"Extra" pale ale?

[Doog_Si_Reeb]

Rolling Rock is a lager.

That's right... it's "Extra Pale" but it isn't an ale. My mistake.

 

[BrewBrain]

Was it on tap or bottle? Man that is some good stuff on tap.

It was a bottle given to me from a Beer Of The Month shipment.

I assumed "extra pale" meant it was more pale than most other pale ales since it is. I found no real difference in body though, just color. Didn't know the alcohol content.

 

[BrewBrain]

There are extra IPA's too (SN torpedo). It's just a term to distinguish it since it doesn't quite fit the style of an "IPA"

Officially, the "extra" in the SN Torpedo is for "extra yummy" as far as I know.

 

[grammatron]

Chiming in on the Sweetwater debate here, I gotta agree that there's nothing "light beer" about the 420. It's not that far off from Sierra Nevada's pale ale. It's fairly hoppy (as are all of Sweetwater's beers) and the abv is 5.4%, which isn't exactly low for a pale ale.