IPA

NoDa Sticky When Wet, a new fresh hopped beer

NoDa Sticky When Wet, the Charlotte, North Carolina based brewery’s fresh/wet hop beer is headed for cans.

Head brewer Chad Henderson spearheaded this hoppy project, going from hop field to brew 24 hours. Henderson chose two ridiculously popular hops for NoDa Continue Reading →

Stone Enjoy By Tangerine IPA: 10/31/16

Stone Enjoy By Tangerine IPA hits shelves again now, part of the brewery’s ongoing dedication to freshness. Tangerine IPA is joined periodically throughout the year with other rotating variants such as Unfiltered IPA and Black IPA.

This latest edition of Stone Enjoy By Continue Reading →

Hardywood VIPA aka “Virgindia Pale Ale”

Hardywood VIPA, aka the “Virgindia Pale Ale” debuts this weekend.

Part of the Richmond, Virginia’s Flagship Series features locally grown hops from a few growers – Huguenot, Misty Mill, and Piedmont Hop Farms. The two-row barley was grown at Bay’s Best Continue Reading →

Modern Times Mage Hand, special release can #2

Modern Times Mage Hand marks the second release in the San Diego based brewery’s special release can series.

You’ll find Modern Times Mage Hand to be a “hazy, enormously flavorful juice bomb.” That’s thanks to Chinook, Simcoe, Mosaic, and Equinox hops.

 We stuffed Continue Reading →

Posted in SweetWater Brewing, Don't Miss This, Seasonal Return

SweetWater LowRYEder IPA back from retirement for the winter

SweetWater LowRYEder is out of retirement. At least for now.

This beer got its start as a hoppy rye offering known as Crank Tank, a charitable beer brewed to benefit Camp Twin Lakes. That release was so well received, the brewery upgraded it to LowRYEder IPA.

Not long after, LowRYEder won a gold medal at The Great American Beer Festival. In true SweetWater fashion, the beer was retired shortly after. That’s what happens when a recipe wins a medal SweetWater. Retired. Don’t try to understand it.

The fans voted this summer, and the clear winner is the spicy rye beer you came to know and love a few years ago. Available only in the Winter Variety Pack in 12 ounce bottles and on tap at the brewery.

Style: IPA (/ Rye)
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft. Seasonal release, Winter 2016. 

6.2% ABV, 45 IBUs 

Pic: SweetWater’s head brewer Nick Nock holds the “infamous” GABF gold metal, aka the kiss of death. 

SweetWater LowRYEder BSJ

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in SweetWater Brewing, Headlines

First Look: SweetWater Squeeze Box, the brewery’s new grapefruit IPA

SweetWater Squeeze Box, a new India pale ale brewed with grapefruit, is headed to shelves.

As far as craft beer is concerned the IPA category is king. Has been for years and it’s not slowing down. The fruited segment of the IPA world is very much on fire as well.

Already having one of the southeast’s most popular IPAs in their lineup plus the overwhelming success of this summer’s Goin’ Coastal Pineapple IPA, enter SweetWater Squeeze Box, an IPA with grapefruit.

This beer is indeed juicy, like that juice box you had as a kid, SweetWater Squeeze Box features fresh grapefruit in the brewing process. How did it come out? Dangerously drinkable. Everything you love about SweetWater’s IPA is made new again, thanks to Squeeze Box. The grapefruit pops, and finishes with a bit more sweetness then you’ve come to know in the year-round IPA. A great follow-up to this summer’s hit seasonal, Goin’ Coastal.

Slice open citrus heaven with this grapefruit laced IPA. Bright and crisp with five tropical hop additions and dosed with a shot of grapefruit, it’s a refreshing new squeeze.

SweetWater Squeeze Box is a 12 ounce bottle and draft release. Should be on all of SweetWater’s shelves by November, 2016.

Style: IPA (w/ Grapefruit)
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft.
Release: Late October/November, 2016

6.1% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in NoDa Brewing, Coming Soon

NoDa Sticky When Wet, a new fresh hopped beer

NoDa Sticky When Wet, the Charlotte, North Carolina based brewery’s fresh/wet hop beer is headed for cans.

Head brewer Chad Henderson spearheaded this hoppy project, going from hop field to brew 24 hours. Henderson chose two ridiculously popular hops for NoDa Sticky When Wet – Mosaic and Citra. The duo give this beer big peach and grapefruit flavors.

We brewed this beer one day after the hops were harvested…as fresh and sticky as you can get! This wet hopped heer has an assertive bitterness, balanced with bright aroma and flavors of peach and grapefruit derived horn heavy additions of Citra and Mosaic hops.https://beerstreetjournal.com/breweries/noda-brewing/

NoDa Sticky When Wet is a draft, and 16 ounce can release.

Style: IPA (Wet Hopped)
Hops: Citra, Mosaic

Availability: 16oz Cans, Draft.
Debut: Week of October 10th, 2016

6.31% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Stone Brewing Co.

Stone Enjoy By Tangerine IPA: 10/31/16

Stone Enjoy By Tangerine IPA hits shelves again now, part of the brewery’s ongoing dedication to freshness. Tangerine IPA is joined periodically throughout the year with other rotating variants such as Unfiltered IPA and Black IPA.

This latest edition of Stone Enjoy By Tangerine IPA has an “expiration date” of Halloween, October 31st. Find it, and drink it by that date or else.

After brewing this intense double IPA with more than 10 different hops and consistently delivering it faster than any bottled IPA on the planet, we decided to do something different with this Stone Enjoy By IPA—we took it to another level, again. Puréed tangerines were added to the batch to create a devastatingly fresh IPA with a tang of tangerine. The flavors yielded by this addition to the recipe meld beautifully with the bitterness of the hops. True to this series, Stone Enjoy By Tangerine IPA is brewed specifically NOT to last, and should be enjoyed within 37 days.

Stone Enjoy By Tangerine IPA is available across Stone’s distribution footprint starting in late September. It will be available on draft as well as in 6 packs and 22oz bottles.

Style: Imperial IPA (w/ Tangerine)
Hops: Nugget, Super Galena, Simcoe, Delta, Target, Amarillo, Cascade, Galaxy, Citra, Nelson Sauvin, Motueka, Helga
Availability: 22oz, 12oz Bottles, Draft.

Latest Release: Late September, 2016.
Enjoy By: 10/31/16

9.4% ABV

Note: This article will be updated with the latest releases of Enjoy By Tangerine IPA. 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, New Releases

Hardywood VIPA aka “Virgindia Pale Ale”

Hardywood VIPA, aka the “Virgindia Pale Ale” debuts this weekend.

Part of the Richmond, Virginia’s Flagship Series features locally grown hops from a few growers – Huguenot, Misty Mill, and Piedmont Hop Farms. The two-row barley was grown at Bay’s Best Feed in Heathsville, Virginia and malted at Copper Fox Distillery in Sperryville, Virginia. Virgindia Pale Ale indeed.

…Hardywood VIPA offers alluring tropical aromatics, a refreshingly delicate body and a bright, juicy finish.

Hardywood VIPA is available in 12 ounce bottles and draft, year-round starting September, 2016

Style: IPA
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. Year-round.
Debut: September, 2016

5.2% ABV

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 Modern Times Beer, New Releases

Modern Times Mage Hand, special release can #2

Modern Times Mage Hand marks the second release in the San Diego based brewery’s special release can series.

You’ll find Modern Times Mage Hand to be a “hazy, enormously flavorful juice bomb.” That’s thanks to Chinook, Simcoe, Mosaic, and Equinox hops.

 We stuffed this miracle elixir with Chinook, Simcoe, Mosaic, and Equinox hops for an explosion of juicy, tropical dankness that is likely to elicit spontaneous high-fiving upon contact with the palate.

Attack Frequency was the first release in this special series.

Modern Times Mage Hand 16 ounce cans will be available on Brown Paper Tickets starting on Monday, September 19th, and 9 10 AM (PDT).

Style: IPA
Hops: Chinook, Simcoe, Mosaic, Equinox

Availability: 16oz Cans,
Debut: 9/19/16

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Image: Modern Times Beer

by Reid Ramsay