Hoppiest Sessionable Ale

Easily acquired vote: Lagunitas Daytime, Victory Headwaters.

Local vote: NEBCO Galaxy Pale Ale. 4.4% and just a mindblowing amount of Galaxy hops.

 

HopDevil is borderline sessionable.

 

Surprised no one has mentioned some of Toppling Goliath's APA's - Millennium Falcon, PseudoSue, and ZeeLander are all fantastic.

+1 to NEBCO Galaxy, HF Edward, and Lagunitas Daytime

 

21st Ammendment's Bitter American is 4.2% ABV and as as much hop flavor as most american pale ales, and even many IPAs. It regularly frequents my fridge.

 

I sure as hell drink it like it is.

 

NEBCO Galaxy is my #1 - also, Founders Harvest (if I could ever get enough of it in Mass to session it...), DayTime, HF Edward.

I also do like the hoppy pils for this - Prima Pils, Noble Pils (best beer BBC makes).

 

Herbaceous from Smuttynose. From their short batch series. 4.35% Superhop forward & crisp. Could drink it all day!

 

Bitter American is one my favorite session IPAs, and as a bonus it comes in cans.

 

Anti-Hero IPA by revolution

 

Firestone Walker Pale 31

 

Definitely Founders All Day IPA and Sam Adams Double Agent IPL

 

this thread itself has actually been relatively devoid of debate over the term(s). the OP made a smart choice and used session-able.

"drink one less" is not always preferable. you also have to compensate for the diuretic effect of alcohol, especially at higher gravities. the lower ABV the beer, the less water you have to drink. below 4% ABV, beer starts to become hydrating, thus making it a far more socially quaffable beverage - you don't always have to double fist with a glass of water.

 

At 3.8% abv, Drake's Alpha Session is quite hoppy/delicious.

 

Yep, you really don't get it.

 

Another vote for Lagunitas Day Time.

 

I like the Jabby Brau recommendation. Thanks, BlackBelt.
Row 2, Hill 56 was damn tasty when we were in Santa Rosa for PtY.
Lawson's Paradise Pale Ale is another option. It's under 5%.

 

To add to this, if we eliminate the terms "session" or more appropriate for US-based websites "sessionable" and simply ask for beers people think are "low abv" or "easy to drink" you'll get a WIDE variety of answers. Heady Topper may be incredibly easy for me to drink, but at 8% that's going to catch up to me. And Flower Power at 7.5% may be "low abv" to me if I regularly drink Russian Imperial stouts at 10%.

Using the term "sessionable" at least narrows the range of beers people suggest.

 

A pity it tastes so unbelievably bad. My least favorite Mikkeller.

 

CCB Invasion Pale Ale

 

Carton Brewing's Boat Beer is probably my favorite hoppy session beer. Won't find it in Vegas though.