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Monday Night Slap Fight canned today

Monday Night Slap Fight is officially being canned this morning (March 21st). This is the Atlanta, Georgia based brewery’s first canned beer.

Instead of canning one of the brewery’s flagship offerings, co-founder Jonathan Baker tells Beer Street Journal that he saw it Continue Reading →

Spotlight: Rogue Cold Brew IPA

Rogue Cold Brew IPA will slam flavors of hops and coffee together in a new release in April.

Rogue Cold Brew IPA features Stumptown Coffee Roaster’s 12 hour cold-brew coffee, and Rogue Farm grown hops and malts. The approach with this Continue Reading →

Posted in Bronx Brewery, New Releases

Bronx Brewery Rye Fidelity, a B-Sides release

Bronx Brewery Rye Fidelity joins the brewery’s music themed B-Sides Series. Already, this beer is one of the fastest selling to date.

Rye beer runs deep with the brewery as it was the second beer they ever brewed. It was time to kick it up another notch. As Bronx puts it – “a more badass rye beer.”

With heavy citrus aromas on the nose and a crisp, dry, warm finish on the mouth, it’s a complex, yet finely balanced big hoppy beer with an 8.1% ABV that we can’t get enough of.  Looks like we committed some infidelity with our Rye Fidelity.

Bronx Rye Fidelity Is a draft only offering.

Style: IPA
Hops: Columbus, Citra, Amarillo, Columbus
Malts: Muntons Maris, Otter/Propino blend, Briess Rye Malt, Briess Caramel 20L, Dextrose

Availability: Draft only
Release: March, 2016

8.1% ABV, 85 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Monday Night Brewing, Coming Soon

Monday Night Slap Fight canned today

Monday Night Slap Fight is officially being canned this morning (March 21st). This is the Atlanta, Georgia based brewery’s first canned beer.

Instead of canning one of the brewery’s flagship offerings, co-founder Jonathan Baker tells Beer Street Journal that he saw it as an opportunity to go a different way by launching something new – Monday Night Slap Fight.

Slap Fight is an India pale ale, brewed with Comet, Equinox, Mosaic, and Bravo hops. Different from the brewery’s Eye Patch IPA, which leans a bit more English-style IPA. This newbie is all American West Coast IPA you’ve come to know and love.

Slap Fight will woo you in with West Coast-style malt bill. but slaps you across the face with its tropical hop profile. Light in body, heavy in character, this IPA features Munich and Crystal pole malts for a clean, rich rnouthfeel.

Monday Night Slap Fight will be a 12 ounce can offering only.

Style: IPA
Hops: Comet, Equinox, Mosaic, Bravo
Availability: 12oz Cans
Release: Late March, 2016

6.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Belgium, New Releases

New Belgium Botanical Imperial IPA joins Hop Kitchen Series

New Belgium Botanical Imperial IPA is the latest entry in the brewery’s ongoing Hop Kitchen Series.

This draft only beer is an IPA brewed with Cascade, Sterling, Willamette hops, and a variety of garden grown botanicals, including basil, sage and juniper.

Then we intensified the citrusy, herbal and spicy hop flavors with a blast of essential oils from backyard botanicals basil, sage and juniper to create the freshest IPA around. A touch of dark caramel malt adds a nice cushiony bed to the sip before the beer transitions into a warming, dry finish. Taste the bounty of Botanical Imperial IPA.

New Belgium Botanical Imperial IPA is a draft only offering, in limited quantities across the brewery’s distribution network.

Style: IPA (w/ Sage, Juniper, Basil)
Hops: Brave, Cascade, Sterling, Willamette
Malts: Pale, Caramel-120

Availability: Draft Only
Release: March, 2016

8.5% ABV, 85 IBUs

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

Spotlight: Rogue Cold Brew IPA

Rogue Cold Brew IPA will slam flavors of hops and coffee together in a new release in April.

Rogue Cold Brew IPA features Stumptown Coffee Roaster’s 12 hour cold-brew coffee, and Rogue Farm grown hops and malts. The approach with this new IPA, is to create a beer that has a strong aroma of coffee, yet transitions seamlessly into an aromatic, hoppy IPA. A collision of two bold flavors that should please fans of both.

Rogue Cold Brew IPA will be a available in 22 ounce bottles and draft nationally in April, 2016.

Tasting notes: The IPA leads the charge in this beer, in aroma and initial flavor. The cold brew coffee is light from middle to finish. Fans of both will love this one. 

Style: IPA (w/ Coffee)
Hops: Simcoe, Freedom, Liberty, Rebel
Malts: 2-Row, Rogue Farms Dare, Risk, Rolled Oats, White Wheat, Coffee

Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft.
Debut: April, 2016

7.5% ABV, 82 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Half Acre Brewing, New Beers, Short's Brewing

Half Acre Powder Blue

Half Acre Powder Blue

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Bissell Brothers Brewery, Seasonal Return

Bissell Brothers i-Lucky returns March 15th

Bissell Brothers i-Lucky returns to the Portland, Maine based brewery’s lineup on March 16th.

The IPA, a homage to restaurant workers everywhere, is an IPA brewed with rice and ginger.

This ale bursts with soft lemon flavor from Sorachi Ace & Lemondrop hops, and is characterized by a brilliant ginger presence that is bright but not overpowering.

Bissell Brothers i-Lucky is a 12 ounce can offering. Rotating availability.

Style: IPA
Hops: Sorachi Ace, Lemon Drop
Malts: Pilsner, Flaked Rice, Vienna, Malted Rice

Availability: 12oz cans

7% ABV

Pic: Bissell Brothers

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Green Man Brewing, Don't Miss This

Green Man Wayfarer IPA marks the brewery’s first can

Green Man Wayfarer IPA is the Asheville, North Carolina brewery’s first canned offering. The seasonal is one of the brewery’s most popular seasonal releases in both bottle and draft in the past.

Green Man Wayfarer IPA is a Citra-forward beer, with Simcoe in the dry-hop.

Head brewer John Stuart formulated this IPA with loads of flavorful aroma hops and a pale malt bill. This allows for the Citra and Simcoe hops used in the dry-hop to shine through, creating bright notes of citrusy hops and a pleasant bitter finish.

Green Man Wayfarer IPA is now shipping in 12 ounce cans and draft in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennesse and Florida.

Style: IPA
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft.
Release: March, 2016

5.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay