Archive for the ‘Ale’ Category

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Type: Enlightened Black Ale

Calories: 205 (source)

Carbs: ?

Alcohol: 5.6% by volume

Brewery: New Belgium Brewing Company

Web Site: 1554 @ New Belgium Brewing Company

Notes:

The reason an American Ale is called an “American Ale” is because it grew out of the British style of beer.  Of course there are a lot of different styles of beer, but the penultimate British style of beer is Bitters.  A draught bitter is served flat and warm.  

To understand the American Ale, you really need to contrast it to the British style.  An American Ale is always served cold and always carbonated.  But both of these things (carbonated and cold) serve to de-emphasize the flavor of the hops.  So the primary characteristics of the American Ale are that it is cold, carbonated and less hopped than the British.

Primarily the same as the Golden Ale Description, but it will use American Hops.   American Ales are not bittered to the same extent as many European styles and not as aromatic.  It was popularized by the large brewers (e.g. Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company).  It is served cold, unlike British beers which are served at room temperature.  It is intended to be thirst quenching and easy drinking, without being particularly high calorie or “filling”.

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Type: Apricot Ale

Calories: ?

Carbs: ?

Alcohol: 5.1% by volume

Brewery: Pyramid Brewing Co.

Web Site: Audacious Apricot Ale @ Pyramid Brewing Co.

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Type: Spring Ale

Calories: 174

Carbs: 13

Alcohol: 5.9% by volume

Brewery: Redhook Ale Brewery

Web Site:  Copper Hook @ Redhook Ale Brewery

Notes:

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Type: Amber Ale

Calories: ??

Carbs: ??

Alcohol: ??% by volume

Brewery:  Moab Brewery

Web Site: Dead Horse Ale @ Moab Brewery

Notes:

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Type: India Pale Ale

Calories: 294 (source)

Carbs: ??

Alcohol: 6% by volume

Brewery: Dogfish Head Craft Brewery

Web Site: 60 Minute IPA at Dogfish.com

Notes:  Originally released in Feburary 2003.

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Type: Pale Ale

Calories: 187 (Source)

Carbs: ??

Alcohol: 5.7% by volume

Brewery: Widmer Brothers

Web Site: Drifter at Widmer Brothers

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Type: amber ale 

Calories: 160

Carbs: 15g

Alcohol Content: 5.2%

Brewery: New Belgium Brewing Company

Web Site: Fat Tire @ New Belgium Brewing Company

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Type: Pale Ale

Calories: ??

Carbs:  ??

Alcohol: 4.9% by volume

Brewery:  Salt Lake Brewing Company

Web Site:  Full Suspension Pale Ale @ Salt Lake Brewing Company

Notes:

Golden refers to the color of the brew.  

The color comes from the malt used.  Golden will be produced by a mixture of light colored malts.  They may increase the alcohol content by putting in rice syrup solids, which is essentially a colorless malt, or some other form (rice syrup is the most common).  

See Ale Description