Drake’s 1500 American Dry-Hopped Pale Ale

An American Pale Ale. For batch number 1500, we decided to brew a big hoppy beer, yet make it quaffable by keeping the alcohol level down. Turns out everyone liked it so much, that it is now brewed year-round. Loads of Simcoe and Amarillo hops are blended in the fermenter just after fermentation has finished to impart a huge aroma of pine and citrus.

BEER FACTS:

Malt: American 2-Row Barley, C-60

Hops: German Magnum, Cascade, Simcoe, and Amarillo

Dry-hop: Simcoe and Amarillo

Yeast: White Labs 001

Original Gravity: 13.5

Alc/Vol: 5.5%

IBUs: 48

AWARDS:

  • Finalist Good Food Awards 2012
  • “#1 California Pale Ale” – L.A. Weekly, 2011
  • Silver 2008 Great American Beer Festival
  • 2nd Place American Pale Ale 2008 California State Fair

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