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.
I only brew one of those beers.
Well, this is probably too obvious, but — only one of them is bottom fermented? But maybe it’s really not?
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.
Knew it was too obvious.
Alpha King is the only beer that is made with American hops.
Only one of those beers is hoppy enough to leach the enamel off my teeth? <:-)
According to your recent blog post, Ommegang’s been brewed on two continents… don’t know if any others were.
I like Rick’s answer, though Sean’s has merit too.
Saint Arnold Summer Pils is the only one under 6% abv. It is also the only one not bottle conditioned.
Fuller’s is the only brewery on there that was in business before 1990. (De Ranke is pretty new – late 90’s?)
Come on, Stan, these are hard. How about four stouts and a pils. That I could get. You need a version for amateurs.
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…
Well done, Joe.
And just when I was trying to come up with a hint for Jeff.
But I wasn’t even born in 1997. Wait, check that, nineteen SIXTY seven. I was driving a cab in 1997.
“Wait, check that, nineteen SIXTY seven.”
LOL! I believe I can remember the beer commercials in ’67, if not the flavors, necessarily. 😉