(Longmont, CO) – When Oskar Blues Brewery first packaged the voluminously hopped Dale’s Pale Ale into an aluminum can twenty years in the past, the beer world modified in a single second. To mark the anniversary of the original-craft-beer-in-a-can’s first run down a canning line, Oskar Blues is releasing the Dale’s Pale Ale Throwback 15-Pack for a restricted time nationwide. The 15-pack contains all three legendary can designs from twenty years of cracking open Dale’s. This contains the unique can from that fateful November day in 2002 when a brewpub in Lyons, Colorado despatched shockwaves via craft beer. For over half a century, the American beer world was divided alongside packaging traces – cans have been for home, mass-produced lagers and glass bottles have been for craft beer. It took a cool brewpub thriving on the outside way of life in Lyons, Colorado known as Oskar Blues to crush the established order. Packaging a hopped up mutha of a pale ale right into a can sparked a craft can revolution that continues at this time. Dale’s Pale Ale is understood internationally because the beer that began all of it, paving the way in which for a lot of beers to return. All through its twenty 12 months run, this trailblazing beer has solely sported three can designs and the limited-edition Throwback 15-Pack contains all of them:
- The Unique (2002-2004):The can that began all of it. The precise origin of this hand-drawn art work stays mysterious. It options main pure landmarks viewable from the brewery’s authentic hometown of Lyons, ColoRADo – two 14,000+ ft Rocky Mountain peaks (Longs Peak and Meeker Peak) and the St. Vrain River. The stonework is a callback to the outside of the Oskar Blues Brewpub.
- The Basic (2004-2019):The longest operating can design for Dale’s Pale Ale. The route from brewery founder Dale Katechis was easy – make it appear to be a crimson, white and blue soccer helmet. Sure parts are carried ahead from the unique design (the oval, the typeface, the mountains) however the daring colours, stars and stripes, and clear traces give it a distinctly AmeriCAN look.
- The FNG (2020-2022):The most recent evolution of Dale’s Pale Ale can design. Debuting in 2020, this artwork is stripped down and no nonsense. The oval stays however a good cleaner, bolder typeface improves the legibility of the model. The brewery brand was up to date and is centered on a ‘championship belt’ of stars and stripes on the backside.
To rejoice this momentous twentieth CANiversary, Oskar Blues is internet hosting events at their Longmont, Colo. and Brevard, N. Carolina taprooms. The N. Carolina location is celebrating twenty years of Dale’s and likewise ten years for the reason that opening of that second Oskar Blues Brewery location on December 12, 2012.
The main points of those occasions will be discovered on the hyperlinks beneath:Oskar Blues Brewery Longmont Taproom – CANiversary – October 15 Oskar Blues Brewery Brevard Taproom – CANiversary and Brevardiversary – December 9-12 The Dale’s Pale Ale Throwback 15-Pack of 12 oz. cans might be obtainable for a restricted time solely. Discover it on cabinets nationwide beginning now. Please direct all inquiries to Aaron Baker at [email protected].
About Oskar Blues Brewery
Based by Dale Katechis in 1997 in Lyons, Colorado, Oskar Blues Brewery launched the craft-beer-in-a-can apocalypse with their hand-canned flagship brew, Dale’s Pale Ale. Right now, Oskar Blues operates breweries in Colorado, North Carolina and Texas that includes Dale’s Pale Ale because the nation’s #3 top-selling craft can six-pack at U.S. supermarkets. Oskar Blues is out there nationwide within the US and in over 20 international locations. Oskar Blues Brewery is a proud member of CANarchy, a disruptive collective of like-minded craft brewers devoted to bringing high-quality, modern flavors to drinkers within the identify of impartial craft beer.
