The 10 Essential Pale Ales

Hoppy India Pale Ales may have captured the hearts and minds of craft beer lovers, but the more modest American Pale Ale not only laid the groundwork for the rise of the hop-bomb IPAs, pale ales were the foundation of the American craft brewing movement.

The stalwart American Pale Ales (APAs) get too often forgotten when craft drinkers are faced with the near-overwhelming choice of styles and brands on tap lists and in bottle shop coolers. The new, flashy brews win out, but any fan of finely crafted suds owes it to themselves to revisit some of the classic pale ales. They are truly some of the best beers in the world… CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY AT PASTE MAGAZINE