Great American Craft "Bridge Beers"

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Anchor Liberty Ale

Product - Anchor Liberty Ale
Brewed By: 
Anchor
Self-Defined Style: 
American Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.0% ABV

A special top-fermenting ale yeast is used during fermentation and is responsible for many of Liberty Ale's subtle flavors and characteristics. Carbonation is produced by an entirely natural process called "bunging," which produces champagne-like bubbles. Dry-hopping (adding fresh hops to the brew during aging), imparts a unique aroma to the ale. It is a process rarely used in this country today.

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Anchor Steam

Product - Anchor Steam Beer
Brewed By: 
Anchor
Self-Defined Style: 
Steam Beer
Strength (ABV): 
4.9% ABV

San Francisco's famous Anchor Steam®, the classic of American brewing tradition since 1896, is virtually handmade, with an exceptional respect for the ancient art of brewing. The deep amber color, thick creamy head, and rich flavor all testify to our traditional brewing methods. Anchor Steam is unique, for our brewing process has evolved over many decades and is like no other in the world.

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Beach Bum Blonde Ale

Product - Beach Bum Blonde Ale
Brewed By: 
Michelob
Self-Defined Style: 
Blonde Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.4% ABV

Deep golden in color, Beach Bum is an all-malt, American blonde ale brewed with the finest pale and caramel roasted barley malts and dry hopped with the choicest imported Alsace and Hallertau hops, and Cascade hops which lend a pleasant hop aroma and a slightly spice and fruity taste.

Best With: 
The carbonation of Beach Bum Blonde Ale and its clean, crisp taste make it an ideal pairing with pizza and pub food such as quesadillas, nachos, mozzarella sticks.
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Breckenridge Avalanche Ale

Product - Breckenridge Avalanche Ale
Brewed By: 
Breckenridge
Self-Defined Style: 
American Amber
Strength (ABV): 
5.4% ABV

Subtlety. That's what makes our Avalanche amber ale such a treat. We blend pale and caramel malts - and just a kiss of bittering hops - to create a refreshing-but-flavorful, any-time beer. Aromas of pale grains, a semi-sweet middle and a clean-as-Colorado-snow finish make this our best-selling beer.

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Brooklyn Lager

Product - Brooklyn Lager
Brewed By: 
Brooklyn
Self-Defined Style: 
American Amber Lager
Strength (ABV): 
5.2% ABV

The award-winning Brooklyn Lager is amber-gold in color, and displays a firm malt center supported by a fine bitterness and floral hop aroma. Caramel malts show in the finish. The aromatic qualities of the beer are enhanced by "dry-hopping," the centuries-old practice of steeping the beer with fresh hops as it undergoes a long, cold maturation. The result is a wonderfully flavorful beer, smooth, refreshing and very versatile with food.

Best With: 
From the most modest picnics to the country's finest restaurants, Brooklyn Lager is enjoyed with everything from salads to steaks. Brooklyn Lager is at home with pizza, burgers, Mexican food, roasted chicken, barbecue, fried fish, pork, and Chinese dishes. In Denmark, people are enjoying it with pickled herring, in Japan they've been enjoying it with sushi for years, and in England people find it a fine accompaniment to classic fish and chips.
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Budweiser American Ale

Product - Budweiser American Ale
Brewed By: 
Budweiser Family
Self-Defined Style: 
American Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.3% ABV

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American-style amber ale. Budweiser American Ale has a robust taste that's full-bodied, but not too heavy or too bitter. Carefully brewed with the highest quality American ingredients, this rich, amber-colored, all malt ale delivers a satisfying bold taste with a bright hoppy finish. It's an ale that's distinctly American in character.

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Best With: 
Amber ales are great with anything off the backyard grill.
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Harpoon IPA

Product - Harpoon Ipa
Brewed By: 
Harpoon
Self-Defined Style: 
India Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.9% ABV

The high hopping of Harpoon IPA is not only noticeable in the nose but especially in the finish. The lingering bitter finish of this beer is not harsh or astringent, but crisp and pronounced. This is created, in part, by dry hopping - a technique that involves adding fresh hops to the conditioning beer to provide a fresh hop aroma.

Best With: 
Grilled seafood, Thai food, spicy chicken.
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Harpoon UFO Hefeweizen

Product - Harpoon UFO Hefeweizen
Brewed By: 
Harpoon
Self-Defined Style: 
Hefeweizen
Strength (ABV): 
4.8% ABV

This beer displays a cloudy golden color and a dense, frothy head. The yeast, which has not been filtered out, accounts for the cloudiness of UFO. Wheat malt tends to create a larger head than barley malt, the cereal grain most often used in brewing. The aroma has a faint but clear citrus-like character. This is produced by the special yeast and accounts for the Bavarian tradition of serving hefeweizens with a lemon. The lemon accentuates the yeast's fruity, tart fragrance. UFO has a soft mouth feel and a refreshing, light body.

Best With: 
Spicy foods and seafood.
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Full Sail Session Lager

Product - Full Sail Session
Brewed By: 
Full Sail
Self-Defined Style: 
Premium American Lager
Strength (ABV): 
5.1% ABV

How big a bummer was Prohibition? As if taking everyone's brew away wasn't bad enough, hundreds of little independent breweries that once made super tasty beers basically got worked. And when they went out of business, America not only lost the breweries, it lost what American beer used to taste like. Session is our way of bringing back the pre-Prohibition American Lager. It's an all-malt Continental Pilsner brewed with American and European hops, so it's flavorful, refreshing, and has a touch of that import-style taste.

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Full Sail Pale Ale

Product - Full Sail Pale Ale
Brewed By: 
Full Sail
Self-Defined Style: 
American Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.4% ABV

The way we see it, brewing a great Pale Ale is a lot like living a great life. It's all about finding the perfect balance. Between work and play, art and commerce, and yes, hops and barley. Dial in each flavor and nuance just right, and it's a beautiful thing. Our Pale Ale has a fresh, hoppy aroma that comes from two (top secret) Northwest hop varieties, while two-row Pale and Crystal malt give it a mild sweetness that finishes clean and crisp. Feeling out of whack? Put on some music, crack a Pale Ale, and readjust your balance.

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Full Sail Amber

Product - Full Sail Amber
Brewed By: 
Full Sail
Self-Defined Style: 
Amber Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.5% ABV

Anyone remember the grocery store cooler back before it turned into a kaleidoscopic fantasy world of beer options? You pretty much had two choices: Regular or Light. In 1989, when we brewed our first batch of Full Sail Amber, not only was it the first Amber ale here in Beer Mecca (aka Oregon) -- it was the first craft beer to go into a bottle. And two things became immediately apparent. It wasn't Regular and it sure as heck wasn't Light. Our Amber is a sweet, malty, medium-bodied ale with a spicy, floral hop finish. It's brewed with 2-row Pale, Crystal and Chocolate malts.

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Real Ale Fireman's #4

Product - Real Ale Firemans 4
Self-Defined Style: 
Blonde Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.1% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
21 IBU

This refreshing blonde ale strikes a perfect balance between the smoothness of the malt, the subtle fruitiness of our house ale yeast, and zesty citrus notes from Crystal hops.

Best With: 
Firemans #4 is a great way to beat the heat - enjoy it on a Texas summer day, or pair it with spicy foods to help put out the fire.
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Real Ale Full Moon Pale Rye Ale

Product - Real Ale Full Moon Rye
Self-Defined Style: 
American Rye Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.7% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
42 IBU

Tawny red and full of malt and hops, Full Moon’s unique flavor truly satisfies. The smooth sweetness of malted rye and barley is complemented by generous helpings of Willamette and Cascade hops, resulting in an assertive American amber ale.

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Real Ale Rio Blanco Pale Ale

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Self-Defined Style: 
American Style Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.3% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
26 IBU

Deep golden and malty, with a spicy hop flavor and well balanced hop bitterness, Rio Blanco is a uniquely Texan interpretation of an English-style pale ale. Czech Saaz hops provide a crisp finish and delicate aroma.

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Harpoon UFO White

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Brewed By: 
Harpoon
Self-Defined Style: 
Witbier
Strength (ABV): 
4.8% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
10 IBU

NEW UFO SIGHTING: Introducing UFO WHITE
(available April - October)

Light, crisp, refreshing UFO White follows in the tradition of spiced wheat beers that have been brewed in Belgium for well over 300 years. Brewed with orange peel and a unique blend of spices, UFO White is the perfect choice for a summer’s barbecue, a night out with friends or any time you¹re thirsting for something a little different.

Appearance: hazy, golden yellow
Aroma: strong aroma of coriander and orange
Mouth feel: on the sweeter side of wheat beers
Taste: orangey, sweet, cracker-y wheat

Best With: 
Shellfish, seafood, soft cheeses, and green salads
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Kona Longboard Lager

Product - Kona Longboard Lager
Brewed By: 
Kona
Self-Defined Style: 
Lager
Strength (ABV): 
4.6% ABV

Longboard Island Lager is a smooth refreshing lager fermented and aged for five weeks at cold temperatures to yield its exceptionally smooth flavor. A delicate, slightly spicy hop aroma complements the malty body of this beer.

Best With: 
Longboard Island Lager typically pairs well with lighter fare but has enough flavor and body to stand up to some heartier foods too. Try some with herb chicken on mixed greens, garlic twists, Greek pizza.
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Pyramid Haywire Hefeweizen

Product - Pyramid Hefe - 2012
Brewed By: 
Pyramid
Self-Defined Style: 
American Pale Wheat Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.2% ABV

Unfiltered – Like Life Itself

Brewed by the original Wheat Beer Pioneers, Pyramid Hefeweizen is our American take on the Bavarian classic, which is unfiltered for a very flavorful, yet remarkably refreshing taste. Pyramid Hefeweizen has won more awards than any beer in its class. No wonder Pyramid is considered the beer world’s wheat brew experts. Handcrafted with 60% malted wheat (10% more than Bavarian tradition calls for), our award-winning Hefeweizen is unsurpassed in quality and exceptionally smooth and refreshing.

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Redhook ESB

Product - Red Hook ESB '11
Brewed By: 
Redhook
Self-Defined Style: 
ESB
Strength (ABV): 
5.8% ABV

Redhook ESB is made with a careful blend of two-row Klages and Caramel 60 barley malts and two hop varieties: Willamette and U.S.-grown Tettnang. This rich, copper-colored ale is styled by a complex balance between the bitterness of the hops and the sweetness of a heavier caramel malting. A late addition of hops highlights the fresh aroma.

Best With: 
The well-rounded finish of Redhook ESB makes it a wonderful companion to all manner of fowl and is great with grilled meats, game and cheeses.
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Saint Arnold Fancy Lawnmower

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Self-Defined Style: 
German-style Kölsch
Strength (ABV): 
4.9% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
20 IBU

A true German-style Kölsch. Originally brewed in Cologne, this beer is light yet has a sweet malty body that is balanced by a complex, citrus hop character. Multiple additions of German Hallertauer hops are used to achieve this delicate flavor. We use a special Kölsch yeast, an ale yeast that ferments at lager temperatures, to yield the slightly fruity, clean flavor of this beer. Fancy Lawnmower Beer is a world class brew yet light enough to be enjoyed by Texans after strenuous activities, like mowing the lawn.

Saint Arnold Fancy Lawnmower Beer is best consumed at 35-45° Fahrenheit.

Best With: 
Blackened fish, salads, & grilled veggies.
Awards: 
Gold Medal, Great American Beer Festival, Kölsch, 2010
Gold Medal, Great American Beer Festival, Kölsch, 2007
Bronze Medal, Great American Beer Festival, Kolsch, 2006
Bronze Medal, Great American Beer Festival, Kölsch, 2000
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Saint Arnold Texas Wheat

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Self-Defined Style: 
Wheat Beer
Strength (ABV): 
4.9% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
18 IBU

A refreshing, flavorful filtered wheat beer. The perfect beer to accompany a meal or for a summer's day. The wheat contributes a lighter flavor while maintaining a rich body. The beer has a light hop profile -- just enough to give the beer balance and complexity. The light fruitiness is derived from a Kölsch yeast strain. A chill haze may be present, which is a characteristic of wheat beers.

Saint Arnold Texas Wheat is best consumed at 40-45° Fahrenheit.

Best With: 
Quiche, roasted veggies, grilled salmon, & sushi.
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Shock Top

Product - Shock Top Belgian Wheat btl
Brewed By: 
Shock Top
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian-style wheat ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.2% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
20 IBU

As an unfiltered Belgian-style wheat ale, this beer is naturally cloudy with a light golden color. The beer is best enjoyed in a tall, wide-mouthed glass. To serve the brew perfectly, follow these pouring guidelines. Pour the brew down the side of the glass until about one-half inch of brew is left in the bottle. Lay the bottle on its side and roll it gently back and forth, mixing the remaining yeast that has settled at the bottom. Pour the rest of the brew, producing a nice, thick collar of foam.
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Best With: 
Shock Top Belgian White pairs well with fresh salads, chicken dishes and Asian cuisine.
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Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

Product - Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Brewed By: 
Sierra Nevada
Self-Defined Style: 
American Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.6% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
38 IBU

Our most popular beer, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, is a delightful interpretation of a classic style. It has a deep amber color and an exceptionally full-bodied, complex character. Generous quantities of premium Cascade hops give the Pale Ale its fragrant bouquet and spicy flavor.

Best With: 
While we think Pale Ale tastes great with everything, its assertive hop flavor goes especially well with spicy cuisine, since its clean flavors counterbalance the richness of many hot dishes. It also goes well with starters and salads, its spicy complexity stimulating both appetites and conversation.
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Summit Extra Pale Ale

Product-EPA Bottle
Brewed By: 
Summit
Self-Defined Style: 
Extra Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.3% ABV
Color (SRM): 
14º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
45 IBU

Summit's first-born child and flagship beer, Extra Pale Ale has a pronounced hop flavor and a light bronze color. Brewed since 1986, there's not a beer lover in the Twin Cities who isn't familiar with Summit Extra Pale Ale.

Best With: 
This American pale ale's fragrant bouquet and spicy flavor lend to this beer's ideal match with generously spiced foods such as Southern barbeque, wasabi crusted Japanese dishes, and curry based Indian dishes. This beer is also the perfect complement to grilled meats, particularly burgers, and pizza.
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Summit Pilsener

Product-Pilsener Bottle
Brewed By: 
Summit
Self-Defined Style: 
Bohemian Style Pilsener
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV
Color (SRM): 
5º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
25 IBU

Grand is Summit's first pilsener. It's golden color and well-balanced body pay homage to the original pilsener the Czech invented in 1842, while making Grand the perfect beer for any occasion. Trust us.

Best With: 
A great Bohemian-style pilsener will always work with all seafood dishes, broth based soups and tapas. This brew also lends itself nicely jambalaya, falafels, and certain Caribbean dishes. Don't forget a good pilsner is also excellent with bar foods.
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Widmer Hefeweizen

Product - Widmer Hefe 7 pk
Brewed By: 
Widmer
Self-Defined Style: 
Hefeweizen
Strength (ABV): 
4.7% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
32 IBU

Widmer Hefeweizen, known as America’s Original Hefeweizen®, is the most popular and top-selling hefeweizen in the country. Winner of the 1998 Gold Medal at the Great American Beer Festival, Widmer created the American-style hefeweizen category. Ever since Widmer introduced hefeweizen to America, it has been the standard by which all other hefeweizens are judged.

Best With: 
This excellent unfiltered wheat pairs beautifully with sausage, pretzels with mustard, vegetable pate, Crab Lois and is perfect for brunch.
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Widmer Drifter Pale Ale

Product - Widmer Drifter 7 pk
Brewed By: 
Widmer
Self-Defined Style: 
Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.7% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
32 IBU

With its unique citrus character, smooth drinkability, and distinctive hop character, Drifter Pale Ale is truly an original. Brewed with generous amounts of Summit hops, a variety known for their intense citrus flavors and aromas, Drifter has a taste unique to the Pale Ale category. True to style, the bittering hops are perceptible enough to give the beer a crisp, clean, quenching finish, yet also soft enough to keep the beer smooth and balanced.
2006 GABF Silver Medal Winner

Best With: 
A variety of fresh seafood and shellfish, but also has the malt backing to stand up to hearty offerings like grilled steaks.
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Widmer Drop Top Amber

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Brewed By: 
Widmer
Self-Defined Style: 
Amber Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
20 IBU

A rich, flavorful Amber that's smooth and easy to drink. Drop Top is fermented by an American Ale yeast to produce beer with a clean flavor and fruity aroma. The velvet texture is from using Honey malt and a touch of milk sugar. The Alchemy bittering hops provide soft bitterness. Simcoe, a newly developed hop variety, adds unique hop flavor and aroma.
2004 GABF Gold Medal Award Winner
2008 GABF Gold Medal Award Winner

Best With: 
Richer foods such as BBQ meats, pizza & burgers
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Ace Cider Joker Dry Hard Cider

Product - Ace Cider Joker Dry Hard Cider
Brewed By: 
Ace Cider
Self-Defined Style: 
Fermented Dry Apple Cider
Strength (ABV): 
8.0% ABV

Now we have four ACES, we had to have a Joker! Ace Joker Cider is a new premium Champagne like cider produced by The California Cider Company (CCC).

Light in color with a 8% alcohol content, this delicious addition to our foray of ciders can be tried on tap at our pub, Ace-in-the-Hole, or from 22oz bottles. The Joke is on us! Ace Cider is gluten free!

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Allagash White

Product - Allagash White
Brewed By: 
Allagash
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Wheat Beer
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV
Color (SRM): 
4º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
13 IBU

Our interpretation of a traditional Belgian wheat beer, Allagash White is unique and truly refreshing. Brewed with a generous portion of wheat and our own special blend of spices, this beer is light and slightly cloudy in appearance, with a spicy aroma.

Best With: 
Pair with a salad with vinaigrette dressing or a fresh goat cheese. Excellent accompaniment to poultry and fish entrées or a dessert such as a spicy apple pie.
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Brooklyn Brown Ale

Product - Brooklyn Brown
Brewed By: 
Brooklyn
Self-Defined Style: 
American Brown Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.6% ABV

Northern English brown ales tend to be strong and dry, while southern English brown ales are milder and sweeter. Brooklyn Brown Ale combines the best of those classic styles and then adds an American accent in the form of a firm hop character and roasty palate. A blend of six malts, some of them roasted, give this beer its deep russet-brown color and complex malt flavor, fruity, smooth and rich, with a caramel, chocolate and coffee background. Generous late hopping brings forward a nice hop aroma to complete the picture.

Best With: 
Brooklyn Brown Ale is particularly good with steaks, burgers, stews and barbecue, where it can put its caramel flavors to work with the caramelized flavors in the meat. It's also excellent with venison, ham and roasted pork, which engage the depth of malt character. After dinner, it's the perfect accompaniment to well-aged cheddar, Gouda and Gruyere cheeses.
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Brooklyn Local 1

Product - Brooklyn Local 1
Brewed By: 
Brooklyn
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian-inspired Strong Golden Ale
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV

Behind the full golden color, you'll find an alluring aroma, a dynamic complex of flavors, Belgian flair, a Brooklyn fortitude and a dusting of our special yeast. To create this beer, we use the old technique of 100% bottle re-fermentation, a practice now rare even in Europe. It gives this beer a palate of unusual depth.

Best With: 
Enjoy this beer locally or globally, as an aperitif or with your favorite dishes. It is particularly nice with spicy seafood and with fine cheeses.
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Brooklyn Pennant Ale '55

Product - Brooklyn Pennant Ale
Brewed By: 
Brooklyn
Self-Defined Style: 
British-Style Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV

Brooklyn Pennant Ale is a honey-colored pale ale with a brisk malt palage and finely balanced hop character. Pennant is a traditional English-style pale ale. The pale ale style developed in the early 19th century, and was called "pale" because it appeared so in comparison to the darker ale styles of the day. Brooklyn Pennant Ale is brewed from Scottish Maris Otter malt, which is justly prized for its toasty, biscuity flavor and the round smoothness it imparts to beer.

Best With: 
Brooklyn Pennant Ale is great with pizza, roasted and grilled meats, burgers, barbecue, robust fish, shellfish, falafel, crab cakes, and spicy food. Caramel malts lend it the ability to work nicely with steaks, but just as well with grilled vegetables.
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Gordon Biersch Blonde Bock

Product - Gordon Biersch Blonde Bock
Brewed By: 
Gordon Biersch
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Gordon Biersch Pilsner

Product - Gordon Biersch Pilsner
Brewed By: 
Gordon Biersch
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Magic Hat #9

Product - Magic Hat #9
Brewed By: 
Magic Hat
Self-Defined Style: 
Not Quite Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.1% ABV
Color (SRM): 
9º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
20 IBU

A beer cloaked in secrecy. An ale whose mysterious and unusual palate will swirl across your tongue and ask more questions than it answers. A sort of dry, crisp, refreshing, not-quite pale ale. #9 is really impossible to describe because there's never been anything else quite like it.

Best With: 
Best enjoyed with spicy foods and to bring out the spice in life.
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Magic Hat Vinyl

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Brewed By: 
Magic Hat
Self-Defined Style: 
Amber Lager
Strength (ABV): 
5.1% ABV
Color (SRM): 
12º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
16 IBU

Vinyl Lager is an Amber Lager with a rich sweet malt taste and slight balancing hop touch. This beer is produced using a lager strain of yeast fermented at the low end of ale fermentation temperatures, allowing the beer to maintain its easy drinking lager-like characteristics.

Best With: 
Vinyl pairs well with a very wide variety of foods. Goes great with a sharp, rich American artisan blue cheese and, for desserts, caramel apple tart or a ginger spice cake.
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Magic Hat Circus Boy

Product - Magic Hat Circus Boy
Brewed By: 
Magic Hat
Self-Defined Style: 
Unfiltered and Unfettered
Strength (ABV): 
5.4% ABV

Our hazy shade of Hefeweizen is light bodied American style elixir of ultimate drinkability whose wheat malt character is capable of quenching serious thirsts of all kinds.

Best With: 
Great with lighter foods, like sushi and salads. Or while watching life swing by with the greatest of ease on a flying trapeze.