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Posted in Dogfish Head, Headlines, New Releases

The newest “a-peeling” can: Dogfish Head Flesh & Blood

Dogfish Head Flesh & Blood IPA has been canned for the first time, following 60 Minute IPA the Delaware brewery’s new can lineup.

Fruit nuanced India pale ales have taken the beer world by storm over the past year, and 2017 will be no different. The beer debuted in 2016 in the brewery’s “Occasionals” lineup, but demand is dictating otherwise. Dogfish Head Flesh & Blood IPA has been promoted to year-round status, exclusively in aluminum.

Flesh & Blood’s base is an imperial IPA, brewed with fresh lemon flesh, and blood orange juice.

 “We’ve been experimenting with fruit and citrus IPA’s since 1996 when we released Aprihop, an IPA brewed with apricots. The India Pale Ale is the biggest craft beer style in America and the most popular breakout subset style in the fruit IPA. We think the fruit IPA category will surge the fastest in 2017 and we are proud of Dogfish Head’s innovator position in this realm.” – Sam Calagione, Dogfish Head founder and CEO

Dogfish Head Flesh & Blood IPA as well as 60 Minute IPA are now shipping to all distribution markets as of January, 2017.

Style: Imperial IPA (w/ Lemons, Blood Orange)
Availability: 12oz Cans. Year-Round
Debut (Cans): January, 2017

8.5% ABV

Image: Dogfish Head

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Three Taverns Brewery, Don't Miss This

Spotlight: Three Taverns Hoplicity, the brewery’s hoppiest

Three Taverns Hoplicity was canned this week by the Decatur, Georgia brewery. Not only is the beer one of the hoppiest in their arsenal, it is also one of the most expensive to brew.

Three Taverns Hoplicity debuted last fall. The recipe is anything but a whim. Brewery founder Brian Purcell has been saving up and trading hops in preparation of this monster. Last fall the stars (or hops in this case) aligned. 3T had enough El Dorado,  Amarillo, Simcoe, and Galaxy to brew Hoplicity.

Logically, our next question asked how the brewery arrived at this recipe. Surprisingly, Hoplicity was a shot in the dark. Their Belgian brewmaster Joran Van Ginderachter, didn’t create many aggressive, American, hoppy beers while brewing abroad. Night on Ponce IPA was his first, and a homerun at that.

Hoplicity is a blgger, bolder beer, based loosely on Ponce. At nearly 10%, it is indeed aggressive. Besides beer, music is a big love and inspiration for founder Brian Purcell. Miles Davis classic album Boplicity inspired not only the name of this dank offering, but the feeling of improvisation that brought this beer to light.

Hoplicity carefully crafts a steady backbeat of alpha acids and transitioning layers of resinous, citrus, and tropical hops into a rich textured ensemble. This is our hoppiest beer and promises to leave your palate stunned, erratic, and eager for more.

Three Taverns Hoplicity is a seasonal 12 ounce can and draft release, through winter 2016.

Style: Imperial IPA
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft.
Debut: October, 2016

9% ABV, 85 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Wild Heaven Craft Beers, Coming Soon, Don't Miss This

Wild Heaven Autumn Defense is coming to cans this season

Wild Heaven Autumn Defense returns again in late August. This year, the brewery will can this fall beer for the first time.

The recipe has changed a little bit since it’s first release. It wasn’t until 2015 that Wild Heaven Autumn Defense became true festbier. It sold so well last fall, Wild Heaven knew it had to be canned in 2016. Note: we mentioned earlier this was a lager. It’s actually an ale, that tastes like the popular Oktoberfest style.

Above is the can design for Autumn Defense, courtesy of the brewery’s co-founder, Nick Purdy.

Wild Heaven Autumn Defense will be available on draft and in 12 ounce cans in late August/early September. The brewery is planning an Oktoberfest party on September 24th.

As of the time of this article, Wild Heaven has canned Emergency Drinking Beer, White Blackbird Saison, and most recently – Wise Blood IPA.

Style: Oktoberfest
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft. Seasonal.
Can Debut: Late August, 2016

5.5% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Three Taverns Brewery, New Releases

Three Taverns ships first cans

Decatur, Georgia based Three Taverns Brewery has packed their first canned offering, hitting shelves by mid-July.

First up – Three Taverns Prince of Pilsen, the brewery’s traditional pilsner first released in the fall of 2014.

Prince of Pilsen tributes the most popular beer style in the world. Originally brewed in the bohemian City of Pilsen in 1842, the new sensation was widely imitated and now makes up 90% of beer consumed around the globe. This Euro-style version is refreshingly crisp and dry hopped with Falconer’s Flight 7Cs for a distinct citrus aroma and bite.

Three Taverns Prince of Pilsen is already available in 12 ounce bottles and draft. 12 ounce cans of Pilsen start hitting shelves the week of July 11th. A kick of tour party is planned for Monday, July 11th. Attendees can take home one of the first Prince of Pilsen 6-packs.

More canned offering are currently in planning, but not announced.

If you go:

Three Taverns Craft Brewery
121 New Street, Decatur, GA 30030
5:30pm

 Image provided to Beer Street Journal by Three Taverns

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News

Register your brewery for the Can Can Awards (Sponsored)

Just a few years ago, canned beer was limited to just a few styles. Most, if not all of those beers came from the world’s biggest breweries.

It’s a different world these days (in the craft segment, cans are 65%+ of the business. Almost daily, a new breweries is either coming online for the first time with cans in their lineup, or is making the transition to cans.

To celebrate this big business arises the Can Can Awards. The competition is broken down by style, similar to the World Beer Cup or medals at the Great American Beer Festival.

Consumers pay attention to (and ultimately buy) award winners. for the price of shipping a few cans and taking a minute to fit out the entry, your brewery can be in contention for a Can Can Award.

You’ve worked hard to bring your cans to the market. Perhaps this is a good way to get the recognition you deserve. Register here.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Stone Brewing Co., Headlines, New Releases

Stone Go To IPA releases in tallboy cans

Stone Go To IPA, the brewery’s session IPA, marks the third canned offering by the Escondido, California based brewery. The beer is proceeded by Stone IPA, and Arrogant Bastard in cans.

Stone Go To IPA is the brewery’s lower alcohol beer released in early 2014, while still carrying Stone’s hoppy seal of approval.

Since Day One, we’ve been abundantly forthright and fully transparent about our lust for hops. It’s led us to craft many an IPA, most of them imperial—some intense for their time and all timeless in their intensity. For Stone Go To IPA, we embrace our hop obsession in a new way, funneling an abundance of lupulin-borne bitterness into a “session” IPA that delivers all the fruity, piney character of a much bigger IPA. To accomplish this, we employ “hop bursting,” a new technique wherein an irrational amount of hops is added during the final phase of the brewing process to coax out extreme flavors and aromas while also imparting a burst of desirably pleasant bitterness. The result is an alpha-acid-rich beer that fans can enjoy more of without missing out on the assertive hop character you, like us, crave. So, sit back and go two with your new everyday go-to IPA and bask along with us in the glory of the almighty hop.

Stone Go To IPA will be available starting June 6th in 16 ounce cans. The beer is currently available on draft, and 12 ounce cans.

Style: IPA
Hops: Ahtanum, Amarillo, Cascade,Chinook, Citra, Crystal, Magnum, Mosaic, Sterling, Hopsteiner 06300

Availability: 12oz Bottles
Arrival (Cans): Early June, 2016

4.5% ABV

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Wild Heaven Craft Beers, New Releases

Wild Heaven Wise Blood IPA debuts today

Wild Heaven Wise Blood IPA will be the Avondale Estates, Georgia based brewery’s next canned offering.

As of today, Wild Heaven’s brewmaster Eric Johnson has brewed 40 different test batches of Wise Blood, dialing in the recipe each time. If you are wondering why so many test batches, you’ll need to understand more about Eric. Each one of his recipes is very intentional and deliberate. Eric will brew a thousand test batches if it means getting it right. We have noticed a trend where some breweries will release a beer that is not even close to being ready for public consumption. Quite a scary thought when there are new folks learning and trying new beers everyday.

We’ve tasted the test batches along the way, and he’s pretty damn close.

To date, Wild Heaven has released Emergency Drinking Beer, and White Blackbird in cans with great success. (Especially with EDB.)

In the meantime, this sexy can above is what you’ll get when the recipe is ready.

Style: IPA
Hops:

Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft
Release: TBA

?? ABV (Pending final recipe)

Image: Beer Street Journal

by Reid Ramsay