IPA

Duclaw Anti Venom 4: Centennial

Duclaw Anti Venom 4 is release is the fourth offering in the series. This variant is an IPA, hopped with Centennial hops, adding a citrus note to the beer.

Anti-Venom: Centennial, the newest variant in the Anti-Venom Series, is a medium-bodied, 7% Continue Reading →

Deschutes Pinedrops IPA, A Bottle Potential

A previously draft-only offering from Deschutes Brewery looks to get a little bottle treatment in the future – Deschutes Pinedrops IPA.

As you can deduce from the name, Pinedrops IPA tastes a bit piney. A hoppy homage to the landscape near the brewery. Personally, Continue Reading →

Posted in Duclaw Brewing, New Releases

Duclaw Anti Venom 4: Centennial

Duclaw Anti Venom 4 is release is the fourth offering in the series. This variant is an IPA, hopped with Centennial hops, adding a citrus note to the beer.

Anti-Venom: Centennial, the newest variant in the Anti-Venom Series, is a medium-bodied, 7% abv IPA hopped solely with American Centennial, adding notes of grapefruit and lemon to the nose and palate, and giving the beer a crisp, clean, bitter finish. Anti-Venom: Centennial has arrived; experience the bite of the century.

Duclaw Anti Venom 4 releases alongide Devil’s Due, and X-8 on December 17th, 2014.

Style: IPA
Hops: Centennial
Availability:

Arrival: 12/17/14

7% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Deschutes Brewing, Headlines

Deschutes Pinedrops IPA, A Bottle Potential

A previously draft-only offering from Deschutes Brewery looks to get a little bottle treatment in the future – Deschutes Pinedrops IPA.

As you can deduce from the name, Pinedrops IPA tastes a bit piney. A hoppy homage to the landscape near the brewery. Personally, I know some folks that have doted on this beer in the past.

This lively IPA delivers a crisp and light malt body with ample citrus and pine notes from Chinook and experimental hops. Inspired by the aromas and silence we experience when exploring the scenic pine forests just up the road from our brewhouse.

Deschutes Pinedrops IPA will be available in 12oz bottles as a part of the Bond Street Series. Other offerings in the series include Chasin Freshies, Foray, and Hop in the Dark.

Style: IPA
Hops: Millennial, Northern Brewer, Chinook, Centennial, Experimental
Malt: Pilsner, Pale, Munich, Crystal, Cara Pils

Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft.
Arrival: TBA

6.5% ABV

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Headlines, Southern Tier Brewing

Southern Tier Right-O-Way IPA Session IPA Joins Year Round Lineup

Southern Tier Right-O-Way IPA is a low ABV IPA joining the brewery’s year round line up in early 2015.

Right-O-Way IPA is brewed as a Session India Pale Ale with citrusy hops and floral aromas. These flavors, with the addition of lightly kilned malts and moderate hop bitterness, make Right-O-Way a refreshing and easy drinking beer. The sessionable 4.6% abv makes this one of the “easier” beers we’ve ever made. Enjoy it in your favorite glass or straight out of the bottle. Either way, make it Right-O-Way.

Southern Tier Right-O-Way IPA will be available in 12oz bottles and draft next year.

Style: IPA
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. Year round.
Arrival: 2015

4.6% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Headlines, Smuttynose Brewing

Smuttynose Finest Kind IPA Slated for Cans

Smuttynose Brewing Finest Kind IPA is slated for cans. The brewery’s new Towle Farm location kicked off public tours on May 31st, and the first bottles down the line were Finest Kind IPA.

It looks like Smuttynose Finest Kind IPA cans could be around the corner as well. It’s not secret that craft breweries are gravitating towards a canned options.

Finest Kind IPA is currently year round offering in 12oz bottles and draft.

Note: This is a “first look” preview. Details are subject to change at anytime by the brewery. 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Don't Miss This, Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada Wild Hop Harvest IPA Shows Off Neomexicanus Hop

The final release in Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.’s five bottle 2014 Harvest Series is a very special one. For the first time, the Neomexicanus hop is on display.

2014 is the first time Sierra Nevada has released this rotating Harvest Series, showing off hop varieties and hopping methods. The Neomexicanus hop originates from Taos, New Mexico, and nicknamed “Medusa” for it’s multiple heads it produces on the vine. Neomexicanus is known for melon, apricot, and citrus aromas.

“There’s a fun sense of adventure in our final Harvest beer of the year,” said Ken Grossman, Sierra Nevada’s founder. “The Neomexicanus hop was a lucky find by a rogue hophead combing the wild landscape, and he’s essentially gifted it to craft beer. We’re always looking for new aromas and flavors, and when they’re unexpected, it’s all the more exciting.”

Sierra Nevada Wild Hop Neomexicanus ships nationwide in 24 ounce bottles.

Style: IPA
Hops: Neomexicanus
Malts: Two Row Pale, Caramel

Availability: 24oz Bottles. Nov-Jan

6.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Troegs Brewing

Last of Three Seasonals: Troegs Blizzard of Hops

Troegs Brewing (Hershey, PA) will finishes out their and a run of special hop based seasonals with Blizzard of Hops. Blizzard follows Cultivator Helles Bock, and Hop Knife released this year.

Blizzard of Hops is billed as a winter IPA, a hoppy finish to the hop season, as well as the year.

The Hop Cycle comes to a close with Blizzard of Hops. As winter creeps in, we salute hop growers around the world. Enjoy the fruits of their labor and savor sticky notes of citrus & pine with this revitalizing Winter IPA.

Troegs Blizzard of Hops is available in 12oz bottles, and draft.

Style: IPA
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft.
Arrival: November, 2014

6.4% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Great Divide, Headlines

Great Divide Titan IPA Coming to Cans

Great Divide Brewing Co. (Denver, CO) will add cans to their lineup in 2015. The canning line is a part of a $38 million dollar expansion by the craft brewery.

Among the initial cans includes Titan IPA, a current year round offering.

TITAN IPA is a big, aggressively hopped India Pale Ale brewed for hop disciples. It starts out with piney hop aromas and citrus hop flavors, and finishes with a nice rich, malty sweetness that is balanced with crisp hop bitterness.

Great Divide Titan IPA will be available in 12oz cans for the first time in early to mid 2015.

Style: IPA
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. (Current) Cans, 2015

7.1% ABV

by Reid Ramsay