WTOP’s Beer of the Week: Great Raft Commotion Pale Ale

WTOP's Beer of the Week: Great Raft Commotion Pale Ale

Forget the flotation device, throw me a beer line!

WTOP’s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and James Beard Award nominee Greg Engert to talk about Great Raft Commotion Pale Ale for the latest edition of WTOP’s Beer of the Week.

Brewery: Great Raft Brewing, Shreveport, Louisiana

Description: A dry-hopped pale ale featuring an aggressive fruity aroma with upfront hop bitterness of grapefruit and citrus.

ABV: 5.5%

Pairing suggestions: Spicy foods such as Vietnamese, Thai, Sichuan and Indian, pizza, burgers, roast pork sandwiches

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Brennan Haselton

In 2000, Brennan Haselton took a job at WTOP as reporter and anchor, and that's where he has been ever since (with the exception of a brief return to Seattle in 2005). He is a two-time winner of the national Edward R. Murrow Award, and winner of the National Headliner Grand Award.