Atavistic Endeavor Kentucky Common Ale Release Party

Name: Atavistic Endeavor Kentucky Common Ale Release Party
Start: 2025-02-21T19:00:00-05:00
Location: 1 School Street, Pittsfield, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01201

Schedule

Fri, 21 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

1 School Street, Pittsfield, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01201 | Pittsfield, MA

About this Beer
Like the Cream Ale and California Common Ale, the Kentucky Common Ale is one of very few styles of beer that was invented in the United States. Originating in the nineteenth century, with a heyday that stretched from post-Civil War Era to Prohibition, this style was made by mostly German immigrants and was almost exclusively produced and sold around the Louisville area.
Speed was the name of the game with the Kentucky Common, and it shares that trait with the Cream Ale (which was developed to compete with these newfangled German beers called lagers). From brew day to delivery, as the story goes, this beer was only eight days old before it would get shipped out—in fact, brewers would package the beer while it was still actively fermenting.
These days, we don’t have to rush quite so much to get a beer out to the general public, but Sarah endeavored to make this historical beer true to style. Darker than a cream ale, the Kentucky Common is also the kind of hybrid beer that toes the line between ales and lagers, finishing clean, not too hoppy, and a refreshing malt presence without being too sweet or distracting.
In recent years, this historical style is slowly coming back into commercial production, though since it was never widely popular across the country, the interest it generates tends to be among the true beer nerds, especially those inclined to study the history of beer and brewing.

About this Event
The subculture forming around bringing back historical beers is, obviously, not very big, but those who like to nerd out about such things are quite passionate about it. For us (and a growing number of our regulars), vinyl records is a dovetailing interest with craft beer. Busting out old albums from back in the day or exciting finds from crate-diving at second hand shops and record shows, this once-dominant medium has been steadily winning back music fans over the last few decades.
As we do one Friday each month, we’re devoting this one to Bring Your Own Vinyl night with our friend DJ Pup Daddy. DJ Pup Daddy will not only bring the turntables, speakers, and MC the night, but he also lets folks dig through his crates to find tracks they’d like to hear in case they don’t have any vinyl albums of their own.