Yes, that’s right — the PALE ALES were at the Harvest Moon Brewery on the actual Harvest Moon of 2011. And what a night it was. For those of you that may have skipped this meeting because you hadn’t been impressed with HM’s selections of the past — its time to give them another try. […]
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Philly Pub Crawl this Saturday!!
We’re starting at Monks and wrapping up at the new Frankford Beer Garden. Check out the calendar page for all the details. And for the love of God, start exercising your liver! Here’s a map of the adventure: View 2011 PALE ALES Philly Pub Crawl in a larger map
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Dead Soldiers – Stylewise
Don’t know how many of you get Joe Six Pack (aka Don Russel). In particular, I found this article on defunct styles interesting, as I must confess I was not familiar with most of them. (If you have ever heard of a Kentucky Common, my hat is off to you!). I have had the Polish […]
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Kane Brewery Tour
Over 30 PALE ALERS trekked out to the Kane Brewery last night just outside Asbury Park. Michael, Glenn, and Clay were on hand to take us on a tour of their 7,500 square foot brewhouse. According to Michael Kane, it was exactly a year ago that they signed their lease and started retrofitting the building […]
The PALE ALES are planning to hold a group brew event in October 2011 where all members would brew a traditional English porter. Several members have invested a lot of time and energy into this, and we are hoping that you will find this as exciting as we do! If you have a minute, please […]
Many thanks to Paul Corkery and his wife Robin for hosting us at their home. The grill was cranking out some great food and the corn was easily the best I have had so far this year. Good thing we had some beer to wash it all down! We had about 30 folks in attendance […]
Ed “Willie Wonka” Goracy of Hub City was an amazing host last night. Not only did we get to tour one of the largest beer warehouses in the State (Great Wall of Coors by Kate), but we got to try some really special beers. I was incorrect in my email yesterday about which “deconstruction” beer […]
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May 2011 Update
Greetings Homebrewers! It’s an honor to be given the chance to take the helm of PALE ALES. The Board and I are very excited about picking up on the ongoing initiatives and seeing them through as well as starting a few new ones of our own. But before I go on, I’d like to publicly […]
One of our biggest and best Big Brews so far! We brewed over 125 gallons of beer with a mix of over 20 brewers. Saw quite a few visitors, lots of great beer and food, and a few new members; not to mention the backdraft flare from a propane burner (mine actually), and a few […]