This essay is part of a series this month, coinciding with the concept of Flagship February, wherein we intend to revisit the flagship beers of regional craft breweries, reflect on their influence ...

When Dale Katechis canned his very first Oskar Blues beer back in 2002, he thought a lot about the liquid that went inside that aluminum package. Originally a home-brew recipe, Dale’s Pale Ale ...

Just 20 years ago, if you had reached into your fridge for any beer produced by a small, independent brewery, there’s a roughly 99.99% chance that brew would have been coming out of a glass bottle. In ...

Welcome back to FTW’s Beverage of the Week series. Here, we mostly chronicle and review beers, but happily expand that scope to any beverage that pairs well with sports. Yes, even cookie dough whiskey ...

2022 marks the 20th anniversary of Dale’s Pale Ale, which holds the distinction of being the first craft beer packaged in cans. To celebrate, Oskar Blues Brewery recently released Double Dale’s ...

Dale’s Pale Ale is all grown up. The pioneering American pale ale born in Lyons is getting a fresh new look for the first time in more than a decade as Oskar Blues Brewery overhauls its craft beer ...

A gigantic painting of a can of Dale’s Pale Ale is nearing completion on a silo outside of the Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids & Solids, the brewery which makes Dale’s. This is what the can, which we ...

When it comes to the hierarchy of beer styles that American brewers have put their own spin on, it’s pretty tough to beat the appeal of the American pale ale. It all started in 1980, when Ken Grossman ...

Dale’s Pale Ale is all grown up. The pioneering American pale ale born in Lyons is getting a fresh new look for the first time in more than a decade as Oskar Blues Brewery overhauls its craft beer ...