Days of the Beer, October 26

The beer for today is Pony Express Gold.

On October 26, 1861, the Pony Express officially ceased operations.

The Pony Express was the original fast mail service that had messages carried by horseback riders across the prairies, plains, deserts and mountains of the western United States. Pony Express stations were places about 10 miles apart along the route, which is about the distance a horse can go at full gallop. A rider changed to a fresh horse at each station, taking only the mail pouch with him. The pouch (or Mochila) could hold 20 pounds of mail. The horse also carried 20 pounds of other things (bible, water, knife, alerting horn, revolver) , and riders could not weigh more than 125 pounds. Riders received $100 a month.

The route went from St. Joseph Missouri, to San Francisco California.

About the beer:

Fresh lemon grass and citrus notes herald Pony Express Gold. Light, smooth and finishing cleanly, our golden beer is enhanced with soy grown in the American Heartland.

Pony Express Golden Beer is bottled both in 12oz glass bottles as well as in polyethylene terephalate (PET) trip-layer brown plastic bottles for resealability, transparency, light weight, shatter resistance, temperature retention and extended shelf life.

Pony Express Brewing Company is located in Olathe, Kansas outside of Kansas City.

So, for the last ride of the Pony Express, have a Pony Express Gold.