Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Awesome Beer of the Week: Oskar Blues's Dale's Pale Ale

Dale's Pale Ale by Oskar Blues is a really straightforward beer. It's simple, it's sweet, it's malty, it's hoppy. There's no pussyfooting around with anything else. And it comes in a can.

It's also totally delicious. Despite all cultural indications to the contrary, it's probably better for beers to be in cans: beer is sensitive to both light and air, and bottles (though brown is better than green) let in more of both.

So here's to Dale, whoever he is. Seems he's on to something.


3 comments:

  1. a lot of bars down here in DC are starting to sell more beers in cans, including more obscure premium beers. in fact, Red Derby in Coumbia Heights sells beers only in cans, though I think this is just copying what NYC bars have done. funny that beer in cans is less affected than in bottles, kinda goes against what most would assume.

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  2. Ugh. This just serves to remind me that I can't find a decent beer in Botswana. Seriously, the BEST beer I've been able to buy in Heineken.... eewww.

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  3. a lot of bars down here in DC are starting to sell more beers in cans, including more obscure premium beers.

    Ah, interesting. The best deals in NYC are definitely the "10 buds in a bucket" type deals, though the downside is that you can only drink budweiser. I'm pumped to see more cans, not just because it's probably better for the beer, but cause it slips under the "we should charge a lot for this" radar.

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