Pale Ales

Summer Cans Arrive!

Brooklyn Brewing’s Summer is the brewery’s popular summer seasonal.  Brooklyn calls it a “modern rendition of the light dinner ale.”  In 2011, Brooklyn joins the can revolution introducing Summer Ale in this growing popular format.

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More Dogfish For Eataly

Dogfish Head Brewing has another beer destined for Eataly in New York City – Eataly Thyme Pale Ale.   Eataly is a supermarket & series of restaurants in Manhattan.  The rooftop to be opened soon is called Birriera is slated Continue Reading →

Eataly Pale Ale For The New Yorkers

SPECULATION:  Eataly Pale Ale by Dogfish Head Brewing is/will be one of the house beers for La Birreria, a part of Eataly in New York City.  La Birreria opens soon.  Check out the description from Eataly’s website:

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Bridgeport’s Summer Squeeze

The name is catchy enough.  Bridgeport Brewing is adding “Summer Squeeze” to their seasonal lineup.  The beer features Yuzu, a fruit that looks like an yellow orange originating in China.  The fruit grows on a small thorny tree.  Flavor of Continue Reading →

NEW RELEASE: Highland Little Hump Spring

New from Highland Brewing Company (Asheville, NC) is Little Hump Spring Ale.  I hope you aren’t too mature to not giggle at the name.  Little Hump Mountain is a mountain summit in Avery County in  North Carolina.  Little Hump Mountain Continue Reading →

CASK(S) ALERT: Atlanta

Today – Friday February 18th – a few casks tap around Atlanta…

Peak Brewing’s – Spring Simcoe Ale.  Pale Ale, 5.2% ABV.  All organic American Pale brewed with simcoe hops.  Bright, fresh hop flavors, with a sweet light malt finish.  Great Continue Reading →

Victory Headwaters Pale Debuts

Victory Brewing celebrated 15 years of brewing on February 15, 2011.  For the occasion, Victory has released “Headwaters Pale Ale”.   The name Headwaters refers to the Downingtown, Pennsylvania’s most prized asset – Brandywine Creek.  The water comes from a Continue Reading →

Posted in Brooklyn Brewing, New Releases

Summer Cans Arrive!

Brooklyn Brewing’s Summer is the brewery’s popular summer seasonal.  Brooklyn calls it a “modern rendition of the light dinner ale.”  In 2011, Brooklyn joins the can revolution introducing Summer Ale in this growing popular format.

Style: English Pale Ale
Hops: German Perle, American Cascade, Fuggle, Amarillo
Malts: 2 Row British Malts

Taste Expectations: Bready, fruity w/ a hint of lemon & citrus.  Light & easy drinking
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft. 12oz cans.   April-July, seasonally

5% ABV

Pic: Brooklyn Blog

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Dogfish Head

More Dogfish For Eataly

Dogfish Head Brewing has another beer destined for Eataly in New York City – Eataly Thyme Pale Ale.   Eataly is a supermarket & series of restaurants in Manhattan.  The rooftop to be opened soon is called Birriera is slated to be open any day now.   The rooftop brewpub will feature beers from DFH, Birra Baladin, & Birra Del Borgo.  The food is being designed by Mario Batali.

I can assume due to the name, this beer is destined for the rooftop tap handles.  Thyme as an herb add a lemony flavor to food/beer.  Add it to a pale ale & it’s perfect for pairing.

Style: Pale Ale

?? ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Dogfish Head

Eataly Pale Ale For The New Yorkers

SPECULATION:  Eataly Pale Ale by Dogfish Head Brewing is/will be one of the house beers for La Birreria, a part of Eataly in New York City.  La Birreria opens soon.  Check out the description from Eataly’s website:

La Birreria is a rooftop restaurant and brewery that will offer the highest quality beer and food under the stars and skyline. In collaboration with  Dogfish Head, Baladin and Del Borgo, we will be brewing unfiltered,unpasteurized and naturally carbonated Cask Ales just 30 ft from where you’ll sit, eat and drink. Each will be served through traditional hand pumps, at the perfect temperature, so you can enjoy our beers in the most natural and traditional way

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Bridgeport Brewing, Coming Soon

Bridgeport’s Summer Squeeze

The name is catchy enough.  Bridgeport Brewing is adding “Summer Squeeze” to their seasonal lineup.  The beer features Yuzu, a fruit that looks like an yellow orange originating in China.  The fruit grows on a small thorny tree.  Flavor of the Yuzu is tart, with some resemblances to Mandarin orange.  Yuzu is used in a lot of dishes where lemon would have been present.  Lemongrass, the second ingredient featured in this upcoming release is native to the Philippines.  Lemongrass is very citrusy.  There’s a reason Bridgeport calls Squeeze a “Bright Ale.”

Label:
Meet your new Summer Squeeze.  The refreshing brew infused with lemongrass and yuzu, the exotic asian citrus fruit.  The result is bright and crisp with a complex citrus finishe. Perfect for hot days.

Style: Pale Ale?
Availability: 12oz/6pks. Draft.
Arrival: Summer, 2011.

Tagline: This is one summer crush you won’t soon forget.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Highland Brewing, New Launches

NEW RELEASE: Highland Little Hump Spring

New from Highland Brewing Company (Asheville, NC) is Little Hump Spring Ale.  I hope you aren’t too mature to not giggle at the name.  Little Hump Mountain is a mountain summit in Avery County in  North Carolina.  Little Hump Mountain climbs to 5,207 feet above sea level.  I can only assume Highland named the spring ale after the mountain well – because warm weather – hiking – etc.  This spring ale is here, getting hiking, get drinking.

Commercial Description:
This American Pale Ale is a refreshing session beer meticulously handcrafted with a unique Highland twist. Brewed with grains from America’s heartland, using Simcoe hops for bittering and dry hopped with Amarillo and Cascade for aromatics, this beer finishes crisp and clean. It is a palate pleasing seasonal experience.

Style: American Pale Ale

Taste Expectations: Fresh hops – Lemon & Citrus.  Toasted grain.  Crisp, clean, easy drinking.

Availability: 12oz/6pks.  Draft.  Spring seasonal.

4.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Casks, Peak Organic Brewing

CASK(S) ALERT: Atlanta

Today – Friday February 18th – a few casks tap around Atlanta…

Peak Brewing’s – Spring Simcoe Ale.  Pale Ale, 5.2% ABV.  All organic American Pale brewed with simcoe hops.  Bright, fresh hop flavors, with a sweet light malt finish.  Great warm weather cask.  Taps 5pm @TacoMacDecatur , @TacoMacEllard

Harvey & Son – Lewes Castle Brown Ale. English Brown Ale, 4.8% ABV.  English ale with hints of chocolate, vanilla.  Some fruit notes. True English Brown. Taps 6pm @PorterBeerBar

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, Victory Brewing Company

Victory Headwaters Pale Debuts

Victory Brewing celebrated 15 years of brewing on February 15, 2011.  For the occasion, Victory has released “Headwaters Pale Ale”.   The name Headwaters refers to the Downingtown, Pennsylvania’s most prized asset – Brandywine Creek.  The water comes from a branch of the creek 14 miles away.  Victory’s blog describes it the best:

Chief among those assets is the pure water we receive from the East Branch of the Brandywine Creek that begins its journey to us just under 14 miles from where we brew with it. We’ll be celebrating this water (insert your lite beer joke here) with our anniversary beer, Headwaters Pale Ale, due to be released February 15, 2011. Now, considering that beer is the product of four simple ingredients and the three other than water rely on water for their existence, we’ve had a fair amount of latitude in paying homage to water in our beer. So, we’ve played all of our cards deftly, bringing the hops, malt and yeast in harmony, with our great local water as the conductor in Headwaters Pale Ale.

Style: American Pale Ale

Taste Expectations: Dry, crisp & clean.  Nice cereal grain flavor.  Light citrus hop flavor.

Availability: 12oz/6pks.  Draft.

by Reid Ramsay