Favorite Pale Ale

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  1. WellRested518

    WellRested518 Initiate (0) Mar 7, 2014 New York

    What is Enlightenment?
     
    #21 WellRested518, Feb 17, 2015
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  2. BalancingBrooms

    BalancingBrooms Pooh-Bah (2,894) Aug 22, 2013 California
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    Two Brothers: Sidekick
    Main Brewing Co: A Tiny Beautiful Something
    Firestone Walker: Pale 31
     
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  3. Zetcha7x

    Zetcha7x Initiate (0) Feb 17, 2014 Pennsylvania

    J.A.W.N.-Neshaminy Creek
    Red Chair NWPA-Deschutes
    Dale's-Oscar Blues

    ...no Zombie Dust or Alpha King in PA...
     
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  4. superspak

    superspak Grand High Pooh-Bah (10,927) May 5, 2010 North Carolina
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    Odd Side CPA
    Alaskan Big Mountain
    Great Lakes Burning River
     
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  5. HoptimusPrimeIPA

    HoptimusPrimeIPA Initiate (0) Dec 11, 2010 Florida

    Zombie Dust
    Invasion
     
    #25 HoptimusPrimeIPA, Feb 17, 2015
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  6. JoppaHoppa

    JoppaHoppa Initiate (0) Nov 27, 2014 Massachusetts

    Love Sierra Nevada.
     
    #26 JoppaHoppa, Feb 17, 2015
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  7. drinkin-beeers

    drinkin-beeers Initiate (0) Jan 29, 2014 Montana

    SNPA
    Dales- Oskar blues
    Field 41- bale breaker
    Universal- Fremont
     
    #27 drinkin-beeers, Feb 17, 2015
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  8. Boca-X

    Boca-X Initiate (0) Jan 21, 2014 Missouri

    In order...

    Dale,s
    Fire Rock
    Zeke's
    Red Chair
     
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  9. evilcatfish

    evilcatfish Pooh-Bah (2,116) May 11, 2012 Missouri
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    Sierra Nevada. Duh

    I do like Deschutes Red Chair as well though
     
    #29 evilcatfish, Feb 17, 2015
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  10. Smokesnotes

    Smokesnotes Initiate (0) Apr 26, 2014 Michigan

    New Glarus Moon Man... Trade for it... Now.
     
    #30 Smokesnotes, Feb 17, 2015
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  11. TaborTime

    TaborTime Pundit (928) Dec 10, 2013 Oregon
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    Barley Brown's Hand Truck.
     
    #31 TaborTime, Feb 17, 2015
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  12. CorporalKarel

    CorporalKarel Initiate (0) Feb 8, 2014 Nebraska

    Deschutes Red Chair NWPA
    Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale
    Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
     
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  13. bubseymour

    bubseymour Grand Pooh-Bah (4,800) Oct 30, 2010 Maryland
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    HF Edward and Nelson Sauvin hands down. How they pulled that flavor and body off at 5.2% is still a milestone achievement in brewing IMO. Alpha King was great but at 6.66% its just like Zombie and not really a true Pale Ale IMO.

    Also really liked Deshutes Mirror Pond and Smuttynose Shoals (which I can't never find anymore, despite wide Smutty distro in my area).

    Honorable mention: Milkhouse Brewery in MD, recently made really solid Pale Ale called Plowshare. Hope they make that one again. One of the better pale ales out there.
     
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  14. boilermakerbrew

    boilermakerbrew Initiate (0) Aug 13, 2010 Indiana

    Great Lakes Burning River. My reviews may say Zombie Dust, but when I got a fresh bottle of Burning River, it was pretty damn good.
     
    #34 boilermakerbrew, Feb 17, 2015
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  15. bleakies

    bleakies Maven (1,355) Apr 11, 2011 Massachusetts

    Pretty Things Hedgerow Bitter was my favorite but it was discontinued.
    Timothy Taylor Landlord was another favorite but I hardly ever find it.
    Maine Beer Co. MO is my current fave but it's too pricey for me to drink all the time.
    SNPA, Victory Headwaters, and Firestone Walker Pale 31 will do just fine.
     
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  16. TCJ0100

    TCJ0100 Initiate (0) Oct 9, 2014 California

    Alpha King, just an amazing beer really.
     
    #36 TCJ0100, Feb 17, 2015
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  17. thomas_marbach

    thomas_marbach Initiate (0) Jan 28, 2014 Texas

    Sierra Nevada is up there but Nebraska Brewing makes a pretty legit pale ale. It's in my top five for that style.
     
    #37 thomas_marbach, Feb 17, 2015
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  18. JamesonTrades

    JamesonTrades Initiate (198) Mar 23, 2014 Connecticut
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    Maine's MO
     
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  19. fudsquat

    fudsquat Initiate (0) Feb 5, 2010 Ohio

    Sierra Nevada, definitely #1, Geary's, Burning River, Middle Ages in that order. (Can't get Geary's or Middle Ages here in Ohio unfortunately.)
     
    #39 fudsquat, Feb 17, 2015
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  20. Jeph222

    Jeph222 Initiate (0) Oct 23, 2014 Pennsylvania

    Red chair nwpa
     
    #40 Jeph222, Feb 17, 2015
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