A reminder that today's popular craft beer brewers stand on the shoulders of who came before. A lot of us, myself included, are guilty of pooh poohing Hale's Ales these days, so Kendall's article about their 35th anniversary is a good reminder of how important Mike Hale and other early pioneers were to this state's craft beer scene by, well, establishing it. http://www.washingtonbeerblog.com/hales-ale-brewery-celebrates-35th-anniversary/
Me too. As a matter of fact, I had one about a month ago. I couldn't tell you when I had any other from them, however. They've been gone from Spokane (the brewery, I mean) so long now that the nostalgia market isn't really here for them anymore, so I don't see them on tap very often at my usuals these days.
Ironically, it's the only brewery in Ballard I have been to. My brother and I went there sometime in the late 90s or early 00s, when he still lived in Seattle.
I would like to have a Supergoose for old times sake but you don't see it on the shelves anymore like you used to.
At the brewery Hales has 6packs for $6.50 plus tax. At this point that is one of the better deals in all of craft beer
Haven't had it in a while, but back in the day I used to enjoy their O'Brien's ale, and looked forward to it's release each fall. Speaking of Supergoose, I used to see it on a pretty regular basis down here in PDX. However, it's been some time since I last saw it anywhere (probably a couple of years now), which is unfortunate. Like Pallet Jack from Barley Brown, Supergoose was always a fall back beer for me, if I didn't see anything else on a tap list that was appealing. I thought it was always a reliably good IPA/DIPA.
Hale's was always on tap at Rico's in Pullman when I came of pub age. It was the first craft beer for me and probably many others. O'Brien's Harvest Ale was my jam back in the day.
