Live (Southern Tier Brewing)

Whenever I go back to the Midwest I try to get my hands on as many Southern Tier beers as possible. Sadly this was the only one I got to sample this time around.

LIVE is a bottle conditioned American Pale Ale with a 5.5% ABV.

Daisy Cutter Pale Ale (Half Acre Beer Company)

Half Acre Beer Company became known to me a few years ago due to their amazing label art. I’ve admitted before that I’ve been known to judge a beer by its cover, and Half Acre has some of the best in the business. Just check out their website and try to tell me I’m wrong (http://halfacrebeer.com/beer/). It also doesn’t hurt that their flagship beer is consider one of the best in its style. Which brings us to today’s review.

DAISY CUTTER PALE ALE is an American Pale Ale that is available year-round in awesome 16 oz. cans. It has an impressive 60 IBUs and a drinkable 5.2% ABV.

California Pale Ale (FiftyFifty Brewing)

My second offering from FiftyFifty was a beer listed on the beer board as simply CAPA. Once I was able to peruse their beer menu I decided it sounded like a great second beer.

CALIFORNIA PALE ALE is an American Pale Ale with 45 IBUs and a 6% ABV.

Zombie Dust (Three Floyds Brewing)

Like many of you out there I am a beer hunter. One who actively seeks out those beers that have been deemed “the best in the world”. Here recently I’ve been able to get my hands on some of these esteemed brews and they have lived up to the hype. This is one of them.

ZOMBIE DUST is an American Pale Ale with 60 IBUs and a 6.4% ABV.

Citywalk Pale Ale (Karl Strauss Brewery)

Ever since I moved out of North Hollywood I don’t go to Karl Strauss Brewery as often as I’d like. Once in a while I’ll make my way back to Citywalk with hopes of trying a new beer or two. I found myself at Karl Strauss this past Wednesday and they had a couple of beers on tap that caught my eye. There was a couple big guys on the beer board, so I decided to start it simple and go with a Pale Ale.

CITYWALK PALE ALE is an American Pale Ale.

Pants Optional Pale Ale (Port Brewing/Pizza Port)

Pale Ales are always a good way to kick off a night of drinking. They’re usually flavorful, but not too big. Have just enough booze, without getting you drunk after one beer. And give you a little blast of hoppy goodness to wake up your palate. PANTS OPTIONAL PALE ALE has all this plus the benefit of an awesome name.

Pants Optional is an American Pale Ale with a 6.6% ABV.

Happy Hops (Russian River Brewing)

For this round I wanted something more “drinkable” to go with my meal. I saw HAPPY HOPS on the board and thought, “A pale ale? That would go splendidly with my meal!”. And it was.

Happy Hops is a mixture of a blonde ale and a pale ale. This hard to categorize brew has an easy-drinking 5.56% ABV.

Spencer’s Gold (Deschutes Brewery)

After the big hop bombs at Silver Moon and the chocolate sweetness of Afterschool Special, I was looking for something mild to finish off the night. I decided a nice little American Pale Ale would be a great way to close out the night at Deschutes. Being that their Mirror Pond Pale Ale is so tasty I figured that their Spencer’s Gold would be equally as fantastic. Well, I was half right. Spencer’s Gold is a mild beer with 45 IBUs and a simple 4.5% ABV.

Nirvana Pale Ale (The Brewhouse)

I few weeks back I took a random trip to Santa Barbara, California. While up there I was told that the Brewhouse was the place to go for good food and good beer, so I jumped in my car and headed that way. I was craving a little bit of hops so I ordered the Nirvana Pale Ale. This American Pale Ale is one of their year-round brews and has an easy drinking 5.5% ABV. 

Red Chair NWPA (Deschutes Brewery)

Red Chair NWPA (Northwest Pale Ale) is a seasonal brew from Oregon’s Deschutes Brewery. This American Pale Ale has 60 IBUs, a 6.2% ABV and is available January-May.