Yes. They’re not as strong as many of the beers poster itt because they’re for session drinking (ie all night lol) when excessive hoppiness would be overwhelming imo, and tend to be on the bitter rather than the sweet side (hence the name).
Hen would be a good starter for the curious as it’s more neutral (ie slightly sweeter) than Pride or Abbot.
Not a lot of American breweries really make something like that style, sadly. Something like Samuel Adams Boston Ale is the only one I can think of offhand.
https://www.samueladams.com/our-beers/brewmasters-collection/ale/boston-ale
Dead guy’s ale by rogue is a slightly hoppy version of what youre looking for I think
Although I posted bottles, serious beer drinkers here will always opt for draught because the top fermenting yeast in barrels gives it a complexity not found in other types of beer.
I’ve tried Sam Adams here and wasn’t too impressed but good beer rarely travels well imo. I was with a couple of Czech guys here once and one of them spat out a mouthful of Staropramen in disgust, exclaiming “This is not Czech beer!” (we were standing outside).
When you say non-chilled, what temp are we talking?
Keed makes a valid point that this style is not commonly distributed in the US. Occasionally, I’ll see a limited run cask ale at the actual brewery, but not in the beer aisle at the grocer(which carries 70+ varieties mostly ranging from IPA to session IPA to hazy IPA to sour hazy IPA)
Cellar temperature where it’s stored in the pub, a few degrees C below actual room temperature.
IME less hoppy pale ales are the biggest crossover between old school real ale and craft brewers, though I know ~nothing about American craft beer so don’t know if that’s applicable over there.
I went to Pure Project on vacation there last year. Such killer beers. Loved the garden wall. Hit like 4 different breweries over near the strip mall area.
I would love to participate in a regional beer swap if anyone is interested.
In the before times, that Pure Project location always had a line out the door. Since it’s San Diego aka the Mecca, there’s another brewery 3 feet away called Amplify, which has a solid selection, but Pure Project is at another level. They opened a new location that looks and feels way trendier(in a good way) one block from Balboa Park. Also, they refer to their Hazys as Murkys, which I’m not sure I’ve seen used elsewhere.
I am down for some beer swappage.
I’m down, if someone wants to try that sweet craft beer from Alabama. Would love to try some others.
I’m only familiar with West Coast and parts of the Midwest craft scene. I’m guessing that you’re being a bit facetious about Alabama, but there must be some quality brews being made. Right?
i was half joking, there’s good quality brews here IMO.
Tell me there’s a “Hefeweizen Not Hate”.
Beer swap sounds interesting. How does it work? Seems like it would be tough to keep it cold.
i assume you just ship it at room temp?
found this.
The packing and shipping process seems far more involved than I anticipated. I was imagining throwing a couple of 4 packs(of cans) into a box with some crumpled up newspaper.
Same, i’m sure we could do that with cans though, i’m down.
Brainstorming: Considering many of the best beers around here(SD) are sold in 4 packs of 16 oz. I was thinking if we did a 3 or 4 way swap, we could really get a lot more variety with about the same amount of individual effort. Like if I pick up a half dozen great 4 packs, I could send out a 6 beer selection to 3 different people and keep one for myself. We’d each end up with a cool regional 6 pack sampler.
I tend gravitate towards the minimal effort side of things, so I would also be OK with just doing a heads up exchanges.