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Death of a Salesman (Cans)
- English Pale Ale / Bitter
- 5.2% ABV
- Label approved Jun 22
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90 seek it out · 80 would buy again · 70 fine, wouldn't seek it · 60 disappointing · 40 flawed or drain pour
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Paperback Brewing's English Pale Ale / Bitter. Label approved 22 June 2026.
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About this beer
This is the 3rd of 13 labels we have from Paperback Brewing. It is one of 6 english pale ale / bitter labels approved in June 2026. Its label was approved 4 days after it was submitted. The label carries dry-hopped on the front. The label carries the Brewers Association independent seal.
A comic-noir illustration dominates the front label: a dead salesman in a dark suit sprawls across a hardwood floor, his hand outstretched, while a woman in a black dress and fedora-wearing man stand silhouetted in a doorway lit by a golden-yellow frame. The composition is rendered in inked comic style with bold outlines and flat colour blocks—deep teal walls, oxblood and brown tones in the floor and furnishings, gold lettering for the beer name arcing across the upper field. Type and regulatory panels occupy the right edge in a vertical strip.
From the label“The rug was clean, but her hands were dirty.”
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A starting-point recipe from the style and the ABV on the label: derived, not tasted, and the sheet says which is which.
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Style: Pale AleBrewery: Paperback Brewing