Hale's Ales

Hale's Ales
Type Brewery
Location Seattle, Washington, USA
Opened 1983
Key people Mike Hale

Hale's Ales is a brewery in Seattle, Washington, USA, founded in 1983.

History

It was founded by Mike Hale in 1983. The first batch was brewed in a Colville, Washington apartment before the brewery opened in a local warehouse.[1] Its second brewery opened four years later in Kirkland, Washington. The Colville brewery moved to Spokane, Washington, in 1992, and the Kirkland brewery to Seattle's Ballard neighborhood in 1995. The Ballard location is a 30-barrel brewpub.[2]

Brews

The Hale's Ales brewing process follows a traditional English style, utilizing open fermentation tanks with top-fermenting ale yeast. Most recipes call for a proprietary English yeast strain, however Belgian strains have been used in some seasonal recipes. Hale's Ales has also begun experimenting with bourbon barrel-aging certain recipes including the Wee Heavy Winter Ale, Troll Porter, as well as Supergoose IPA.

Brewed Year Round

Brewed Seasonally

The Palladium

Approximately three months every year (Dec-Mar), the back storage at Hale's Ballard location is open as a performance venue called The Palladium for live events such as comedy shows, dances, parties, dinner theatre, or soirees. This is because during this time of the year the storage room is empty and not used by the brewery.[3]

Notes

  1. Briggs, Kara (1991-03-18). "Colville brewer plans move to Sokane Valley". The Spokesman-Review. pp. A6–A7. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  2. "Hale and hearty: a small Seattle brewery makes big British-style ales.". Modern Brewery Age. 2003-03-03. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  3. http://halesbrewery.com/index.php?id=23

References

  • Denne, Lorianne (October 29, 1990), "Growth will bring new brewery for Hale's Ale", Puget Sound Business Journal   via General OneFile (subscription required) 11 (24), p. 10 
  • Dalbalcon, Brian (July 9, 1986), "Kirkland To Get Small Brewery With Big Ideas", The Seattle Times   via NewsBank (subscription required)  
  • "The next beer war? The first shots have been fired, and the ammunition is a citrus-flavored RTD.- Part 3 of 5", Modern Brewery Age   via RDS Business Suite, Gale (subscription required) , vol. 53 no. 12, March 25, 2002, p. 8, ISSN 0026-7538, Sales rank, 31 gal barrels 56 
  • "Updated Top 100 U.S. Brewers", Modern Brewery Age   via RDS Business Suite, Gale (subscription required) , vol. 54 no. 18, May 5, 2003, p. 3, ISSN 0026-7538, Sales rank, 31 gal barrels: 67 

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Coordinates: 47°39′33″N 122°21′55″W / 47.659119°N 122.365182°W / 47.659119; -122.365182


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