PALE ALESOne of the PALE ALES most senior and respected members recently passed away, Joe Scarlata, on June 9th 2013 while visiting family in Denver. Our own Joe Bair gave a fitting eulogy during the funeral service. The next time you have a porter, tip your glass for a true gentle and wise man. Rest in […]
Another year, another Big Brew down in history… meeting again on the Suydam property in Franklin, the PALE ALES turned out 200+ gallons of homebrew! A big thanks to Paul and Robin for having us there, and everyone who showed up and had some fun! Got pictures I haven’t posted? Send them in and I’ll […]
Similar to previous years, we are having our club-only competition this March 17th at Pizzeria Uno in Hamilton NJ at 2 pm! It also happens to be St. Patrick’s Day, but I hope to not see any green beer coming out of any competitor’s bottles… As is typical, I encourage all to come out for […]
Matt and Brandon of Triumph New Hope had the chance to show us around Triumph New Hope. The second brewpub built of the three in total, we got a behind-the-scenes look at what makes this location different in terms of operations. The brewhouse has a great view, but I would guess it gets really hot […]
Wade Gerhardt, the vintage ale rep from Goose Island, showed off that although the brewery was purchased by AB-Inbev, they aren’t laying eggs. While many were quick to note they had indeed sold out, Wade also mentioned how it took 9 months for AB-Inbev to get one of the beers correct. That’s right. Every week, […]
On Saturday October 27th, a few choice PALE ALEs members ventured out to the Keystone Homebrew supply for a brew day. The purpose? To brew an entry for the Keystone Homebrew Club Barrel Brew Championship! Keystone Homebrew supply was nice enough to allow clubs entering a choice of a freshly used whiskey or applejack barrel […]
On Friday October 12th, The Promise Culinary School, Suydam Farms, and the PALE ALES teamed up for a Farm to Table evening of local brew and seasonal foods to benefit Elijah’s Promise. Elijah’s Promise began as a volunteer New Brunswick soup kitchen, and has evolved into a culinary school and job creation enterprise that helps […]
Located in North Rhine-Westphalia, the capital city of Düsseldorf lays claim to having the longest bar in the world. Walking around casually, you see a modern and efficient German city which looks like what you might expect given that much of the city was rebuilt after being bombed quite thoroughly. But where is such a […]
Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love. And perhaps, the greatest beer city in the US as it is now called by many. Knowing this, we had a little pub crawl to see just how great things are going. Starting at Nodding Head, some berliner weiss (award winning no less) was a nice and refreshing inbibe. […]
Across two locations (Suydam Farms and Princeton Homebrew) our homebrew club was hard brewing for National Homebrew day. Following PALE ALES tradition, the recommended recipes from the AHA were turned down in favor of a different recipe: Brown ale threeway. A good grist of optic malt, carapils, crystal 40L, and carafa III special laid a […]