Day 239, August 27 / Acme California Pale Ale

Day 239, August 27, 2011

Acme California Pale Ale

North Coast Brewing Company  /  Fort Bragg, CA

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Come on Irene!

Hanging out at the house, waiting to see if Irene packs a punch, hoping she doesn’t, and catching up on Entourage on demand, and the beer blog.

I grabbed an Acme California Pale Ale at the store the other day, the one with the redhead (not the blonde, not the brunette).  As I sipped the beer this afternoon, I did some research on Acme – and there’s quite a history there.  The brewery was in existence from 1906 to 1954.  The North Coast Brewery bought the rights to the Acme brand, has been brewing Acme branded beers, but not the orginal recipes, since 1996.

Both North Coast’s website and Brewery Gems have extensive histories of Acme Brewing on their websites.

Acme California Pale Ale is a pretty straight forward pale ale, milder and less hoppy than most pales.  I’d say it’s a decent, sessionable pale ale, but nothing particulary memorable.

Oh, and one more thing.  With credit to my high school friend PJ, and drinkphilly.com, here’s a map of breweries in the path of Hurricane Irene.  Let’s pray to the beer gods that they don’t sustain any damage!