Whose world is this? The world is yours, yo, the world is yours. And so is this IPA, the newest addition to Melvin Brewing’s core lineup. We bring you Your IPA, a futuristic approach to a homegrown beer. You heard that right. Crafted on Wyoming’s West Coast for our peeps nationwide with 100-percent lupulin cryopowder,…
Cascade Brewing released Melonius Blond today, its first-ever bottled melon sour. The Northwest sour ale is a blend of blond and wheat ales aged in oak barrels for up to 14 months with cantaloupe and Summer Kiss melons. This limited offering is available in 750 ml bottles and on draft through Cascade’s regular distribution channels, as well as in-house at both its Portland…
Black Fury is the most aggressively sour beer New Braunfels Brewing crafts. Brewed as their farmhouse dunkelweizen, Schwartz, with 4 malts and a distinctive chocolate palate, they aged Blend5 of Black Fury in small, 15 gallon barrels for 11 months. The smaller barrels encourage a quicker oxygen uptake, lending this beer a dynamic sour and…
Drake’s Brewing Co. has become well known in recent years for its double IPAs, rich barrel-aged stouts, and innovative limited releases. But with the year-round bottled release of Flyway, a North German-style pilsner, Drake’s is honoring a classic beer style that’s been growing in demand over the past year (since it debuted as a draft-only beer). Inspired by…
Like a savior to their disciples, Stone Brewing extols the glory of the almighty hop with its latest release, Stone Exalted IPA. The first in the Stone Hop Worship Seasonal IPA Series, the crisp and citrusy blend of hops is now available in 12-ounce can six-packs nationwide. The divine qualities of Loral & Citra…
Weihenstephan, the World’s Oldest Brewery, has embarked on a dream-team partnership with Sierra Nevada, one of America’s pioneering craft brewers, to create “Braupakt,” the eagerly-anticipated Hefeweissbier. Weihenstephaner Braupakt will be available nationwide in April 2018. “This is the first time Sierra Nevada chose to partner with a long-established brewery,” noted Tobias Zollo, brewmaster at Weihenstephan….
New England’s leading independent craft brewer is paying homage to its roots by proudly celebrating the national release of Samuel Adams New England IPA, a refreshingly juicy and hazy IPA. Previously available only in New England, Sam Adams brewers listened to drinkers’ enthusiasm for the beer, which was the best-selling growler of 2017 at the Boston Brewery, and…
Two pioneers of craft brewing and distilling, Innis & Gunn and Tullamore D.E.W. Irish Whiskey, have collaborated for the first time to create Kindred Spirits, a limited edition Scottish stout aged using triple distilled Irish whiskey barrels. Using a unique barrel ageing process developed by the brewing team at Innis & Gunn, Kindred Spirits is…
Magic Hat Brewing Company is announcing a new collaboration with legendary Boston band, the Dropkick Murphys. The brewer met the band after learning about their non-profit charity, the Claddagh Fund, and soon after, the band visited Burlington, Vermont to try their hand at brewing alongside Magic Hat’s brewers. The result of their mutual love of…
Coronado Brewing’s popular Barrel-Aged German Chocolate Cake is making its 2018 return, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Barrel-Aged German Chocolate Cake is the first release from the 2018 Coronado Collection series, which will feature three limited-release, barrel-aged offerings distributed throughout Coronado’s network in 22oz bottles and on draft. Originally released February 2016, Barrel-Aged German…
An unlikely pair on a serendipitous adventure, the story of Loral and Dr. Rudi is one of smooth beginnings and bitter endings. It’s a novel of epic proportions, a journey in every sip. Like the crisp pages of a new best-seller, Stone Brewing announces the release of Stone Loral & Dr. Rudi’s Inevitable Adventure Double…
NUCLEAR BLAST USA has joined forces with So Cal brewery and blendery PHANTOM CARRIAGE to celebrate a love for heavy metal and craft brew, with the creation of a unique beer called “BLAST BEAST” Black India Pale Lager. The collaboration beer will be available in limited 16oz cans this March exclusively at PhantomCarriage.com and the Phantom Carriage taproom in…
There are three things you need to know about Hopshifter, Surly Brewing’s newest year-round beer: It’s a new IPA. From Surly. That should be enough, but we committed to three things in the first sentence. It’s crafted to reduce gluten. The next one you have may very well be different from this one. Let’s address…
Revolution No. 009 is a showcase for “public domain” hops from the United States & Germany, offering a fresh twist on some not-so-familiar favorites. “I am passionate about public domain hops that may not have the cachet of their privatized brethren, but that are cooler than some might think,” says Brewmaster Matt Brynildson, “Revolution No. 009…
Rolling Thunder Imperial Stout 2018, the embodiment of Rogue Ales & Spirits’ Do-It-Yourself (DIY) philosophy, hits shelves in February. From the only farm-brewery-distillery-cooperage, Rolling Thunder Imperial Stout is brewed with ingredients grown at Rogue Farms, and then ocean aged for nine months in barrels made by hand at Rogue’s Rolling Thunder Barrel Works. The barrels,…
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