Featured Breweries: Lucky Bucket Brewery

Three people, a dream, and a couple too many beers set the groundwork for Lucky Bucket Brewery, according to the good folks who stand at the helm of this brewery with the unusual name. (Before kegs or bottles were available, the only way to get beer was to take a bucket to the local brewery, fill it up, and lug it back home. Admiring the work it took to enjoy great beer, their name pays homage to the “Bucket Brigade.” Back then there was no Beer of the Month Club!)

They pondered the unique flavor that comes from barrel-aged beers and experimented to perfect the process. Their passion grew with each barrel. Sometimes they’d nail it, and sometimes it was laughable by their own admission. After a long journey full of starts, stops and new ideas, they brewed a lager they just couldn’t stop drinking! With a grin on their faces and mugs in their hands, they knew it was destined to be their first release.

Lucky Bucket Pre-Prohibition Lager is their hand-crafted session beer. The first pint was poured in January 2009 at a small Omaha pub, and the response was great. You can drink this beer again and again, and enjoy every sip, every time. This lager salutes what beer was before Prohibition – full of great character and big flavor. Twice filtered, subtle malt flavor balances with floral hoppiness thanks to the aromatic West Coast hops.

Their journey continues with Lucky Bucket’s India Pale Ale. Talk about balance – it’s perfectly so – with malt and hop flavors, bitterness and aroma that create an unforgettable brew. This is a big, well-balanced West-Coast style IPA with a trilogy of hops contributing aromatic oils and flavor to crave.

Featured Beer from Lucky Bucket Brewery: Lucky Bucket IPA and Lucky Bucket Lager www.luckybucketbrewing.com

LAGER – Lucky Bucket’s Pre-Prohibition Lager – Lagers are one of the two major types of beer (the other being ales). Known for their clean, crisp personalities, bottom-fermented lagers undergo a slow cold-aging process – thus the name “lager,” from the German word lagern, meaning “to store.” This one is reminiscent of pre-Prohibition, full of flavor, not additives. Great with hearty soups and stews in front of the fire.

INDIA PALE ALE – Lucky Bucket’s IPA – A hop lover’s delight, this brew is very hoppy from the generous amounts of recipe hops used. Top fermented with a medium/dry finish, serve with seafood, pizza, or Mexican cuisine.

Featured Breweries: Lucky Bucket Brewery

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