Backfin Pale Ale

Backfin Pale AleBeer-a-Day #233

- Original Gravity: 12.0 B (1.048 s.g.)
- Alcohol: 5.5 % v/v Color: Amber (~8.0 SRM)
- Ingredients: 2-Row Malted Barley, 20 lovibond Caramel Malt, 60 lovibond Caramel Malt, Filtered Water, American, English & Czech Hops, Ale Yeast.
- Brewmaster’s Taste Notes: The aroma of the Backfin Pale Ale is of mild autumn fruit surrounded by the pleasant sweetness of the caramel malts that give the beer its richness in color and mouth feel. As you drink the beer, balance of flavor is what is most evident. The malt, the hops, and the yeast each contribute, as you taste the perfect fusion of a complicated blend of carefully chosen ingredients and brewing process expertise. The beer finishes very clean, with a fresh hop spiciness. As with most Clay Pipe products, Backfin is not heavy as it goes down. Its fast mellow finish will easily allow room for the consumer to enjoy another one.

Coppery color with a finger of head. Light aroma with a bit of fruit. Malty, with a pleasant nutty bitterness. This is a quaffable beer. I like it.

Clay Pipe Backfin Pale Ale

Clay Pipe Hop-ocalypse India Pale Ale

Clay Pipe Hop-ocalypse India Pale Ale labelBeer-a-Day #19

I installed a kitchen faucet today. A successful home improvement project deserves a reward. What could be better than a nice hop bomb?

Clear amber with an ivory head. Grass and a little lemon zest from the hops. Body is heavier than I would have expected. Plenty of hop spice.

Now, what’s next on that “Honey-Do” list?

Clay Pipe Hop-Ocalypse India Pale Ale


Clay Pipe Pursuit of Happiness

Clay Pipe Pursuit of Happiness

Beer-a-Day #7

Cold and rainy out. In fact, it’s starting to ice up. A good time for a winter warmer.

Clay Pipe is a contract brewer in Frederick, Maryland. I like to buy local when I can. Pursuit of Happiness is their Winter Warmer.

Pours a nice deep amber with some chill haze. Lots of hop spice in the aroma. Medium-heavy body, with nice malt sweetness and a hefty amount of hops. That’s good.

Hey Ron! I think you’d like this one.

Clay Pipe Pursuit of Happiness