Hipster beer alert: Ballantine is coming back

[dogg57]

http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/14/news/ballantine-pabst/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Pabst Brewing, known for reviving faded beer brands, is bringing back one of the most popular ales of the 20th century: Ballantine.
Starting September, Pabst will start selling Ballantine India Pale Ale in six packs and larger bottles in the Northeast.

 

[46er]

Native to NJ, Newark NJ. Quite a few breweries in them parts, the scent of hopp's filled the air.

But it won't be the same brew formula.

 

[bobpbx]

..."However, the original formula had disappeared because the brewery had undergone changes under different owners. "The greatest challenge was doing the historical research," said Gregory Deuhs, Pabst's Master Brewer. "We had to go back and read first-hand accounts of the ale's flavor."

Unbelievable. What a thoroughly scientific way to recreate an icon.

 

[noboat]

HEY GET YOUR COLD BEER!!!!

 

[Ben Ruset]

Meanwhile the guy who puts out that "Midas Touch" beer found amphorae in the Mediterranean that still had liquid residue inside and had it chemically analyzed. Then, based on that, he reverse engineered the recipe.

Did Ballantine even have a IPA?

 

[46er]

Did Ballantine even have a IPA?

Yes they did. From Wikipedia;

"Also in regular production was a now legendary and very highly regarded world-class India Pale Ale (an intensely bitter and aromatic brew which, like the Brown Stout, was aged 1 year in wood prior to bottling)."

 

[jburd641]

My granny must be rolling over in her grave...and looking for a bottle opener.