American style Pale Ale. The ‘Deacon John Ales’ series of American style beers commemorate the heritage link between Lincolnshire and the early settlers in America. Deacon John Doane was one of the first settlers in America and greeted the Pilgrim Fathers on their arrival. He was made an Assistant-Governor of the settlement in 1633 and, more memorably, was one of the first of the new settlers to be prosecuted for selling alcohol without a license, on 2 June 1640. A combination of English Pilgrim and American hops are used in this American Style Pale Ale.