At this point, sriracha hot sauce is absolutely everywhere. It started off as just another hot sauce, but now, it's in sandwiches, it's in frozen food - you can even get tiny to-go bottles for your sriracha stash. It's amazing that a simple hot sauce - one that's not all that different from other hot sauces - became such a huge deal.
Now, foodies have known about sriracha beer for a while now, but now it's making its way into the beer world. Late last year, Rogue Ales debuted their Sriracha Hot Stout, which is exactly what it sounds like.
If you're still confused as to why anyone would want to drink a spicy beer, you'll be surprised to hear that even more sriracha beer is on its way: Flying Dog Breweries has just announced its own sriracha beer, the Sriracha Pale Ale - for those who still want to drink something spicy, just not with something as heavy as a stout!
The beer was actually announced back in August 2014, when Flying Dog announced their 2015 Brewhouse Rarities series. The Sriracha Pale Ale will join the likes of the Mexican Hot Chocolate Stout, the India Pale Lager and the Spiced Pear Ale among others. All of the Brewhouse Rarities are sold locally and in limited quantities, so if you wanted to get your hands on one of them, get ready to make the trip to Maryland.
It's a strange idea, sure, but it's not as if drinking a Sriracha Pale Ale is the same as drinking the hot sauce straight out of the bottle. Many people have gravitated towards sriracha for the taste - while sriracha isn't necessarily spicier than any other standard hot sauce, most believe it tastes far better than most of its competition. So...why not stick it in a beer?
There's still no exact release date for the beer, but the Sriracha Pale Ale should be available some time later this year. Remember, it's a limited series - if you want some sriracha in your beer, make sure to grab some before it's gone.
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