Free State Oread Ale

Free State Oread Ale

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Brewed by Free State Brewing Company

Lawrence, KS, United States

Style:  Blonde Ale

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26 International Bittering Units

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Oread Ale This is a light, hoppy, refreshing beer, just made for a Kansas Summer. This fresh, crisp beer is made with pale malts (no Wheat) and hopped with Czech Saaz hops, perhaps the most prized of European aroma hops. The hopping gives the Oread a very Pilsner like character, BUT this beer is an Ale, not a lager. So, even if it has some of the Pilsner profile, it is not a pilsner style beer. The Oread Ale is , of course named after Mt Oread, the home of the University of Kansas. In turn, Mt Oread was named for the Oread Institute in Massachusetts. However, the original name given to the ridge rising from the floor of the Kaw River Valley was The Devil's Backbone (a somewhat less appetizing name). Going further back, Oreads are Mountain Nymphs from Greek mythology. "These nymphs, who frequent the mountains whose steep slopes they enjoy, do not have the gentle, somewhat languorous, natures of their sisters of the valleys and woods. Delighting in vigorous exercise, in the company of Artemis the huntress whom they sometimes choose as their guide, they pursue game in the most dangerous places, on the edge of chasms, apparently oblivious to danger or fatigue" O.G. - 11.1/1044. Hops - 25.5 IBUs