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SweetWater TripleTail goes year-round tropical

“Tropical” is very much in style right now. Tropical hops like Mosaic, Galaxy, and Citra. Tropical flavors like mango, papaya, and pineapple. You get the idea. Atlanta’s largest craft brewery bolsters their flagship IPA with pineapple forward Goin’ Coastal, and joining Continue Reading →

Posted in Creature Comforts

Creature Comforts Crescendo returns in new 16oz cans

Creature Comforts Crescendo rejoins the brewery’s lineup again today, in new 16-ounce cans.

Extra vessels allowed the Athens, Georgia brewery begin brewing a series of taproom only releases. Among the first was Crescendo, debuting for the first time last October. Since then, a bulk of the brewery’s new releases have been taproom only.

Creature Comforts Crescendo is quite hoppy, featuring 5.5 pounds of hops per barrel. El Dorado, Galaxy, plus an experimental hop known as Grungeist round out the hop lineup.

Crescendo is a slightly hazy IPA with notes of honeydew, white peach skin, pineapple, and orange from the hops used in the beer.

Creature Comforts Crescendo is available in 16-ounce cans and draft, with limited distribution coming this week. Crescendo is extremely limited.

Style: IPA
Hops: El Dorado, Galaxy, Grungeist

Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft. Taproom Only.
Debut: Late October, 2016
Latest Return: 9/16/17

7.2% ABV

Image: Creature Comforts  

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in UpCountry Brewing, New Releases

UpCountry Hop Dread is the brewery’s second can

UpCountry Hop Dread is being canned this week, marking the young brewery’s second can release.

Those visiting UpCountry have come to know this beer by another name, Hopped Red. As the beer gets packaged for the first time, the brewery is changing the name, but the recipe will remain the same.

This is our Red IPA. Made with an abundance of Falconer’s Flight hops, this brew backs up the maltiness with a blend of tropical grapefruit and lemon flavors.

UpCountry Hop Dread is already available on draft, coming to 16-ounce cans the week of September 18th.

Style: IPA
Availability: 16oz Cans, Draft. Year-round.
Debut (Cans): Week of September 18th

7.3% ABV

PIC: Beer Street Journal

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in The Veil Brewing, New Releases

WIRED: The Veil Brewing Single Origin Coffee Hornswoggler

The famed ‘Hornswoggler’ gets treated to a cup of coffee today. The Veil Brewing Single Origin Coffee Hornswoggler debuts at 4 pm.

This dessert beer series started with a chocolate milk stout known as Hornswoggler. The smooth, creamy, flavors of chocolate with a hint of coffee is as rich as it is pleasing. That release has spun off variants like Coconut, Oreos, and even candy bars.

The Veil Brewing Single Origin Coffee Hornswoggler is the latest variant in the lineup, featuring coffee from Richmond, Virginia based Blanchard’s Coffee. After sampling through their roasts, The Veil settled on their Colombia El Obraje variety. Those fans that have tried the brewery’s Snozzwired (and loved it), you’ll be happy to know there is 3 times more coffee in Single Origin Coffee Hornswoggler.

This is just EXPLODING with intense coffee both on the aromatics and palate. 

The Veil Brewing Single Origin Coffee Hornswoggler will be available in 16-ounce cans when the brewery opens on September 12th.

Style: Milk Stout (w/ Coffee. Lactose.)
Availability: 16oz Cans. Limited
Debut: 9/12/17

7% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in SweetWater Brewing, New Releases

SweetWater TripleTail goes year-round tropical

“Tropical” is very much in style right now. Tropical hops like Mosaic, Galaxy, and Citra. Tropical flavors like mango, papaya, and pineapple. You get the idea. Atlanta’s largest craft brewery bolsters their flagship IPA with pineapple forward Goin’ Coastal, and joining the duo year-round will is SweetWater TripleTail.

“TripelT” debut in June as a summer seasonal release. Its popularity was instant. Mosaic and Waimea hops slam your palate with passion fruit and papaya flavors. Despite all the fruit mentions, you won’t find fruit in this India pale ale. The hops are the star here.

A tropical approach to the IPA style – TripleTail weaves juicy and bodacious hops with notes of papaya, pineapple and passionfruit into this lush hop-forward IPA, creating a mouthwatering vacation for your senses. At 5.5% ABV, you can lean back assured it will refresh you from sun up to sun down.

SweetWater TripleTail is available in 12-ounce bottles, cans, and draft year-round.

Style: IPA
Hops: Bravo, Mosaic, Denali
Dry Hops:  Mosaic, Denali, Waimea
Malts: 2-Row, Wheat, Pilsner, Carapils

Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft.
Debut: Mid-June  2017

5.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Reformation Brewery, New Releases

Reformation Barrel Aged Jude celebrates new beer laws

Reformation Barrel Aged Jude debuts today, alongside a new era for Georgia craft breweries. Today, you can finally buy a pint directly from the brewery.

Woodstock, Georgia is home to Reformation, who started aging Barrel Aged Jude over 9 months ago. The Belgian-style tripel has been resting in fresh bourbon barrels since late December.

This unique version of Jude has been aged for over nine months in bourbon barrels, with 9.2 percent ABV the beer is described as having notes of bourbon and oak atop a balanced malt sweetness and clean, citrus finish.

Reformation Barrel Aged Jude will be available in 16-ounce cans exclusively at the brewery on September 1st – the first day Reformation is legally allowed to directly sell to a customer.

Style: Belgian-style Tripel (Barrel Aged. Bourbon.)
Availability: 16oz Cans. Brewery Only.
Debut: 9/1/17

9.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Odell Brewing, New Releases

A special hop grinding process creates Odell Rupture

As the summer of 2017 winds down, a new beer is emerging in Fort Collins, Colorado – Odell Rupture.

A special flourish in the brewing process is what makes Odell Rupture so unique. Sure, you’ve heard of whole flower hops added to the boil, or used in dry-hopping. Odell does something a little different in this brewing process by grinding the whole flower hops minutes before meeting beer.

The brewery actually uses a mix of pellets and whole flower hops in their brewing processes. The biggest hop aromas came “rupturing” the lupulin in the whole flower hops in a grinding process. The brewery loved the result so much, they installed a hammer mill to aid in the process.

“By grinding the hops, we unlock an unparalleled amount of hop aroma. We built the recipe around highlighting that aroma, letting the hops take center stage without overwhelming bitterness.” – Brendan McGivney, COO

Odell Rupture is now available year-round in 12-ounce cans and draft.

Style: IPA
Availability: 12oz Cans. Draft. Year-round
Debut: Late August 2017

6% ABV

Image: Odell Brewing

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in The Veil Brewing, Seasonal Return

Intensely hopped: The Veil Brewing Casual Drinks

The Veil Brewing Casual Drinks returns to the Richmond, Virginia based brewery’s lineup on August 29th.

This imperial India pale ale is hopped “intensely” with Citra and El Dorado.

Soft, virtually no bitterness, and a nice one to enjoy with friends.

The Veil Brewing Casual Drinks is available in 16-ounce cans when the brewery opens on August 29th.

Style: Imperial IPA
Hops: Citra, El Dorado

Availability: 16oz Cans
Latest Return: 8/29/17

8.5% ABV

Image: The Veil Brewing

by Reid Ramsay