<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/10/drink-kentucky-banana-ale-8-one-launches-limited-edition-flavor.php" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>08/05/2025</pubDate><title>Drink a 'Kentucky banana:' Ale-8-One launches limited edition Pawpaw flavor</title><author/><summary>The Kentucky pawpaw is having a moment. The tropical fruit, which resembles a green potato and tastes like a combo of mango, banana and pineapple, is making its way into wine, pies, bourbon, jams, and now a soft drink.</summary><image><img src="" alt="Placeholder"/></image><caption/><description>By Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal The Kentucky pawpaw is having a moment. The tropical fruit, which resembles a green potato and tastes like a combo of mango, banana and pineapple, is making its way into wine, pies, bourbon, jams, and now a soft drink.  If this is the first you've heard of the pawpaw, and you've never tasted one, you're in luck. The Kentucky State University pawpaw program and Ale-8-One, a favorite Kentucky-made soft...</description></item>