235: Brau Brothers Pale Ale

I had a bottle from Brau Brothers a year or more ago, before beginning my 999 beers in 999 days journey, back when beer drinking was just for sport! As a graphic designer, I was turned off by the cheap-looking plastic label, the same material that wraps plastic soda bottles, only less well-executed than most soda label designs.

I recall the contents being pretty unremarkable, too.

So I was a little surprised at this one, which was a really unique pale ale. It tasted humid, not unlike a Midwest summer day, and seemed to have captured that unique smell of green fields slowly exhaling moisture in the summer sun. Its light body seem to make it a perfect beer for a day on the lake or out in the yard.

Beer Name: Pale Ale
Brewer: Brau Brothers Brewing
Price: FREE!*
Sampled: August 23, 2010
Rating: 3/5
Notes: Tastes a bit like midwest summer. Humid, hay-like, grassy smells with moist, sweaty (in a good way) mouthfeel. Good lawn-mowin’, horse-shoe-in’ beer.
ABV: N/A
IBU: N/A
OG N/A
TG N/A
Serving Type: Bottle.
* Imported by my mother in law via suitcase from Minnesota. Thanks, Mary!