Canned Craft Beer

Wild Heaven Emergency Drinking Beer Debuts Today

Wild Heaven Craft Beers (Avondale Estates, GA) will launch their first canned offerings with the help of Toucan Mobile Canning this year. First up – Wild Heaven Emergency Drinking Beer.

The beer style is reminiscent of a great pilsner. Something easy drinking, crisp Continue Reading →

Second Self Beer Launches Cans

Second Self Brewing (Atlanta, GA) will release their first package offering, cans, this week. The brewery opened in fall of 2014, and has been draft only until now.

Using Toucan Mobile Canning, Second Self is packaging Red Hop Rye, and Thai Continue Reading →

Anchor IPA, the Brewery’s Third Can

Anchor IPA is now available in cans. This release marks the third canned offering in the brewery’s 119 years of operation. The brewery first released Anchor IPA in February of 2014.

“We are thrilled to finally bring Anchor fans one of Continue Reading →

Tallgrass Wooden Rooster Coming to 19.2oz cans

Tallgrass Wooden Rooster will be released by the Manhattan, Kansas brewery in 19.2 oz cans this summer.

Tallgrass Wooden Rooster is a Belgian-style tripel, aged in rye whiskey barrels.

The brewery has recently quadrupled their capacity to a full 60,000 barrels. Improvements Continue Reading →

Posted in New Releases, Wild Heaven Craft Beers

Wild Heaven Emergency Drinking Beer Debuts Today

Wild Heaven Craft Beers (Avondale Estates, GA) will launch their first canned offerings with the help of Toucan Mobile Canning this year. First up – Wild Heaven Emergency Drinking Beer.

The beer style is reminiscent of a great pilsner. Something easy drinking, crisp and refreshing, a bit like Let The Be Light, but as versatile as possible.

Emergency Drinking Beer will be the lowest alcohol by volume beer by Wild Heaven to date. Created in collaboration with Paul Calvert of Victory Sandwich Bar and Paper Plane (Atlanta Magazine’s 2013 Bartender of the Year).

The drink of necessity. Real brewed. All purpose blend. Ready to drink. Do not refill. Do not reuse…

Emergency Drinking Beer is perfect for picking out your next beer. A beer for walking to the mailbox, or waiting to use the ATM. A beer for when the zombies are tearing down your door, and you’re out of bullets. A beer for when you really, really need it.

Wild Heaven Emergency Drinking Beer will debut this Thursday, April 9th at Victory Sandwich Bar in Decatur, Georgia. Expect cans by summer.

Style: Pilsner (with creative license) (w/ Lemongrass, Portuguese Sea Salt, Grapefruit Zest)
Availability: 12oz Cans. Year-round.
Launch: April, 2015

4% ABV

Wild Heaven Emergency Launch

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Don't Miss This, New Releases, Terrapin Beer Company

Terrapin RecreationAle 16oz Cans Arrive this Month

Terrapin RecreationAle 16oz cans are on the out of the Athens, Georgia brewery. Tallboy cans of the session ale were filled this week.

Terrapin RecreationAle was the very first can to join the brewery’s lineup back in 2013.  Its success opened the door for Hi-5 IPA, and ultimately, Terrapin ordering their own canning line. (Two Roads Brewing had been contract canning previously.)

16oz “tallboy” cans roll out this month. The the hoppy session ale is 4.7% ABV.

Read more: Terrapin Beer Company

Image via Terrapin

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Independence Brewing Company, New Releases

Independence RedBud Berliner Weisse Cans, April 11th

Independence RedBud launches this weekend as the brewery’s new summer seasonal. The beer is a berliner weisse, a sour/tart wheat ale.

Inspired by classically tart and refreshing Berliner Weisse flavor profile, RedBud is light and lemony with a crisp acidity. It is brewed with a lactic culture to create the classic sour-citrusy lemon flavor and finished with high carbonation.

Independence RedBud is available in 12 ounce cans starting April 11th.

Style: Berliner Weisse
Availability: 12oz Cans
Release: 4/11/15

4.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, Second Self Brewing Company

Second Self Beer Launches Cans

Second Self Brewing (Atlanta, GA) will release their first package offering, cans, this week. The brewery opened in fall of 2014, and has been draft only until now.

Using Toucan Mobile Canning, Second Self is packaging Red Hop Rye, and Thai Wheat, both year round offerings. A quick review of the brewery descriptions of each:

  • Thai Wheat (5.1% ABV, 18 IBU) — a spicy American wheat beer brewed with fresh lemongrass and ginger.Suggested Pairings: fish, chicken, pork loin, grilled vegetables, sushi, and Asian cuisine. 
  • Red Hop Rye (7.3% ABV, 69 IBU) — a spicy rye mixed with citrusy hops, balanced by a malty backbone from American caramel & honey malts. This is a great example of an American hybrid of beer: a Red Rye IPA.

Second Self Thai Wheat will be available starting April 6th. Second Self Red Hop Rye cans arrive the following week, April 14th.

This article was updated to reflect Thai Wheat launching in cans on 4/6.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Anchor Brewing, Don't Miss This, New Releases

Anchor IPA, the Brewery’s Third Can

Anchor IPA is now available in cans. This release marks the third canned offering in the brewery’s 119 years of operation. The brewery first released Anchor IPA in February of 2014.

“We are thrilled to finally bring Anchor fans one of their favorite core beers, Anchor IPA, in cans,” said Mark Carpenter, Brewmaster at Anchor Brewing. When we first released Anchor IPA the popularity of the beer took off quickly, so it only made sense to also offer consumers a convenient way to enjoy this tasty beer…”

Anchor Lager was up first in cans, joined by Brotherhood Steam Beer. Anchor IPA cans are now available nationwide.

Style: IPA
Availability: 12oz Bottles, 12oz Cans, 22oz Bottles, Draft. Year-round
Can Release: March/April, 2015

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, Oskar Blues Brewing

Oskar Blues Brewhouse Special Pale Ale, A House of Blues Collab

This bright can is Oskar Blues Brewhouse Special Pale Ale, a collaboration with the iconic, music influenced, House of Blues.

If you know Oskar Blues, you know the brewery loves music as much as they love the outdoors. The collaboration is a pale ale, that features Falconer’s Flight and Lemondrop hops.

 A smooth, easy drinking American Pale Ale with lemon, pine, and citrus character.

The brewery tells Beer Street Journal that you can find Oskar Blues Brewhouse Special Pale Ale in cans at House of Blues locations.

Style: Pale Ale
Hops: Lemon Drop, Falconer’s Flight
Malts: Abbey

Availability: 16oz Cans

 6.1% ABV, 40 IBU’s

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines, Tallgrass Brewing

Tallgrass Wooden Rooster Coming to 19.2oz cans

Tallgrass Wooden Rooster will be released by the Manhattan, Kansas brewery in 19.2 oz cans this summer.

Tallgrass Wooden Rooster is a Belgian-style tripel, aged in rye whiskey barrels.

The brewery has recently quadrupled their capacity to a full 60,000 barrels. Improvements in their packaging lines, along with expanded production, are setting the stage for new offerings throughout 2015.

Exact launch date for Tallgrass Wooden Rooster will be announced in the coming weeks.

Style: Belgian-Style Tripel (Barrel Aged. Rye Whiskey.)
Availability: 19.2oz Cans
Release: TBA

?? ABV

by Reid Ramsay