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Stone IPA

Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 5:21pm
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Product - Stone Ipa
Brewed By: 
Stone Brewing Co.
Self-Defined Style: 
American IPA
Strength (ABV): 
6.9% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
77 IBU

With a deep golden color, an "India Pale Ale" by definition is highly hopped and high in alcohol (ours is 6.9% alc./vol.). This medium bodied, refreshing ale displays light-medium malt character with a heavy dose of over the top hops! Two full weeks of "dry hopping" give this beer its abundant hop aroma and crisp hop flavor.

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This IPA's generous hop character makes it an ideal pairing with spicy foods such as barbecue, dry-rubbed ribs, or ethnic cuisine such as curry based Indian food, wasabi based Japanese dishes, or spicy Thai entrees.
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Stone Pale Ale

Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 5:21pm
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Product - Stone Pale Ale
Brewed By: 
Stone Brewing Co.
Self-Defined Style: 
British Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.4% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
41 IBU

Our flagship ale, Stone Pale Ale is our Southern California interpretation of the classic British pale ale style. Deep amber in color, Stone Pale Ale is robust and full flavored. A delicate hop aroma is complemented by a rich maltiness. This is an ale for those who have learned to appreciate distinctive flavor. Stone Pale Ale is great by itself, or with food that requires a beer of character.

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This English Pale Ale pairs nicely with clear broth based soups, salted almonds, game birds and all sorts of seafood. This brew also offers a nice balance to spicier Indian and Cajun foods.
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Doc's Draft Hard Apple Cider

Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 5:22pm
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Product - Docs Draft Cider
Brewed By: 
Doc's Draft Cider
Self-Defined Style: 
Hard Apple Cider
Strength (ABV): 
4.5% ABV

This cider is semi-dry and wonderfully effervescent with a remarkably fresh apple nose. Its crisp, fruit forward taste and a clean, refreshing finish, have won our cider countless awards and praise.

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Apple cider is an excellent accompaniment to freshly baked breads, particularly pumpkin bread or an apple loaf. Also great with apple desserts, from pie to crisp to strudel.
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Original Sin Pear Cider

Submitted by eric.mckay on Fri, 04/02/2010 - 1:34pm
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Brewed By: 
Original Sin
Self-Defined Style: 
Pear Cider
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV

Original Sin is made from the best pears and contains no artificial flavors or colors. Light with a clean and crisp pear taste, Original Sin goes down equally well in a pub after a game, served with dinner or dessert, or over ice on a hot summer day. We hope you visit some of the great locations stocking our product, and please let others know how refreshing and pleasurable Sin can be.

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Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale

Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 5:20pm
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Product - Oskar Blues Dales
Brewed By: 
Oskar Blues
Self-Defined Style: 
American Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.5% ABV

Dale's Pale Ale is our flagship beer and America's first hand-canned craft beer. It's an assertive but deftly balanced beer (somewhere between an American pale ale and an India Pale Ale) brewed with hefty amounts of European malts and American hops. It features a meringue-like head, a copper color, and a hoppy nose, thanks to a big post-boil addition of Centennial hops. To complement its hoppy first impression, Dale's also sports a rich middle of malts and hops, and a bracing finish.

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This intense example of an American Pale Ale would have a wonderful relationship with a hearty meal of steaks, stews and chili's. Strong and sharp cheeses, like the Roquefort or Stilton would pair nicely.
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Green Flash West Coast I.P.A.

Submitted by Green Flash Bre... on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 5:22pm
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Product - Green Flash West Coast I.P.A.
Brewed By: 
Green Flash
Self-Defined Style: 
West Coast-Style India Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
7.0% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
95 IBU

This West Coast-Style India Pale Ale is extravagantly hopped, full flavored, medium bodied and copper colored. A menagerie of hops is combined throughout the brewing process to impart specific characteristics. Hops used include Simcoe for a unique fruitiness and grapefruit zest, Columbus for strong hop pungency, Centennial for pine and citrus notes, and Cascade for floral aroma.

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Great with spicy Thai, Mexican, or Caribbean cuisine.
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Bard's Tale Dragon's Gold

Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 5:18pm
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Product - Bards Tale
Brewed By: 
Bard's Tale
Self-Defined Style: 
Golden Sorghum Lager
Strength (ABV): 
4.7% ABV

Made with sorghum to avoid the use of gluten, which is inherent in malted barley and wheat, this beer is light and refreshing and displays moderate bitterness, a blonde color, and a lingering, mildly sweet finish.

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This gluten-free lager pairs well with Mexican dishes, salads with nuts and seafood.
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Fullers London Pride

Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 5:28pm
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Product - Fuller's London Pride
Brewed By: 
Fullers
Self-Defined Style: 
Amber Ale
Strength (ABV): 
4.7% ABV

London Pride is a smooth and astonishingly complex beer, which has a distinctive malty base complemented by a rich balance of well developed hop flavors from the target, challenger and northdown varieties in the brew. At 4.1% a.b.v in cask (4.7% a.b.v in bottles) London Pride is an ideal session-strength premium ale. Its flavor has been likened by Stephen Cox, beer writer and former campaigns director at CAMRA, to 'the sensation of angels dancing on the tongue...'!

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This clean bitter can be used as a digestif or with game style meats like boar, veal or even a hearty steak. With its caramel notes this strong ale pairs with chocolates and sharp cheeses, as well as traditional bar foods.
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Fullers ESB

Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 5:28pm
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Product - Fullers ESB
Brewed By: 
Fullers
Self-Defined Style: 
ESB
Strength (ABV): 
5.9% ABV

Andrew Jefford, the respected UK drinks critic, sums up ESB's flavor thus: ''an ample, grainy-nutty aroma and a broad, authoritative flavor, with lashings of dry marmalade-like bitters'', whilst 'Beer Supremo' Roger Protz describes ''an enormous attack of rich malt, tangy fruit and spicy hops in the mouth, with a profound Goldings peppery note in the long finish and hints of orange, lemon and gooseberry fruit''.

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This clean bitter can be used as a digestif or with game style meats like boar, veal or even a hearty steak. With its caramel notes this strong ale pairs with chocolates and sharp cheeses, as well as traditional bar foods.
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Troegs HopBack Amber

Submitted by oneraindog on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 5:21pm
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Product - Troegs Hopback
Brewed By: 
Tröegs
Self-Defined Style: 
Amber Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.0% ABV
Color (SRM): 
10º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
55 IBU

Tröegs Brewery’s Flagship beer, HopBack Amber Ale derives its name from a vessel in the brewhouse called a hopback. As the ‘wort’ is being transferred from the brewhouse to fermentation it passes through the hopback vessel. Packed full of fresh whole flower hops, the wort slowly circulates through this vessel extracting the essence of the aromatic hops. This vessel adds more time and more hop character that creates a fresh, spicy taste and rich caramel note that defines this signature ale.

Best With: 
Big, robust flavors like red meats and strong cheeses. The assertive flavors of our HopBack will hold up against strong cheeses like Stilton and Smoked Cheddar.
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