Indio Pale Ale Katipunan Craft Beer

As the largest and leading brewery in the Philippines, San Miguel Beer is being challenged by the Indio Pale Ale by Katipunan Craft Ales that represents the revolutionary spirit of the Filipino with its distinct hoppy, fruity and bitter taste.

The Katipunan was a Philippine revolutionary society founded by anti-Spanish Filipinos in Manila in 1892, whose primary aim was to gain independence from Spain through revolution.  History repeats itself through a different form of revolution … The Craft Beer Revolution.

Now let’s find out what would the Tangero’s will say about this movement.

Katipunan Ale has a deep amber color somewhat golden, it has a fruity hoppy smell and it taste like an aged oak with a slightly bitter in the end – it’s bitterness enhances the food a little bit and is noticeable especially when you are pairing it with any meat dish.

In general I don’t think that Katipunan Ale makes a direct competition to any San Miguel Beer product since their beers are mostly lagers – I would like to think that Katipunan Ale make a good addition and variation to the Filipino taste. Quite frankly, I'm wishing that Katipunan Craft Ales will stay in the market a long time to develop and produce more craft beer variations. As a Filipino and a beer lover, I am proud of this beer and I believe it's about time that Filipino drinkers be liberated on the traditional taste.