale Ale will be available in 12oz bottles. Future releases include a session IPA, Oktoberfest, and black IPA.

Style: Pale Ale
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft (Year-round)
Release (Bottles): 2/1/15

4.7% ABV, 43 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Sly Fox Brewing

Sly Fox SRT Ale Launches in Cans on Earth Day

Sly Fox Brewing Company, Pottstown, PA will release a new canned offering, Sly Fox SRT Ale on Earth Day, 2015.

SRT Ale is built for the outdoors, and those who love behind outside. The new beer is a hop-forward pale ale, just 4.6% alcohol by volume.

Pennsylvanians will recognize SRT as Schuylkill River Trail. A recreational trail near the brewery.

“Brewing a tribute beer to the crown jewel of regional recreation was a natural for us,” said Sly Fox Brewmaster, Brian O’Reilly. “The Schuylkill Watershed is vital to the work we do and Sly Fox is committed to supporting it.”

Sly Fox SRT Ale will contribute to the trail upkeep as well. The SRT Spree will follow a Sly Fox launch team over the course of four nights and five days as they trek from Pottsville to Philadelphia with a larger-than-life SRT ALE can, to celebrate the beer launch, and the trail. 12oz cans launch in April, 2015.

Style: Pale Ale
Availability: 12oz Cans
Arrival: April, 2015

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by Reid Ramsay