Pale Ales

Bronx Brewery Gin Ages Pale Ale

Bronx Brewery is edging toward 2 years old now, and is making a name for themselves in the barrel aged category.  In addition to Bourbon Barrel Bronx Pale Ale, expect a Gin Barrel Aged Bronx Pale Ale this Continue Reading →

Half Acre is Ready for Summer

Warm weather is here and so if the perfect beer. Tomorrow Half Acre Brewing
will be launching Hot Tropic, a coconut pale ale, at their tap room.

“Pull up a seat and kick off your shoes, we’ve shot Continue Reading →

Posted in Brooklyn Brewing

Introducing Brooklyn Scorcher #366

A summer pale ale with hops so new they don’t even have a name yet. Get in on the ground level and be a hop hipster with Brooklyn Brewing’s new Scorcher #366. Featuring hops just called HBG 366, this summer pale ale is a little citrusy with piney hop notes in the finish. The hops were cross-bread between Warrior and a “wild” hop back in 2001 and currently take up about 1.2 acres of land in the Yakima Valley of Washington. According to Brooklyn, Scorcher #366 packs the hop character of an IPA, but is sessionable at 4.5% and loves lobster, shrimp, and crayfish.

Style: Pale Ale
Availability: Draft
Arrival: May 2013

4.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon

Metal Collaboration: Cigar City & GWAR

Another in the line of metal inspired brews is Cigar City Brewing & GWAR’s Impaled Pale Ale. For those of you that don’t know, GWAR is a satirical metal band founded in Virginia in the 1980’s. They are pretty damn metal.

Well hold on to your souls. GWAR has teamed up with Tampa’s Cigar City Brewing for a new liquid track. Impaled Pale Ale will be brewed this summer we’re told, and canned for the GWAR-B-Q festival in Richmond, Virginia this August. Tickets for that go on sale June 6th.

Hide yo kids, Hide Yo Wife…

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, O'Dempsey's

O’Dempsey’s Cold One Pale Ale Honors Brewer’s Father

O’Dempsey’s (Atlanta, GA) fourth beer offering is a touching, sentimental tribute to brewery founder Randy Dempsey’s father. Randy wanted to brew a pale ale that his Dad would have wanted to take fishing. Randy notes:  He wouldn’t say “fetch me a brewskie” or “pass me a pint”, he just didn’t talk like that. However, he would ask for a COLD ONE when he felt like it so there’s where the name comes from.” The label image is Randy’s father fishing in the Arctic Ocean.

This American pale ale is brewed with Zythos hops, to give the beer some  tangerine, lemon grapefruit and pine notes. A nice warm weather drinker.

Style:Pale Ale
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft
Arrival: June, 2013

5.6% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Innis & Gunn, New Releases

Innis & Gunn Launches New Barrel Aged Pale Ale

Innis & Gunn has launched a new draft only offering stateside- Scottish Pale Ale.  The new offering is based off the historical journeys the IPA took to reach new lands. The beer was brewed stronger and hoppier to make the journey, typically in oak barrels.

Innis & Gunn’s Pale Ale is is aged 41 days with bourbon-infused oakerator wood pieces to create a distinct, easy drinking pale ale for a hot summer night.

Style: Pale Ale (Bourbon Oak Aged)
Hops: Super Styrian, East Kent Goldings, Styrian Goldings
Malts: Optic Pale Ale, Raw Wheat, Munich Malt

Availability: Draft Only

7% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Bronx Brewery, Coming Soon

Bronx Brewery Gin Ages Pale Ale

Bronx Brewery is edging toward 2 years old now, and is making a name for themselves in the barrel aged category.  In addition to Bourbon Barrel Bronx Pale Ale, expect a Gin Barrel Aged Bronx Pale Ale this year too.

This deep amber American Pale Ale is brewed with 5 different barley malts, generous additions of Cascade and Centennial hops, and a unique strain of yeast. The British, German and American malts used to provide an incredibly complex blend of caramel, biscuit, and nutty malt flavors. The kettle hops provide a gentle, pleasant bitterness with an intense floral and citrus aroma. Finally, it is aged in oak gin barrel for several months to impart notes of juniper, mint and pine. 

Style: Pale Ale (Barrel Aged, Gin)
Availability: 22oz bombers
Arrival: TBA

6.3% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Odell Brewing, Seasonal Return

Odell St. Lupulin Returns This Weekend

Odell Brewing will be releasing St. Lupulin pale ale on April 20, 2013. This beer was named after a mystical character who passionately tended to rows and rows of hops caring for the coveted yellow resin within the hop cones known as Lupulin.

“St. Lupulin is a dry-hopped extra pale ale with a clean and crisp finish. The selected hops, including Cascade and Centennial varieties, create a bright citrus and floral aroma and flavor. The brew boasts a golden straw like hue and an 6.5% ABV.”

Style: Pale Ale
Arrival: April 20, 2013
Availability: 12 oz bottles, Draft

6.5% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Half Acre Brewing

Half Acre is Ready for Summer

Warm weather is here and so if the perfect beer. Tomorrow Half Acre Brewing
will be launching Hot Tropic, a coconut pale ale, at their tap room.

“Pull up a seat and kick off your shoes, we’ve shot to put the lounge in your glass. Hot Tropic Pale Ale is brewed with Motueka hops and carved up with ample amounts of raw coconut. Give it a ride, let it ease into you and maybe you’ll find yourself in a different place altogether.”

Style: Pale Ale (w/ coconut)
Availability: Draft only
Arrival: April 9 2013

5.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay