THE LEAST HOPPY AMERICAN Pale Ale EVER

ABV: 5.0%

Gravity: 13.3 dP

IBUs: 20

Malts: Pils, Pale, CaraMalt

Hops: Only Cascade

Secret Technique: Evaporating hop oils

Available Year Round

Beer for Lounging ®

TASTING NOTES

Beer for Lounging revolves around the balance between bread crumb malt and subtle hints of grapefruit, orange rind, and pear. A dry finish and moderate alcohol content makes this the perfect companion to your next lounging activity.

SECRET TECHNIQUES

Most pale ales get most of their hop flavor from dry hopping (or adding hops directly to the fermenting vessel). A full range of hop essential oils (flavor intensive natural oils) are transferred into the final beer when the hops are added to the cool beer. Among these hop oils is myrcene (pronounced mehr-sen), which is the most potent of all hop oils and is responsible for freshly cut grass flavor in dry hopped beer.

Beer for Lounging utilizes a method called hopbacking, which runs hot, but not boiling, grain sugar solution (or wort) through a bed of whole cone hops. The hot wort removes almost all the myrcene oil, which volatilizes at 147F. So only the more subtle hop oils carry through to the final beer and leaves out the lawn clippings.

Fun fact

2022 marked the 50th anniversary of the release of Cascade hops, an event that would spark the rebirth of the American craft beer industry.

Label Art

Capybara are the largest and most laid back rodents on Earth. They don’t even mind being used as chairs!

INGREDIENTS

Pilsner, pale, and CaraMalt, Pellet and Whole Cascade Hops, Water, Yeast