Pale Ale

by AnneInMpls 13 years ago

Whenever I drink a beer, I get so sleepy that I can barely keep my eyes open. Is it the hops? It can't be the just alcohol - wine and vodka don't make me sleepy like beer. Has anyone else no...

I picked up a 12-pack of Bass Ale this weekend after a having gone quite a while without buying any for whatever reason and I was astonished as to how bad it tasted. NOTHING like the Bass Ale I re...

Last Saturday had a chance to slip over to a favorite micro-bar and try a nice range of 6 pale ales on tap. Set up a couple sampler flights, not tasted blind. The candidates: Stone Ruination Re...

by kaleokahu 5 years ago

What would it be? With food and by itself, hot weather or cold, one glass or an all-day session, just one. Which one? Why?

So, have some time in Los Angeles, let's try a couple highly-rated California pale ales... The candidates: AleSmith IPA Ballast Point Sculpin Actual tasting notes follow: BEER 1: Initially qu...

I have a long-running tasting series on "everyday" pale ales, beers of lower to medium ABV that are more suitable for "everyday drinking" but not as ambitious as the imperials and double-imperials:...

In super-beers, my tastes tend to run to monster IPA's, imperials, doubles, etc. But the drawback is these can run 8 - 9 - 10% ABV or higher. One bottle of them and you're tipping, two is like 4 of...

by Tripeler 5 years ago

For a change of pace from my usual West Coast Style IPA, last night I had a bottle of Brooklyn East India Pale Ale. Said to be "English style," it was quite good and while not the usual hop bomb I ...

Lagunitas Hop Stoopid has been one of my favorite big IPAs since the company entered my part of the country several years ago. It's a great, rich-flavored complex IPA that really holds it's own wit...

I've looked everywhere for Cháu Tiên Pale Ale in the San Gabriel Valley area (mainly in Monterey Mark, along the Valley Blvd and nearby cities), but couldn't find it. Places I've tried including H...

by madgreek 12 years ago

I can't get enough of Sammie Smith's. The problem is, they're about $4.00 a bottle, and the places I get it from don't turn it over fast enough, which results in poor quality a lot of the time. Whe...

do you like it. MINNESOTA FOLK: is it available on tap in Minneapolis-StPaul??

Asimov & Co. tasted a variety of great Belgian beers, the article is informative. He is a wine writer who also likes beer. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/22/dining/22wine.html?ex=1188705600&en=4a...

Maybe it's been one of those things - blind spots, or when you just don't see what's been under your nose day in and day out, until suddenly you see it as never before... But, the question is, h...