About A Pint: Bass Pale Ale

Laurie Piatkowski

“Craft beer this, craft beer that.” During my adventures in Rhode Island so far I have drank many good and bad beers but what I haven't been able to do is sit back and have a nice glass of the well known Bass Pale Ale, one of the worlds first Pale Ales, and being the world's first pale ale set the standard for this type of beer. It's much more subtle than it's American counter parts and while it's been an mainstream beer for a while it still holds its own against the new breeds.

Down the street and five minutes later out the door and into the truck. Once I opened the bottle and into the glass A deep orange­ amber hue with medium carbonation. Yields a large head of creamy off­ white foam that lasts for a minute or two before collapsing to a thin surface layer. Faint lacing. Aroma of light caramel malt with hints of grain, fruity ale yeast, subtle banana, a touch of grass/hay and stewed leaves. At 5.00 ABV and sold year round I say it wold be in most package stores.

Now if you ever bought bass pale ale and wondered about the red triangle and why it says trademark in it I can answer that. Bass was a pioneer in international brand marketing The Bass Red Triangle was the first trademark to be registered under the UK's Trade Market Registration Act 1875. The Act came into effect on 1 January 1876 and that New Year's Eve a Bass employee queued overnight outside the registrar's office in order to be the first in line to register a trademark the next morning. As a result, Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton Limited received the first two registrations, the Bass Red Triangle for their pale ale and the Bass Red Diamond next for their strong ale.

Over all this is a good beer not to heavy and just the right colors, I would pare it with a nice piece of white fish or a plate of steamed muscles, “now I am hungry” it is always good on it's own or made into a black and tan, so if that be the case pass one down bar keep.

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