Seasonal Return

Heavy Seas Great’er Pumpkin is ready for 2016

Heavy Seas The Great’er Pumpkin, joined the Uncharted Waters Series in 2013. Before that, it was a part of the Mutiny Fleet. Each release in the series will feature some form of wood/barrel aging.

Heavy Seas The Great’er Pumpkin, the brewery’s pumpkin beer aged Continue Reading →

Double Mountain Molten Lava back for 9th year

Double Mountain Molten Lava is back int eh Hood River, Oregon lineup, first released in 2008.

The popular imperial IPA uses dry-hopped with whole flower hops, making the beer aggressive without being bitter.

Molten Lava is the most aggressive IPA Double Mountain Continue Reading →

Breakside Passionfruit Sour Ale back for summer 2016

Breakside Passionfruit Sour, a Great American Beer Festival silver medal winning sour, returns as a summer seasonal this week.

Our award­ winning sour ale returns as our official “summer seasonal.” Passionfruit Sour is brewed as a traditional German Berliner weisse, and then we add a Continue Reading →

Posted in Wicked Weed Brewing Co, Seasonal Return

Wicked Weed Brettaberry returns with hot new artwork

Wicked Weed Brettaberry is returning to shelves once again. This year it is sporting some sexy new artwork.

A ton of fruit (literally and figuratively) goes into making Wicked Weed Brettaberry. The Brettanomyces heavy beer has around one half pound per gallon of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and honey, taking fruit to the next level.

A half pound per gallon of strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries are packed into this effervescent Brettanomyces ale. These berries combine with honey to create the bursting fruit flavor of a freshly baked berry pie. Blended with a light portion of our golden sour and aged in French oak foeders, Brettaberry then bottle conditions until ripe for the picking.

Wicked Weed Brettaberry is a 500 milliliter bottle offering, seasonally.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Blackberries, Blueberries, Strawberries, Honey. Oak Aged.)
Availability: 500ml Bottles
Latest Return: August, 2016

5.5% ABV

Wicked Weed Brettaberry bottle

Last year bottle artwork. Pic: Beer Street Journal

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Heavy Seas, Seasonal Return

Heavy Seas Great’er Pumpkin is ready for 2016

Heavy Seas The Great’er Pumpkin, joined the Uncharted Waters Series in 2013. Before that, it was a part of the Mutiny Fleet. Each release in the series will feature some form of wood/barrel aging.

Heavy Seas The Great’er Pumpkin, the brewery’s pumpkin beer aged in bourbon has become one of the brewery’s most popular seasonals.

RELATED: Heavy Seas Uncharted Waters Series

As fall approaches and thoughts turn to Halloween, we roll out the Great’ER Pumpkin. A coppery ale with forward notes of vanilla oak and flavors of Autumnal spice, the ale is brewed with actual pumpkin and imported English malts. Pairs well with turkey legs, sweet potatoes, and an evening looking at the stars…

Heavy Seas The Great’er Pumpkin is a draft, and  22 ounce bottle offering, available as a limited seasonal.

Style: Pumpkin Beer (Barrel Aged, Bourbon)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft. Firkins
Latest Return: Aug/September, 2016

10% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in SweetWater Brewing, Seasonal Return

SweetWater Hash Brown returns to seasonal lineup

SweetWater Hash Brown has returned to the Atlanta, Georgia brewery’s lineup this week.

Those of you familiar with SweetWater’s hoppy lineup, will know this beer started with Dank Tank release Johnny Hash. That imperial IPA made use of Citra hop hash (the potent dust that is left behind after hops are pelletized). Johnny Hash was so well received, SweetWater created their own blend of hash, and now sell it year round as SweetWater Hop Hash (just ask Diggs.)

Why stop there? SweetWater Hash Brown is here to help you transition to cooler weather. Building off a familiar brown ale recipe, SweetWater added malts that compliment the bold hop hash flavor. The result is a very hoppy brown ale, aka India brown ale, that smashes two styles together to get a sum greater than its parts.

Oh me oh my-. What did we do? We fired up the skillet to 420 degrees, tossed in a sizzling concoction of 2-Row, Wheat, Pale Chocolate, Cara-Brown, and Midnight Wheat, then added in a hefty dose of hop hash and other dank-ish-ish-ish fixins to scatter, smother, and cover this baby all the way. Resiny, citrusy hops spice up the rich chocolate and caramel notes the malt brought to the mix, making this platter slide down the counter at 60 IBU’s.

SweetWater Hash Brown is now shipping 12oz cans, bottles and draft. Scattered, smothered, and covered indeed.

Style: India Brown Ale
Availability: 12oz Cans, 12oz Bottles, Draft. Seasonal Release.
Latest Release: Early August, 2016

6.2% ABV

SweetWater’s Latest Dank Tank: Johnny Hash from BeerStreetJournal.com on Vimeo.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Seasonal Return, Wicked Weed Brewing Co

Wicked Weed Silencio breaks free of Canvas Series

Wicked Weed Silencio once a  Canvas Series release last fall, has returned. Check out the hot new artwork.

Wicked Weed Silencio is a sour black ale, aged in Kentucky bourbon barrels with vanilla beans, and Mountain Air Roasting Coffee.

Bottles are now available at the brewery. Limited distribution starts now.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Coffee. Vanilla Beans. Barrel Aged. Bourbon.)
Availability: 500ml Bottles
Latest Return: Late July, 2016

7.4% ABV

Image: Wicked Weed Brewing

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Double Mountain Brewery & Taproom, Seasonal Return

Double Mountain Molten Lava back for 9th year

Double Mountain Molten Lava is back int eh Hood River, Oregon lineup, first released in 2008.

The popular imperial IPA uses dry-hopped with whole flower hops, making the beer aggressive without being bitter.

Molten Lava is the most aggressive IPA Double Mountain brews, yet it manages a great balance while still achieving full hop overdrive. Dry-hopped with enormous bagfuls of whole hop flowers, which provide added aroma and flavor without harsh bitterness.

Double Mountain Molten Lava is available on draft, and 22 ounce bottles throughout the Northwest, British Columbia, and Southern California as early as mid-July, 2016.

Style: Imperial IPA
Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft. Summer Seasonal.
Latest Return: July, 2016

9% ABV, 90+ IBUs

Image: Double Mountain Brewery

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Short's Brewing, Don't Miss This, Seasonal Return

Short’s Strawberry Short’s Cake is alcoholic dessert

Short’s Strawberry Short’s Cake is back for Summer 2016.

The base beer for this perennial favorite a golden ale, brewed with fresh strawberries and milk sugar. (That’s lactose for those science-y folks). The end result is a creamy dessert beer that smells and tastes just as it’s billed.

The flavors of shortcake and fresh strawberries transform this beer into rose-colored party nectar that is pleasingly sweet with hints of cream. Biscuit flavors and aromas arise from the use of large amounts of Victory malt.

Summer of 2016 is when we finally got to try this beer for the first time. The strawberries are fresh, the beer is smooth (thanks to the milk sugar), and really reminds us of a a dessert at a hot summer barbecue. So much so, there was a point where you almost want to chew it. Trust us, drinking it is easier.

Short’s Strawberry Short’s Cake is a 12 ounce bottle and draft offering. Seasonally.

Style: Fruit Beer (w/ Strawberries)
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. Summer Seasonal.
Latest Return: Late June, 2016

5% ABV, 10 IBUs

Image: Beer Street Journal

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Breakside Brewery, Seasonal Return

Breakside Passionfruit Sour Ale back for summer 2016

Breakside Passionfruit Sour, a Great American Beer Festival silver medal winning sour, returns as a summer seasonal this week.

Our award­ winning sour ale returns as our official “summer seasonal.” Passionfruit Sour is brewed as a traditional German Berliner weisse, and then we add a unique, tropical twist. We use lactic acid­ producing bacteria to produce a beer that is light in body, extremely refreshing, and mouth puckeringly tart. The addition of passionfruit in our lagering tanks gives this beer an inviting stonefruit aroma.

Breakside Passionfruit Sour is a 22 ounce bottle offering, as well as draft, available from July through September.

Style: Berliner Weisse (w/ Passionfruit)
Hops: German Hersbrucker
Malts: American Two Row, German Wheat, CaraPils, Crystal 20L
Yeast: Lactobacillus

Availability: 22oz Bombers
Distribution: Draft. OR, WA, HI, & BC

5% ABV, 3 IBUs

If you go: 

Passionfruit Sour Bottle Release Party
Tuesday, July 19th, 2016 @ Belmont Station
4500 Se Stark Street,  Portland, OR 97215

by Reid Ramsay