Thirsty Thursday: Aslan Brewing Dawn Patrol Pacific Ale
It's Thirsty, I'm thursday.
For the Beer Nerds:
Location: Bellingham, Washington
IBUs: 18
ABV: 5.3%
Hops: Cascade, El Dorado
Malt: 2-Row Pale, Caramunich, Munich, Rye
Awards: None yet, but we deem it the Wake and Chug winner.
Number of beers drunk during this review: 4 (lay off me, I’m thirsty).
We (meaning me and my friend that I somehow convinced to drink beer with me, by a river, at 10 a.m.) decided it would be best to test this beer while catching a quick snooze at the base of the Tetons.
Just finishing my morning coffee I cracked into the Dawn Patrol Pacific Pale (it’s organic so I figured it was similar to having fruit for breakfast). A nice medium bodied American pale ale style, this tasty treat is bursting with tropical fruit flavors. Pineapple, mango (watch out Sierra Quitiquit), passion fruit all exploding in your mouth at once, I thought about immediately booking a flight to Mexico.
At only 18 IBUs I figured this would be more gentle for the morning time, but it’s hoppy for sure, I think? I may be mistaking that with the spice characteristic of rye malt. What do I know, I just drink the stuff.
They say that this is a fresh farm-to-glass beer, meaning it is unfiltered, unprocessed and certified organic. I think I just found my new morning orange juice.
That’s all for now, we’ll just be here, drinking beer, until the snow flies.
