Canned Craft Beer

Payette Blood Orange Rustler saddles up year-round

Payette Blood Orange Rustler, a spin on the brewery’s best selling Rustler IPA, joins their year-round lineup in June.

Fruited India pale ales have come extremely popular as the weather warms. Idaho based Payette Brewing chose blood orange to accentuate their year-round IPA.

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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 Continue Reading →

Epic Brewing Los Locos debuts

Epic Brewing Los Locos Mexican-Style Lager debuts on Cinco de Mayo (May 5th. Duh.)

The warm weather inspired beer boasts “a hint of malt sweetness, a dash of sea salt and a refreshing splash of lime.”

Troy Guard is the Denver chef with Continue Reading →

Posted in Payette Brewing, New Releases

Payette Blood Orange Rustler saddles up year-round

Payette Blood Orange Rustler, a spin on the brewery’s best selling Rustler IPA, joins their year-round lineup in June.

Fruited India pale ales have come extremely popular as the weather warms. Idaho based Payette Brewing chose blood orange to accentuate their year-round IPA.

“We have been playing around with Blood Orange Rustler for a few years now, it has been a fan favorite ever since the first time one of our brewers made a single keg of the beer. It is super exciting to finally add it to our canned beer line up and into people’s summer coolers!” – Payette founder, Mike Francis

Payette Blood Orange Rustler is brewed with Centennial, Chinook, and Columbus hops. Available year-round in the brewery’s small distribution area starting June 1st.

Style: IPA (w/ Blood Orange)
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft. Year-round
Distribution: OR, ID, UT, WA, WY, MT

6.2% ABV, 65 IBUs

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
Posted in Coming Soon

Terrapin Cranberry Pumpkinfest to be canned this fall

Terrapin Cranberry Pumpkinfest is coming to cans this fall. A spin on the brewery’s annual pumpkin release.

Pumpkinfest joined the Athens, Georgia based brewery’s lineup years ago, and found it’s way into cans in 2015. This coming edition uses cranberry juice, givng

Cranberry Pumpkinfest is brewed with traditional pumpkin pie spices and contains real cranberry juice for just the right amount of tartness. We add pumpkin to the mash for yet another layer of flavor for a beer that is reminiscent of the upcoming season.

Terrapin Cranberry Pumpkinfest will be a draft and 12 ounce can offering. The brewery has not yet announced this release.

Style: Pumpkin Beer (w/ Cranberries)
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft. Seasonal
Release: Fall, 2016

5.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Terrapin Beer Company, Coming Soon, Headlines

First Look: Terrapin HI 10 Mango Habanero Imperial IPA

Terrapin HI-10 will mark the 27th entry in the brewery’s Side Project Series in late July. For the first time in Side Project history, the beer will be in canned (instead of 22 ounce bottles.)

One of Terrapin’s first cans was Hi-5, a west coast style India pale ale. This rif on that beer will be an imperial IPA brewed with mango and habanero peppers. Above are the first can proofs of the new

Surf’s up with our “HI-10” Mango Habanero Double IPA. With citra waves for days, and just enough heat to make you sweat, our big and juicy DIPA has plenty of kick to keep you barreled from start to finish.

Terrapin HI-10 will be a 12 ounce can offering.

Style: Imperial IPA (w/ Mango, Habanero Peppers.)
Availabilty: 12oz cans, Draft.
Release: Late-July, 2016

9.3% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Ska Brewing, New Releases

Ska Hop Ivy, brewed with all Colorado everything

Ska Hop Ivy is now available in cans – the brewery’s first canned beer sourced entirely from Colorado ingredients.

Loosely based on one of Ska’s other beers, Hoperation Ivy, a wet hop ale with local hops, Ska Hop Ivy showcases locally grown Chinook and Nugget hops. Both hops were harvested at Simply Grown LLC hop farm in Palisade, Colorado. The malts are grown and malted at Colorado Malting Co. in Alamos.

The local sourcing doesn’t stop there. The yeast is from the Brewing Science Institute in Woodland Park. The brewery also used snowmelt from the San Juan Mountains.

“Hop Ivy is a tribute to Colorado’s many local farmers,” says Ska Co-founder and Colorado native, Bill Graham.  “Using local harvest in the brewing process and selling the finished product within the state supports the economy and the wellbeing of Colorado—our home.”

Ska Hop Ivy is available in 12 ounce cans across the state of Colorado.

Style: IPA
Hops: Chinook, Nugget

Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft
Debut: May, 2016

6.1% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Burial Beer Co, New Releases

Burial Ceremonial Session IPA cans hit distro

Burial Ceremonial Session IPA is hitting shelves this week – a session IPA ready just ahead of summer.

Lower alcohol by volume beers pair quite well with day drinking.  Burial Ceremonial Session IPA is designed for just that. The base malt is pilsner, plus flaked last, barley and wheat. This batch uses Nelson Sauvin hops.

…with a special house yeast that reacts with a robust dry- hop to provide a rounder mouthfeel, an incredible tropical aroma with a smooth juice flavor.

Burial Ceremonial Session IPA is available in 16 ounce cans.

Style: IPA
Hops: Nelson Sauvin
Availability: 16oz Cans
Release: May, 2016

4% ABV, 35 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in EPIC Brewing Company, New Releases

Epic Brewing Los Locos debuts

Epic Brewing Los Locos Mexican-Style Lager debuts on Cinco de Mayo (May 5th. Duh.)

The warm weather inspired beer boasts “a hint of malt sweetness, a dash of sea salt and a refreshing splash of lime.”

Troy Guard is the Denver chef with a Mexican restaurant so badass we can even put the name on this can. While enjoying his food we had a crazy idea: brew Mexican-style lager with corn, natural lime juice.

Epic Brewing Los Locos Mexican-Style Lager is a 12 ounce can offering for a limited time.

Style: Lager (w/ Lime, Sea Salt)
Availability: 12oz cans, Draft.
Release: 5/5/2016

4.8% ABV

by Reid Ramsay