Bronze in New Zealand Pale Ale
Day Cruise
Ketch Brewing, San Diego, CA
- Category
- New Zealand Pale Ale
- Entries
- 39
- ABV
- Not Found
- IBU
- Not Found
- Style
- New Zealand-Style Pale Ale
- Malts
- Not Found
- Yeast
- Not Found
- Adjuncts
- Not Found
Hops
Not Found
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Hop Profile
No hop profile is on record for this beer.
Research Notes
Day Cruise is a pale ale from Ketch Brewing in San Diego; the brewery has published no details about it.
Award
| Category | Medal | Entries | Brewery | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90, New Zealand-Style Pale Ale | Bronze (3rd place) | 39 | Ketch Brewing | San Diego, CA |
Specs
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Style | not published by the brewery; a customer review on its site calls it a pale ale | Ketch Brewing |
| ABV | Not Found | Not Found |
| IBU | Not Found | Not Found |
| Hops | Not Found | Not Found |
| Malts and grains | Not Found | Not Found |
| Yeast | Not Found | Not Found |
| Adjuncts, fruit, spices | Not Found | Not Found |
| Other | Not Found | Not Found |
Brewery Description
No brewery description of this beer was found; the only mention on the brewery site is a customer review.
Tasting Notes
Not Found
Ingredients
Nothing about this beer's ingredients is published.
Hop Profile
Not Found
Brewing Details
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Color (SRM) | Not Found | Not Found |
| Original gravity | Not Found | Not Found |
| Final gravity | Not Found | Not Found |
| Water | Not Found | Not Found |
| Process | Not Found | Not Found |
Style Context
As category context only, the Brewers Association guideline for New Zealand-Style Pale Ale describes an easy-drinking, refreshing pale ale with fruity hop character (tropical, passionfruit, cut grass, diesel), 4.0 to 6.0 percent ABV and 15 to 40 IBU. No specs are published to compare.
Awards History
| Year | Competition | Category | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Great American Beer Festival | New Zealand-Style Pale Ale | Bronze |
Generated from the loaded results for this brewery and beer name, not researched separately; years not loaded are not covered.
Brewery Context
Ketch Brewing is in San Diego, CA.
Links checked 2026-10-14: Website, Instagram, Untappd.
Related
- Brewery: Ketch Brewing
Links
- BeerAdvocate: Day Cruise XPA
- Ketch: Untappd taproom menu
- Ketch Brewing
- Ketch Brewing: beers
- Brewers Association: beer style guidelines
Gaps
- Not Found: Description, Tasting notes, Color (SRM), Original gravity, Final gravity, Hops, Hop form, Hop use, Hop lot or farm, Malts and grains, Yeast, Adjuncts, Water, Process. Checked ketchbrewing.com, untappd.com, beeradvocate.com, ketchbrewing.com, web searches recorded in the research notes, ketchbrewing.com.
- Not Found: ABV, IBU. Checked ketchbrewing.com, untappd.com, beeradvocate.com, ketchbrewing.com, web searches recorded in the research notes, ketchbrewing.com, Catalog.beer search by beer and brewery name.
Research Notes
- Field pass 2026-10-13: Further brewery-domain and retailer searches found Day Cruise XPA mentions but did not tie that version or remix to the medal entry. No ABV, IBU, hop names or qualifying beer URL were accepted.
- The brewery home page carries a customer review naming the Day Cruise Pale Ale as very refreshing; it gives no specs and is not a brewery description.
- Not listed on the brewery's beers page (Alta Mar, Hazy Conditions, Dr. Billheimer's, Celestial Navigation, Clear Conditions, Brig Blonde); a guessed beer page at ketchbrewing.com/beers/day-cruise returned 404.
- A web search for the name returned nothing relevant; the web search quota ran out before further searches, and Untappd search requires a login.
- No 2026 medal announcement from the brewery was found.
- Researched 2026-10-13.
- Second pass 2026-10-13: BeerAdvocate lists Day Cruise XPA at 5% ABV, while the brewery's Untappd menu search result identifies Day Cruise (remix) as an extra pale ale with New Zealand hops. The fetched menu did not reliably expose that entry. Neither version was conclusively tied to the medal name, so specifications remain null.
- Deep dive pass 2026-10-14: the brewery's Day Cruise menu item, found in its sitemap, renders no readable text.