Dealer's Ace Pale Ale

Review Date 12/14/2025 By John Staradumsky

  Style: Pale Ale   Brewery: Buck Bald   Country: USA   State: North Carolina   $ Per OZ: $.41 (D)   ABV: 5.5%

I had just been to downtown Murphy to visit the Buck Bald Brewery, and now I was back at Harrah’s Valley River Casino. I got a beer (Highland Haze IPA) and tried my luck at the slots. We hadn’t had dinner yet though, so shortly after the wife and I headed up to Ramsey’s Kitchen to enjoy a meal together.

The wife, never a big eater, ordered the potato leek soup, which she heartily enjoyed. For my part, I chose the Fish and Chips ($28), the lobster roll which I had the last time I was here being out of season. What to drink with it? Why another Buck Bald beer, Dealer’s Ace Pale Ale.

Buck Bald says:

Go all in with the light pale ale with just enough hop to remind you it's there. If you're holding the ace, it's always a winner. Now available at Harrah's Cherokee Casino!

Indeed it is, in addition to being available at Ramsey’s Kitchen, I saw it on tap downstairs at Brew Brothers. At the brewery, you can get a pint for $6.50 (all of the beers they have on tap sell for this price). I did pay $8 for a pint at Ramsey’s Kitchen. Buck Bald Dealer’s Ace Pale Ale has an alcohol content of 5.5% by volume.

Buck Bald Dealer’s Ace Pale Ale pours to a deep amber color with a thick fluffy white head and a nose of caramel malt. Taking a sip the beer is firm in body rich and with caramel, then slightly flinty. It’s wonderfully bitter in the finish and reminiscent of my beloved Geary’s Pale Ale in its English character, though obviously not a Ringwood beer.

A fine English Pale Ale with English style fish and chips? The fish was massive, crispy on the outside and flaky on the inside and the beer a perfect companion. No matter how you fare at the tables and slots, this meal is a winning hand indeed.

Glad I tried it?  T

Would I rebuy it??