Hale's Ales

Commercial Brewery | Seattle, WA, United States of America

Vital Statistics

Beers

Overall average: 67 (logged 56 times)
Hale's / Chuckanut New Trick Collaboration Ale: 25 (logged 1 time)
Doppelbock
Hale's Akademik Bourbon Black Ale: 83 (logged 1 time)
Porter
Hale's Barrel Aged Gold Rush Ale
Belgian Strong Pale Ale (Aged in Barrels, Whiskey)
Hale's Barrel Aged Imperial Red
Amber / Red Ale (Imperial / Double, Aged in Barrels, Whiskey)
Hale's Barrel Aged Imperial Stout: 76 (logged 7 times)
Stout (Imperial / Double, Aged in Barrels, Whiskey)
Hale's Barrel Aged Wee Heavy Winter Ale: 67 (logged 1 time)
Scotch Ale (Aged in Barrels, Oak, Bourbon)
Hale's Bill'sner Pils: 67 (logged 2 times)
Czech Pilsner
Hale's Cream Ale: 63 (logged 6 times)
Cream Ale
Hale's El Dazzle Winter Stout: 58 (logged 1 time)
Stout
Hale's Gold Rush Golden Ale: 52 (logged 4 times)
Belgian Strong Pale Ale
Also known as: Hale's IX Gold
Hale's Imperial Golden Ale: 67 (logged 1 time)
American Pale Ale
Hale's Irish Style Nut Brown Ale: 50 (logged 1 time)
Brown Ale
Hale's Kölsch: 76 (logged 6 times)
Kölsch
Hale's Mongoose IPA
American India Pale Ale / IPA
Hale's Nightroll Porter: 83 (logged 1 time)
Porter
Hale's O'Brien's Harvest Ale: 83 (logged 1 time)
American Pale Ale
Hale's Pale American Ale: 58 (logged 1 time)
American Pale Ale
Hale's Red Menace Big Amber: 67 (logged 2 times)
Amber / Red Ale
Hale's Sour Nightroll Porter: 58 (logged 1 time)
Wild Ale
Hale's Supergoose IPA: 72 (logged 5 times)
American India Pale Ale / IPA
Hale's Troll Porter: 75 (logged 1 time)
Porter
Hale's Wee Heavy Winter Ale: 78 (logged 5 times)
Scotch Ale

Limited Edition Single Releases

Hale's 30th Anniversary Double Pale Ale: 54 (logged 2 times)
American Strong Ale

Collaborations

Hale's Trés Fem (collaboration)
Fruit Beer

Logs for beers from this brewery

Sour enough that I think this bottle has turned. If it hasn't, it's unpleasant.
Bottle at Odin Lounge
Super sour. I don't know if this went bad, or was by design, but this was not at all a doppelbock. Tasted somewhat like a Flanders Red, but honestly like a mistake. The beertenders were a bit flummoxed as well.
Just an outstanding Kolsch, buttery and malty. Exactly how I like it.
Dark ale dominated by notes of milk chocolate and sweet bourbon. On the edge of too boozy, but very tasty despite that.
Still a great IPA. Perfect mix of bitter and fruit notes.
Very refreshing. A mix of fruit notes hit you right away. Finishes smooth. Delightful.
Smooth, typical lager. Slight tin at the front. Finishes with a nice tootsie pop note.
Bottle
Something like a fat tire with extra hops on top. Pleasant to drink.
Fizzy and slightly acidic. Bitterness is okay but overall beer is unremarkable.
Cask
Good lord, this iPhone takes good photos.
Pretty smooth,a nice hardy complement to a heavy burger.
Just too sweet for me tonight. Maybe they used Knob Creek bourbon barrels because I think that's too sweet too...
I think my palate was still recovering from the Tormenta, so my impressions are muted. A woody flavor, not as malty as I'd expect from a Scotch ale, which kind of gives the closing impression of a watered-down Scotch whisky. I'll have to try it again on its own.
Sweet, hoppy-malty amber with a pithy finish and a wallop of booze. Didn't make me feel particularly celebratory. Happy Anniversary, Hale's.
Can at Home
Draft at Anthony's Fish Bar, SeaTac Airport
Hints of IPA top off this tasty harvest ale. Finishes sweet and smooth.
Draft
Bright graham cracker cereal taste with mellow but moderately strong hops finish.
Cask
Smells like a lager but tastes like anything but. Not a fan but still tasty.
Bottle
OK Amber, a bit fruity for my tastes, almost like a hoppy pale ale with a bit of amber malt. Needed a bit of roasted malt.
Bottle at Home
Crisp cereal aroma, sweet on the palate with some of that barley flavor sitting around. Could have used a bit more in the way of grains. Finish tends towards sweet. Some beers open up as you get further in... this degrades.
Bottle at Home
Pretty solid double Pale (to be fair... the first I've had). A good execution of doubling down on the malty character sometimes found in pales - not really roasty but a slight hint of that, some sweetness on the palate from the malts rounded out nicely with a bit of bitterness on the finish
Can at Pool
Overall good stout, the alcohol taste seemed a little bit too strong to me.
Perfectly decent medium-bodied stout, with a sweet-umami flavor and somewhat burnt coffee character to finish.
Bland, mostly unremarkable and... totally flat....
What happens when you add nitro to a light beer? It floats. That's what.
There is something about having a beer after completing a home improvement project that increases the satisfaction one derives from both.
Bottle at Home
Sweet tangy cereal body. As cask the loss of carbonation leaves more room for tanginess. Winter warmer spices present in finish.
Tangy sweet cereal smell. Bitter bite at beginning through to finish with a solid pleasant cereal body.
Bottle
Light, sweet, and surprisingly fruity for a pilsner.
Good graham-like cereal body and pleasant wintery-spice hops.
Bottle at Home
Sweet malt smell, almost tootsie roll like. Sweet malt taste (toffee-like) with a soft bitter finish.
Bottle at Home
Very light, with very subtle carbon and a lemony tang leading into bright wheaty goodness. Nitro still isn't my thing, but this was yummy.
Good on draft. I'll have to try it in a bottle.
Superb kölsch, slightly citrusy with a lot of sunny grain flavor.
Smooth drinking with a great, well-integrated barrel flavor on the finish. Compares well with my memory of Schooner Exact's barrel-aged porter, with perhaps a little less caramel.
Smells nice, cedar and slightly tingly effervescence. Sour taste though, not working for me. It's a strong beer at 10%+ so, uh, there's that.
Nice carbon, strong but reasonable Belgian spice but alcohol is a bit too on the nose.
Another thin nut brown ale, easy-drinking with some nice hoppiness but a slightly unpleasant, metallic aftertaste. Also, maybe I'd prefer something nuttier?
Bottle at Home