Canned Craft Beer

Iron Hill Crusher Session IPA for summer

Iron Hill Crusher Session IPA is the newest can for the Delaware born brewery, a session IPA.

All 11 locations will carry Iron Hill Crusher Session IPA. Brewed with Cascade, Amarillo, and Nelson Sauvin hops. The beer boasts flavors of grapefruit, peach Continue Reading →

Upslope Dry Hopped Wild Ale

Upslope Dry Hopped Wild Ale is the 8th entry in the brewery’s ongoing Lee Hill Series.

This edition is a sour blonde ale, that has been aging in neutral oak. Neutral oak has lost most, if not all it’s ability to Continue Reading →

Posted in Southbound Brewing Co, New Releases

Southbound Shakedown Street canned for the first time

Southbound Shakedown Street has now been canned for the first time. The saison joins Transilience, which is also hitting shelves in cans in June.

The beer’s base is a saison (with French saison yeast) that was just slightly kettle soured. Shakedown Street is hopped with just Southern Cross, a New Zealand bred hops boasting pine and citrus notes.

meiSomething’s shakin’ with Shakedown Street–Southbound’s fresh new take on a French Saison. This light kettle soured Farmhouse Ale is infused with a hefty dose of Southern Cross.

Southbound Shakedown Street is a 12 ounce can and draft offering. Available seasonally.

Style: Saison
Hops: Southern Cross

Availability: 12 ounce cans, Draft. Summer seasonal
Debut (Cans): June, 2016

5.2% ABV, 35 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Other Half Brewing, Creature Comforts, Don't Miss This

Other Half Grits & Greens, another Creature Comforts collab

For those of you keeping track of Creature Comforts, or all things collaboration for that matter, here’s one more for your radar. Other Half Grits & Greens.

You might recall Creature Comforts King’s Ransom, a collaboration with Brooklyn, New York’s Other Half Brewing. That beer was released at Creature Comforts in Athens, Georgia back in April.

This weekend, another Creature Comforts/ Other Half collaboration has been released, this time in New York – Other Half Grits & Greens. This release is a pilsner, the first ever by the young brewery.

Grits & Greens features Georgia grits (if you don’t know what grits are, watch My Cousin Vinnie), and hopped with Wakatu, Wai-iti, and Nelson Sauvin hops.

The collaboration was released over the weekend in 16 ounce cans. Happy hunting.

Style: Pilsner (w/ Grits)
Hops: Wakatu, Wai-iti, Nelson Sauvin

Availability: 16oz Cans. Brewery release
Debut: 6/4/16

5.9% ABV

Image via Other Half Brewing

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Iron Hill Brewing, New Releases

Iron Hill Crusher Session IPA for summer

Iron Hill Crusher Session IPA is the newest can for the Delaware born brewery, a session IPA.

All 11 locations will carry Iron Hill Crusher Session IPA. Brewed with Cascade, Amarillo, and Nelson Sauvin hops. The beer boasts flavors of grapefruit, peach and ripe pineapple.

Available on draft and 16 ounce cans, while supplies last.

Style: IPA
Hops: Cascade, Nelson Sauvin, Amarillo

Availability: 16oz Cans, Draft. Summer seasonal

5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in 21st Amendment Brewing, Don't Miss This

21st Amendment Blah Blah Blah IPA joins summer lineup

21st Amendment Blah Blah Blah IPA joins the San Francisco, California brewery’s lineup this summer.

21A’s core lineup already contains a 7% alcohol by volume, Brew Free or Die IPA, and a hoppy session IPA, Down to Earth just to mention a few. When you’re a west coast brewery, there’s always room for more in your lineup. 21st’s co-founder Nicco Freccia explains:

We love our hops like everyone else, but we also like to have fun with our beers. There are over 4,200 breweries in America and it seems like all of them are making an IPA if not several. There are West Coast IPAs, Session IPAs, Black IPAs, Grapefruit IPAs, Blah Blah Blah IPAs (you get the idea). This style is clearly here to stay and our Blah Blah Blah IPA is a limited edition release that in many ways pays tribute to the prevalence and popularity of this style.”

The label pokes fun at joke all the renditions of the most popular beer style in the craft brewing segment. It also boasts a very precise bitterness rating (IBUs) and a “wetness” factor.

Blah Blah features malts the brewery hasn’t used in the past, plus late kettle editions of Mosaic, Citra, and Idaho 7 hop (at 2 pounds per barrels).

21st Amendment Blah Blah Blah IPA will be a 12 ounce can offering, in the summer variety pack, alongside Hell or High Watermelon Wheat, El Sully, and  Brew Free or Die IPA.

Style: Imperial IPA
Availability: 12oz cans
Release: June, 2016

8% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Magic Hat Brewing, New Releases

Magic Hat Art Hop Ale 2016 features blood orange & sage

Magic Hat Art Hop Ale 2016 is coming this summer. The beer is a collaboration; an intersection of art and brewing.

The brewery teamed up with the non-profit SEABA (South End Arts and Business), which promotes local artists as well as businesses. The Labels for Libations contest motivated Vermont artists to submit works for the can.

The winning label was crated by Zelde Grimm.

Magic Hat Art Hop Ale 2016 is an imperial blonde ale, brewed with blood orange, orange peel, and sage.

A bready malt body creates a solid canvas for blood orange, while sage provides the balancing juxtaposition of spice to the citrus notes from Simcoe, Amarillo and Cascade hops.

Magic Hat Art Hop Ale 2016 is available all summer in 16 ounce cans and draft.

Style: Blonde Ale (w/ Blood Orange, Orange, and Sage.)
Availability: 16oz Cans, Draft. Summer seasonal.
Debut: June, 2016

8% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Birdsong Brewing Co.

Birdsong Brewing Fake Plastic Trees hits cans

Birdsong Brewing Fake Plastic Trees is now available in cans as of this week. Perfect for Radiohead fans everywhere. (Seriously, Fake Plastic Trees is a top five song for this guy.)

The wheat based seasonal features Sorachi Ace, Columbus, and Cascade hops.

This tasty, happy wheat beer is bursting with citrus and lemongrass aromas, supported by a complementary malt backbone and a clean bitterness. A blend of Columbus, Cascade and Sorachi Ace hops bring the party to your mouth while the mellow wheat base quenches your thirst. Enjoy this delightfully distinctive ale at your cookout, your day at the lake or wherever your next adventure takes you

Birdsong Brewing Fake Plastic Trees is a draft and 16 ounce can offering.

Style: Wheat Beer
Hops: Sorachi Ace, Columbus, Cascade
Malts: 2 Row, Munich, Raw Wheat, Red Wheat

Availability: 16oz Cans

Debut: 6/2/16

6.4% ABV, 40 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Upslope Brewing Company, New Releases

Upslope Dry Hopped Wild Ale

Upslope Dry Hopped Wild Ale is the 8th entry in the brewery’s ongoing Lee Hill Series.

This edition is a sour blonde ale, that has been aging in neutral oak. Neutral oak has lost most, if not all it’s ability to import oak flavors or flavors from anything that has previously aged in it.

The brewery really shows some versatility with this release. Upslope has made a name for themselves by brewing great beers to style. (Their Brown Ale just won awards.) We still wholeheartedly believe that if you can brew a solid IPA, pale ale, or brown ale, you can brew anything. Upslope Dry Hopped Wild Ale is exactly that example.

Upslope Dry Hopped Wild Ale is the 8th edition in the Lee Hill Series. Available in 19.2 ounce cans in a very limited release run.

Style: American Wild Ale (Oak Aged)
Availability: 19.2oz Cans. Limited taproom release.
Debut: Late Spring, 2016

?? ABV

by Reid Ramsay