Canned Craft Beer

Treehorn Cider releases first cans (in July)

Marietta, Georgia based Treehorn Cider has released their first canned offering. The cidery opened almost one year ago.

Treehorn Dry Cider, one of the first ciders in the lineup, has been chosen as the first packaged offering. The Dry edition features five Continue Reading →

Sixpoint Tesla, where science history meets beer

Sixpoint Tesla, a “hop-charged lager,” hit markets in a limited release. The name actually honors scientist Nikola Tesla, widely known for his innovations in solar and hydroelectric power as well as alternating currency electricity.

Sixpoint Tesla is a clean lager, super-charged with American hops.

Think the Continue Reading →

Posted in Harpoon Brewing, Don't Miss This

Spotlight: Harpoon Flannel Friday, the brewery’s newest seasonal

Harpoon Flannel Friday has joined the Boston, Massachusetts based brewery’s lineup this month. Just slightly ahead of colder weather.

Replacing their early fall offering, Oktoberfest, Harpoon Flannel Friday is a hoppy amber ale. The hops of choice are Citra and Cascade.

A bright hop aroma from Cascade and Citra hop additions complements its strong and complex malt backbone. Amber hued, medium bodied, with hints of citrus and pine, Flannel Friday is meant for the crisp days of fall.

The beer got its name from the first day of chilly weather where everyone at the brewery shows up in flannel.

What you’ll taste: Fall was made for malty beers, and Flannel has it. Citra and Cascade are bold hops, bringing notes of citrus and pine into the mix. A great transition into cooler weather.

Harpoon Flannel Friday is a 12 ounce can and draft offering as a seasonal release. Incidentally, the first seasonal release since 1989.

Style: Amber Ale
Hops: Citra, Cascade

Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft.
Debut: August, 2016

5.7% ABV, 35 IBUs

Ed note: Oktoberfest is apparently still available in September & October this year. 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in SweetWater Brewing, New Releases

SweetWater Hash Session IPA: year round & 15 packs

SweetWater Hash Session IPA launched in February this year. The popular was nearly instantaneou. The fan love has prompted the brewery to make it a year-round offering.

Today the brewery is launching 15-packs of Hash Session, headed for retailers next week. For those times with a 12-pack just won’t due. The low alcohol by volume India pale ale features Amarillo hops hash, good for all day drinking.

READ: SweetWater retires Hash Session.

Even though Hash Session is going away, SweetWater Hash Brown is back on shelves again for fall, 2016. The base beer is a brown ale brewed using the hash blend.

Cooling out on the dock, jamming tunes and popping tops, wait for da rod to bend. Gist of the grist is mellow at 4.2%, laying down the base to showcase the blazin’ Amarillo hop hash sunset.

SweetWater Hash Session iPA is now available in 12 ounce bottles, cans, and draft, year-round

Style: IPA
Hops: Amarillo, Bravo

Availability: 12oz Bottles, 12oz Cans, Draft.
Release: February, 2016 (Year-round)

4.2% ABV

SweetWater Hash Session 15 Packs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Oskar Blues Brewing, Seasonal Return

Oskar Blues Hotbox Coffee Porter is back for another round

Oskar Blues Hotbox Coffee Porter, a collaboration with Hotbox Roasters, is returning to shelves for a second time. The beer first debuted in December, 2015.

Hotbox Coffee Porter features cold-extracted coffee from Burundian and Ethiopian beans, to give the base porter flavors and aromas of dark plums, chocolate and hints of blueberry.

“Hotbox Porter shows that beer and coffee were meant to be together.  Digging in with Hotbox Roasters allowed us to develop a malt blend and a coffee blend that gel beautifully.” -Tim Mathews, Head of Oskar Blues brewing operations

As you’ll recall, earlier this year the brewery also partnered Hotbox Roasters to offer coffee beans in cans.

Oskar Blues Hotbox Coffee Porter is available nationally in 12 ounce cans and draft through November, 2016.

Style: Porter (w/ Coffee)
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft. Sept-Nov.
Latest Return: September, 2016

6.4% ABV, 30 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases

Burial Beer Gang of Blades cans make a limited debut

Burial Beer Gang of Blades is the latest can release by the Asheville, North Carolina based brewery.

This imperial IPA features North Carolina malted wheat, hops from the South Pacific. The curve ball – Burial uses a wild house yeast.

Expect tangerine, pineapple and mango from this super hop juice.

Burial Beer Gang of Blades is a 16 ounce can offering as well as draft. Very limited supply for this release.

Style: Imperial IPA/American Wild Ale
Availability: 16oz Cans, Draft.

Debut (Cans): 9/12/16

8.3% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Treehorn Cider, New Releases

Treehorn Cider releases first cans (in July)

Marietta, Georgia based Treehorn Cider has released their first canned offering. The cidery opened almost one year ago.

Treehorn Dry Cider, one of the first ciders in the lineup, has been chosen as the first packaged offering. The Dry edition features five different varieties of apples, including Staymen Winesap, and Arkansas Black.

…chosen for their complex flavors and tannins; giving it a flavor profile of tart apple and citrus aroma with a bright and lively taste and a soft mineral finish with focused acidity.

Treehorn Dry Cider is available in 12 ounce cans and draft, year-round.

Style: Hard Cider
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft.
Distribution: Georgia

Debut (Cans): July, 2016

5.9% ABV

Ed note: Apparently the first cans debuted in July, 2016. We received the PR in September. 

Image: Treehorn Cider

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Sixpoint Craft Ales, New Releases

Sixpoint Tesla, where science history meets beer

Sixpoint Tesla, a “hop-charged lager,” hit markets in a limited release. The name actually honors scientist Nikola Tesla, widely known for his innovations in solar and hydroelectric power as well as alternating currency electricity.

Sixpoint Tesla is a clean lager, super-charged with American hops.

Think the juicyness of big doses of American Hops, with that clean snappiness of a cold-fermented, meticulously-lagered beer.

Sixpoint Tesla rings in at a 7.1% ABV in Sixpoint’s usual slim 12oz cans.

Style: Lager
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft. Limited Release.
Debut: September, 2016

7.1% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in 21st Amendment Brewing, Seasonal Return

21st Amendment Marooned On Hog Island is back in the can lineup

21st Amendment Marooned on Hog Island, the brewery’s oyster stout, is back in the lineup once again.

The California based brewery creates a stout brewed with rolled oats and chocolate malt, plus 200 pounds of Sweetwater oyster shells from Hog Island Oyster Company.

““More than just a fun tale of a like-minded collaboration, this oyster stout is also deep rooted as a traditional style produced in England, where oysters are plentiful and there is not shortage of stout on that island nation. Marooned on Hog Island is our new world interpretation, created with our neighbors at Hog Island Oyster Company just north of the Golden Gate Bridge in Tomales Bay, and it is nothing short of spectacular,” – Nico Freccia, co-founder

Hog Island Oyster Company was started by two passionate guys John Finger and Terry Sawyer, much like 21st Amendment was. The salinity in the brine and the calcium of the shells give this beer a slightly salty touch to this stout

The new San Leandro brewery expansion allowed 21st Amendment Marooned on Hog Island to be re-brewed for the first time since 2012.

Style: Stout (w/ Oysters)
Hops: Magnum, Willamette
Malts: Crystal, Carafa, Chocolate, Rolled Oats

Availability: 12 oz Cans, Draft. Seasonal.
Distribution: CA, OR, WA, AK, ID, MN, OH, ME, NH, VT, RI, MA, NY, NJ, DC, CT, DE, MD, PA, VA, GA, FL, NV, NC, SC or IL.

Latest Return: September, 2016

7.9% ABV

by Reid Ramsay