Rye Pale Ale- GABF Gold Medal Winner 2014

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Backstory:  The Rye was one of the three beers we opened the pub with and well, it by all means has a massive following.  In the year 2014, it's the beer that put Civil Life on the map when we won a GABF Gold with it. That's Dylan and Brandon, our venerable brewers at the time, accepting the award.  Not pictured is our co-founder Mike, who contributed to the recipe.  We were exceptionally honored to be recognized among the nations top brewers and also to bring a nice medal back home to St. Louis where we have a most incredible beer scene.  The medal now hangs in our pub on the neck of a small stuffed animal moose that a customer gave us.  Not bad at all for the first time we ever entered a brewing contest. Hopefully it isn't our last medal!
-Jake Hafner, Captain of The Barley Ship


This isn't a little Pale Ale and it isn't the biggest of Pale Ales but it's our Pale Ale and it's big but grounded by a strong malt backbone. Familiar pale ale traits plus rich graininess, subtle spice and crisp mouthfeel from the rye, lots of caramel, black pepper, pine cones, and grapefruit zest with a well-rounded bittersweet finish. Pick it up and run with it, act like you stole it... as long as you paid for it we don't care.  

For those desiring more details:
ABV: 4.5%
IBU: 66
COLOUR: clear deep amber with fluffy white foam and lace
BJCP STYLE: 21B. Specialty: Rye IPA? It’s basically 18B. American Pale Ale + rye, but there’s not an exact category for that. 
INGREDIENTS: English Golden Promise and Maris Otter pale malts, caramel malt, ≈20% malted and unmalted rye, American C-hops and yeast
Hours :
Due to COVID19 our Pub will remain closed until further notice.  We are working on a plan for to go beer in the near future.  Until then, please look for our beer at St. Louis retailers and grocery.   If you have any further questions please use the email link below.  Thank you. 

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  • ​No Outside Food or Drink please.  
  • Unfortunately, we are unable to handle groups over 12 nor ANY BUS or Limo. It's a pub not the Oscars. 
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  • We have no interest in over-serving and serving the over-served.  But would love to see you for your first pint or two. 
  • We are however great at handling kind, good hearted people who appreciate good beer and the fellowship of humans.  We were scored A+++++ in this category by real live humans in our latest inter-galactic review. 
  • We'll pour you a sample of any beer we have. We'll treat you well and hopefully you'll come back.
The Civil Life Brewing Co. 3714 Holt Ave. St. Louis, Mo 63116, USA, Planet Earth