india pale ale

Savouring a flight after a hard day on the water.

Lunchmeat and I had just spent a few hours wandering the banks of the Chilliwack/Vedder River, casting a variety of juicy flies but catching only low lying branches and snaggs on the riverbottom. With a lack of fish on the horizon we headed over to the Old Yale Brewing Company’s tasting room for an inaugural…

Beer Fact or Fiction #1000: India Pale Ale was originally called October Ale

Problem: Back in the late 1700’s you couldn’t brew beer in India because it was too darn hot, and the standard brews of the day couldn’t make the 6 month journey from England. The British Empire being well steeped in barley sandwich tradition could not go without, and the need for a solution was paramount….