Pale Ale appreciation thread

Alarmist Pantless is good had it on-site yesterday

 

Okay, so I had me a Beer for Lounging today and I have to say, heck yeah -- I definitely get the SNPA influence in this beer. It's not a complete clone (should it be?), but I certainly pick up the parallel characteristics.

Review to come, but a very satisfying APA.

I didn't keep @GuyFawkes in the above quote because I wanted my post to be general to the thread.

 

Did you ever get to this side by side tasting?

fresh pale ale alert! Odell Wolf Picker is out in the market and tastes fantastic. New school pale ale with an experimental hop. Bodem style pale ale

 

Pale ale is a big topic. I'll keep to two styles: 1) US post-prohibition ales with golden body, and often well hopped. Prototype would be Ballantine Ale or McSorleys as they tasted in the 70s. In the late 90s and early 2000s my favorite in the style was Blue Point Pale Ale (rest in peace). I've been looking for a new one for several years. 2) English style pale ale. For years, my favorite beer all around was Blue Point ESB (also disappeared). Current US made favorite is Montauk Driftwood Pale Ale. Fairly malty and mellow.

 

This one is really good. They actually won a bronze GABF medal with it.

Another one I'm surprised not seeing in this thread is Maplewood's Charlatan. It's probably my personal pale ale go-to. It's pretty tasty and very modern in a sense. It still has that classic dankness, but with a hint of fruit.

 

I just finished my last Beer for Lounging- i really like this beer! It grows on you.

i wasn’t thrilled with the first, since I had it after a lot of west coast ipas, but each one after really grew on me. I wish that I bought more.

I’d like to have more pale ales available locally. I’ve tried the Midwest Coast, but it has too much of a roasted malt character, so it seems more like a brown ale- but that could just be my perception.

Any suggestions for a good British style pale ale? I hope to make it out to Art History to try theirs.

 

Just got back from a trip to Boston, and enjoying a Night Shift Whirlpool. I'd forgotten how good this one is. It's hazy and not a traditional pale, but fruity and crushable at 4.5%

 

When I heard Tuna was being retired, I expected Gull to replace it. It turned out it would be replaced by Tome. I get the hazy decision, but Smoking Gull is so damn good… I wish it would have been Tunas replacement

 

Tome is for Gull-able people.

 

Is this where we talking about pale ales of all ABVs? I thought we had a west coast ipa thread, but can’t seem to find it.
For now, my compliments to Penrose will go here. Scars Are Beautiful is a classic dank San Diego ipa. Very pale, all the hops that made California famous. Bonus, it’s raising money for a good cause. Raising money for cancer research. Damn good dank west coast ipa clocks in at 6%

 

Anybody try the Goose island/Blackhawks Pale Ale? Had it the other day and it was decent.

 

The malt base on No Plans is like a less bitter more modern take on Green Line. The hops are also citrus forward hops. Its astoundingly easy to drink but nothing revelatory or beyond buying a cheap pack of it at the grocery store.

 

I tried one for the first time yesterday and though it was solid (rated it 4.0 overall). Similar take with Jplachy, liked the malt and hops flavors, light and easy in terms of ABV and bitterness. These are available in 15 packs as well, though I was told this is the last Chicago brewed GI seasonal that will be sold under the 15 pack format (year round AB brewed beers like IPA and 312 will remain available as 15 packs).

https://www.gooseisland.com/beers/seasonal-beers/no-plans-pale-ale

 

Phase Three Pixel Density Lite. 4.5% all-Citra hazy pale, I hope I can get cases of it this summer

 

Roaring Table has a new one coming out this week called Definition Drift. Sounds like a West Coast hazy, or a modern pale ale kind of take.