Comments on: Oakshire Makes First Cascadian Dark Ale

By: Beer Making

Beer Making — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:00:34 +0000

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By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 05:04:20 +0000

I remember a conversation about 4 or 5 years ago at a little pub in Eastern Oregon about whether or not to call a hoppy dark IPA a “black IPA”. They decided to call it TURMOIL. The first and the best Cascadian Dark Ale. Not as publicized but its been on tap for FIVE YEARS (Maybe SIx) Anyway, It is nice to see that a category was finally created for Turmoil and that other breweries have tried this Style. Great Job Barley Brown’s and Shawn Kelso!

By: Oakshire O’Dark:30 and the Cascadian Dark Ale movement | Beernews.org

Oakshire O’Dark:30 and the Cascadian Dark Ale movement | Beernews.org — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:54:37 +0000

[...] Brewpublic collected some thoughts from Matt Van Wyk on recognition of the style: “It’s pretty hard to help educate the consumer if the only place they can learn about CDAs is from a handful of beer writers and a little word of mouth. I can’t speak for other Pacific Northwest brewers and their decisions, we just know what this should be and as a company are going to stand behind the movement. Change is hard for people.” [...]

By: Brady Walen

Brady Walen — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:11:43 +0000

It’s really good to see Oakshire taking a bold step to fully get behind the Cascadian Dark Ale name.

I think it’s awesome that they’ve found a way in this label to ‘teach’ people about beer as well – rather than calling it a Black IPA / Cascadian Dark Ale, the CDA is emphasized with a small ‘aka Black IPA’ stamp to help people better understand what a CDA might taste like. In a subtle way, it also seems to correct people who may be calling this style of beer a Black IPA.

In my mind, I think the next few months will be the tipping point for Cascadian Dark Ales. If the name is going to be adopted, now is the time for breweries use their ablilty to influence and really make this happen. I’ve heard of at least one other brewery that will release a Cascadian Dark Ale (using CDA, not Black IPA) in a couple months – I’d like to see more join these guys in doing the same.

I’m looking forward to getting my hands on this CDA – with a great name by the way – in early March.