Canned Craft Beer

Posted in Modern Times Beer, Coming Soon

Modern Times Monster’s Park Blueberry Cobbler

Modern Times Monster’s Park Blueberry Cobbler

Image: Modern Times

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in The Unknown Brewing Co., Don't Miss This, Seasonal Return

This “Bright Ass Tank Top” from Unknown Brewing kicks off summer

Unknown Bright Ass Tank Top is back in action as summer kicks up, slamming big flavors together in one canned package.

Key limes may be one of the most popular additions in craft beer these days. Unknown Bright Ass Tank Top has them in the base gose, plus Nicaraguan rum barrels. Brewery founder Brad Schell told Beer Street Journal of his excitement to find such great rum barrels.

“They smell like being drunk on a beach or being a pirate.”- Brad Schell

The base beer is a gose brewed with sea salt and key limes, then aged in the rum barrels for over three months.

The result? A bold beer. There are a few key lime flavored beers running around out there these days. While some just taste a little citrusy, Bright Ass Tank Top doesn’t let you forget what it is. A rum filled gose that is full of key lime juice. You can’t miss a bright as shit tank top walking by you. You won’t forget this beer either.

Unknown Bright Ass Tank Top is available once again in 16-ounce cans and draft by the end of June (in time for July 4th).

Style: Gose (w/ Sea Salt, Key Limes. Barrel Aged. Rum.)
Availability: 16oz Cans, Draft.

Distribution: NC, SC, GA
Latest Return: Late June 2019

4.1% ABV

PIC: Beer Street Journal

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Firestone Walker Brewing, New Releases

Firestone Walker Cashmere XPA joins mixed pack for summer

Firestone Walker Cashmere XPA is exclusively a part of the brewery’s ‘Beer Before Glory” Mixed Pack this summer.

Cashmere XPA is a pale ale, brewed with the Cashmere hops. Like so many popular hop varieties, Cashmere has a very unique tropical citrus flavor.

“I think it’s cool that this is a cultivar from the public breeding program, meaning that any hop farmer can grow it,” Brynildson said. “But more importantly, it’s a true new age hop with these beautiful soft fruit qualities that are really distinct.” – Matt Brynildson, Brewmaster

Cashmere XPA is joined by newly formulated Easy Jack, Union Jack, and Firestone Lager in this seasonal 12-pack. Available throughout summer 2019.

Style: IPA
Hops: Cashmere

Availability: 12oz Cans. Mixed Pack Exclusive
Debut: June 2019.

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Image: Firestone Walker

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Gate City Brewing, New Releases

Gate City Tarty McFly releases this week. Hoverboards still don’t work on water.

Gate City Tarty McFly debuts today, a new kettle sour ale.

The Roswell, Georgia based brewery used fresh raspberry puree to really make this beer a “tart summer crusher” as the brewery calls it.

This Kettle Sour is tart, fruity and refreshingly delicious. With approximately 1.21 gigawatts of raspberries, this tart summer crusher will have you traveling back through time to find your hover-board and red puffy vest.

Gate City Tarty McFly is available in 12-ounce cans and draft as a summer seasonal release.

Style: Berliner Weisse (Kettle Sour Ale) (w/ Raspberries.)
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft.
Debut: Mid June 2019

5.1% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Three Taverns Brewery, Seasonal Return

Three Taverns creamy, fruity, ‘Tropical Luxure’ to sour series

Three Taverns Tropical Luxure joins the brewery’s Sour Asylum Series on June 8th.

This new release combines flavors of pineapple, passionfruit, and mango, with the creamy inspiration of another Sour Asylum Series – Cream Weaver. Together, they make a beer that the brewery says is the “perfect companion to help you battle that scorching Atlanta summer heat”.

MORE: THREE TAVERNS SOUR ASYLUM SERIES

Three Taverns Tropical Luxure is a brewery only release in 12-ounce cans and draft.

Style: American Sour/Wild Ale (w/ Mango. Pineapple. Passionfruit. Lactose.)
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft. Limited Release.

Debut: 6/8/19

5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Wild Leap Brew Co., New Releases

Wild Leap expands Truck Chaser series with “Bomb Pop”

Wild Leap Bomb Pop Double IPA is the second release in the brewery’s Truck Chaser Series as May winds down.

This ice cream themed series started earlier this year with Creamsicle Double IPA, brewed with orange, vanilla, and lactose. This second release is inspired by another popular ice cream of summer, the Bomb Pop. The tri-flavored popsicle was invented in Kansas City, Missouri in 1955. National Bomb Pop Day is celebrated on the last Thursday in June.

Wild Leap Bomb Pop Double IPA features the iconic “bomb” flavors of lime, cherry, and raspberry, brewed with lactose. Did they do it? They damn well did. Every sip tastes like a mind-bendingly weird blend of hops and ice cream. Seriously, your tastebuds and your brain fight each other on what this beer is until the alcohol hits your brain and stops caring and just wants more.

Available in 12-ounce cans and draft for a limited time starting the last week of May 2019.

Style: Imperial IPA (Milkshake IPA) w/ Lime. Cherry. Raspberry. Lactose.)
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft. Limited Release.
Debut: Late May 2019

8.1%, 49 IBUs

PIC: Beer Street Journal

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Three Taverns Brewery, Seasonal Return

Three Taverns 3 Day IPA returns again ahead of local art festival

Three Taverns 3 Day IPA is back in cans once again, ahead of the local Decatur Arts Festival.

This hoppy release is THE official beer Decatur Arts Festival. This session India pale ale was a huge hit in the taproom when first released on draft in 2016.

This year’s release dry-hopped, and features Amarillo, Lemondrop, Mosaic, and El Dorado hops.

…is a 4.6% session IPA that is hazy in appearance and extremely crushable.

Three Taverns 3 Day IPA is available at the taproom again starting in mid-may in 12-ounce cans, and draft.

Style: IPA
Hops: Amarillo, Mosaic, Lemondrop, El Dorado
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft.
Debut: 5/23/17
Latest Return: Mid-May 2019

4.5% ABV

Three Taverns 3 Day IPA Purcell

PIC: Beer Street Journal

by Reid Ramsay