On a warm summer day, there’s nothing like a cold beer and baseball. As a longtime Chicago White Sox fan, I was beyond excited to attend my first Chicago WhiteSox Fest. Not only did I get to meet some of my favorite players, including pitcher José Contreras, second baseman Yoán Moncado, and three-time All-Star and first baseman José Abreu (who also signed my new No. 79 Sox jersey), I, along with 2005 World Series winning coach Ozzie Guillen, was one of the first to sample a new sessionable beer: Sox Golden Ale, brewed in partnership with Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago.
Set to premiere at Guaranteed Rate Field and at retailers across Chicagoland beginning in March, the Sox Golden Ale “official beer of the Chicago White Sox” is an easy-drinking, 5 percent alcohol-by-volume beer “that anyone can drink and enjoy,” says Goose Island Brewmaster Keith Gabbett. He estimates it took him about a month to create Sox Golden Ale, which features Gold, Amarillo and Cascade hops and 2 Row Rye malts for “clean bitterness” and balanced notes of citrus and pine.