{"id":5058,"date":"2011-08-11T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T13:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/?p=5058"},"modified":"2011-08-07T22:37:51","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T02:37:51","slug":"halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/11\/halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"Gritty&#8217;s Halloween Ale is BACK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>#beer, @grittys<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/images\/Grittys.jpg\" alt=\"Gritty McDuff's - Logo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As we enter august, the fall beer releases are fast approaching &#8212; and some are already here. Gritty McDuff&#8217;s mentioned, in their recent newsletter, that the <strong>HALLOWEEN ALE IS COMING<\/strong>! Be afraid, be very afraid of running out of Gritty\u2019s cult beer classic, Halloween Ale. Stock-up NOW!<\/p>\n<p>Unlike their headless horseman neighbor, the Halloween Ale is <strong>NOT a pumpkin<\/strong> ale. The Halloween Ale <strong>IS an ESB<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are the details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every fall marks the return of our legendary Extra Special Bitter for the season, Halloween Ale \u2013 the beer so good, it&#8217;s scary! From its humble beginnings in 1990 as a small-batch seasonal in our Portland Brew Pub, Halloween Ale has grown to be one of the year&#8217;s most anticipated beer releases. This robust brew has a deep amber color, a bold, malty palate and a well-rounded hop finish. The perfect beer for a crisp autumn day!<\/p>\n<p>Halloween Ale is available in ominous six-packs, and on draft at frightening establishments all over the terrifying state of Maine. Be afraid, be very afraid&#8230;of running out!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starting Gravity:<\/strong> 1060<br \/>\n<strong>Hops:<\/strong> Whitbread Goldings, East Kent Goldings, B.C. Kent<br \/>\nAvailability: 6 and 12-packs, 22 oz bottles, mini-kegs and draft, September-November<br \/>\n<a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.grittys.com');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.grittys.com\">http:\/\/www.grittys.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>They have also changed their packaging &#8211; what do you think? (I like the former logo.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Logo:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/images\/forblog\/gritty_halloween_new_lg.jpg\" alt=\"Gritty McDuff's - Halloween Ale - New Logo\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Former Logo:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/images\/forblog\/gritty_halloween.jpg\" alt=\"Gritty McDuff's - Halloween Ale - Old Logo\" width=\"302\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#beer, @grittys As we enter august, the fall beer releases are fast approaching &#8212; and some are already here. Gritty McDuff&#8217;s mentioned, in their recent newsletter, that the HALLOWEEN ALE IS COMING! Be afraid, be very afraid of running out of Gritty\u2019s cult beer classic, Halloween Ale. Stock-up NOW! Unlike their headless horseman neighbor, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[286,478],"tags":[285,690],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Grittys15.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5058"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5058"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5060,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5058\/revisions\/5060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}