Which beer is not like the others (II)?

It was kind of fun the other day, so let’s give it another try.

The goal, again, is to identify the outlier and explain why it doesn’t belong on the list. There may be more than one answer, although I happen to have a specific one in mind.

a) Three Floyd’s Alpha King
b) Fuller’s Vintage Ale
c) Ommegang Abbey Ale
d) De Ranke XX Bitter
e) Saint Arnold Summer Pils

Just so you know, nobody’s definition of “craft beer” sets any of these beers apart, nor does the country of origin.

17 thoughts on “Which beer is not like the others (II)?”

  1. Well, this is probably too obvious, but — only one of them is bottom fermented? But maybe it’s really not?

  2. A definite error on my part, Steve. Should have had two bottom-fermented beers or none. Wasn’t even thinking in those terms. As we saw the other day, lots of possible answers.

  3. According to your recent blog post, Ommegang’s been brewed on two continents… don’t know if any others were.

  4. Fuller’s is the only brewery on there that was in business before 1990. (De Ranke is pretty new – late 90’s?)

  5. Alpha King debuted in 1996, but the rest in 1997.

    That took me about 20 minutes of Internet research to confirm. I slapped myself when I realized it would have taken about 30 seconds if I’d just opened my copy of 1001 Beers You Must Try Before You Die…

  6. “Wait, check that, nineteen SIXTY seven.”

    LOL! I believe I can remember the beer commercials in ’67, if not the flavors, necessarily. 😉

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