IPA

Samuel Adams Rebel Juiced IPA debuts

Samuel Adams Rebel Juiced debuts today, Halloween 2016.

Bold tropical hops are the focus of this latest addition to the Boston brewery’s lineup. If Mosaic, Mandarina, and Zeus hops don’t do the trick, the brewery adds a touch of mango puree Continue Reading →

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 →

Posted in Aeronaut Brewing Co., Don't Miss This

Aeronaut Brewing & indie band release a “beer can album”

Somerville, Massachusetts based Aeronaut Brewing has teamed up with indie band The Lights Out, on a different kind of collaboration.

The music-meets-light combo band has opted to not just collaborate on a beer with a brewery, but release a full studio album “on” the can. Let’s start with the beer and work backwards.

Aeronaut T.R.I.P. is the name of the beer – an imperial session India pale ale. Paradoxical? Yes. That’s exactly how the team wanted it. The Lights Out is really into the multiverse theory of the universe. It may sound a bit insane, but scientists postulate that shortly after the Big Bang formed the universe, space-time expanded at variable rates in different places. That gave rise to “bubble universes” that may/could function with their own separate laws of physics. The band’s philosophy is built off this idea.

The album explores the idea that our observable universe is one of many — a multiverse — where everything possible exists somewhere. It was inspired by the theory that each of us has infinite reflections of ourselves, living alternate lives. Each song on the album was written as a report back from another reality visited by The Lights Out.

Aeronaut T.R.I.P. is not session a session beer at all, but a 7.5% alcohol by volume IPA brewed with a hop perfect for this kind of collaboration – Galaxy.

As cool and trippy as all this sounds, the only way to get the album is to buy the beer. Apparently there are instructions printed on the can telling you how to obtain it. (We are assuming it’s not an iTunes link.) Aeronaut Brewing’s lineup is available around the Boston area.

Style: IPA
Hops: Galaxy

Availability: 16oz Cans
Debut: November, 2016

7.5% ABV

The Lights Out its all about light shows. Check their performance below.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Headlines, New Releases, Sam Adams

Samuel Adams Rebel Juiced IPA debuts

Samuel Adams Rebel Juiced debuts today, Halloween 2016.

Bold tropical hops are the focus of this latest addition to the Boston brewery’s lineup. If Mosaic, Mandarina, and Zeus hops don’t do the trick, the brewery adds a touch of mango puree for an extra burst of juice.

At 55 IBUs, the hop varieties below were selected for the tropical aromas and juicy flavors they impart rather than for their bitterness. Zeus hops were used in the kettle and the Mosaic & Mandarina hops were used to dry hop.

Samuel Adams Rebel Juiced debuts on October 31st on draft nationally starting today. 12 ounce bottles will follow in January, 2017.

Style: IPA (w/ Mango Puree)
Hops: Mosaic, Mandarina, Zeus
Malts: In-house 2-Row Pale Blend

Availability: Draft until January, 2017. 12oz Bottles. Year-round
Debut: Halloween, 2016

6.2% ABV, 55 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
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