The Pabst website does show a Ballantine Ale still being made, but somehow I doubt it is the India Pale Ale. Looking at all the brands they market (Piels, Rainier, Olympia, etc.) is a real trip down memory lane!

The General Topics Board has lately contained some raves for Blenheim’s ginger ale (from South Carolina). Anyone know if it’s available in the D.C. area? I’m a longtime Vernor’s booster, but always willing...

I do my share of imbibing in other genres of drink, but I know approximately nothing about beer. Is Blue Point Brewery’s blueberry ale something I should be serving to serious beer drinkers? Will my sister’s...

Hi xcptnl, My husband and I are both enthusiastic consumers of real ale. We’re from the west coast and are fanatical hopheads, so that limits what I can comment on. We enjoyed our first couple of visits there, but on the...

The pot roast recipe asks for a bottle of beer, but I (without reading label) used pale ale instead. Now I’m all paranoidy, thinking it doesn’t smell like the last time I made it. Is there any real difference between...

with the Yuengling ale line up (i.e Chesterfield Ale, Porter, Black & Tan) but they are just ok. Note: These are all sold for around $18.99/case. I’ve also had ale by The Lion Brewing Co. (Stegmaier) for real cheap but the...

Mugs Ale House is a wonderful spot for beer (one of the city’s very best), and used to be good for pub food as well. It went south for a few years....probably hired the wrong chef. They’re good again. Check 'em out....

Visiting Toronto and wondering about places serving cask-conditioned real (UK bitter style preferred) ales dispensed via beer engine and served at cellar temp. Only interested in authentic stuff that might pass muster if...

While in a local place, we overheard a long discussion regarding ginger ale. The server was the only one to make “that special” version of ginger ale, and afterwards, described it as mostly Sprite, with a touch of...

G.U.S – Grown up soda Ginger ale. I think it uses really sugar cane and real ginger. Quite tasty without being sticky sweet.

ALL the national brands of Ginger Ale stopped using real Ginger years ago. They now use red pepper to get the tang. One exception that comes to mind is Northern Neck Ginger Ale, a small independent bottler in Virginia. Vernors...

I don’t know if originally it was the same thing. Nowadays they’re completely different. Ginger Ale is sweet soda pop. Ginger beer is also sweet but it has a stronger, spicier flavor.

25, those who attend my cook-outs. finding real smoked barbecue is quite difficult when dining out. most places are just marginally okay, not very smoky, with sub-standard sides. Here’s a list of the places in Tampa...

, Minnetonka Minnesota. They are the only place I have come across (in the US) with drinkable (make that, unbelievably excellent) real cask-conditioned ale. I am not that fussy. At an English pub I will run through the menu of...

to Wasn’t on tap/no info: Deep Ellum Cambridge Common according to the press release: Sixpoint Craft Ales today announced the release of the “Hop Obama” ale in both New York State and Massachusetts. Beginning next...