IPA

Orpheus Life.Death.Life.Truth Hits Taps

Orpheus Brewing (Atlanta, GA) has released an new draft only offering in the Bone Tablet Series – Life.Death.Life.Truth.

Orpheus Life.Death.Life.Truth is described by the brewery as a medium-bodied Single IPA with notes of gooseberry, sweet orange, and pineapple. The series is intended Continue Reading →

Spring Seasonal: Southern Tier Tangier

Southern Tier Brewing’s (Lakewood, NY) will replace their spring seasonal Eurotrash Pilz with Tangier Session India Pale Ale in 2015.

The brewery describes Tangier as a “session india pale ale” brewed with tangerine peels. Available in 12oz bottles and draft.

Style: IPA Continue Reading →

Half Acre Anicca India Pale Ale 2014

Half Acre Brewing (Chicago, IL) and 3 Floyds (Muenster, IN) team up again to bring you Anicca India Pale Ale. The collaboration is built on Mosaic hops, which have really grown in popularity recently.

…Far flung exotic notes of tropical fruit Continue Reading →

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
Posted in New Releases, Orpheus Brewing

Orpheus Life.Death.Life.Truth Hits Taps

Orpheus Brewing (Atlanta, GA) has released an new draft only offering in the Bone Tablet Series – Life.Death.Life.Truth.

Orpheus Life.Death.Life.Truth is described by the brewery as a medium-bodied Single IPA with notes of gooseberry, sweet orange, and pineapple. The series is intended to showcase the versatility of hops.

Read More: Orpheus to launch cans

Orpheus Life.Death.Life.Truth is a draft only offering, available on tap at brewery and around their Atlanta distribution through December, 2014. Atlanta tattoo artist Sam Parker designed the artwork for this release.

Style: IPA
Hops: Hallertau Blanc, Azacca
Malts: Golden Promise, Two-row Barley, White Wheat
Availability: Draft only. Oct-Dec, 2014

7% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines, Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada Hop Hunter IPA from Distilled Hops

In case you missed the earlier mention on Beer Street Journal, Sierra Nevada is working on a different approach to a new IPA. The beer, Hop Hunter IPA, will be brewed with distilled hop oil.

Sierra Nevada hasn’t fully revealed the methodology, but will basically steam extract pure hop oil from mature cones just after they are picked in the field. The end result is an IPA that smells unlike any other IPA you’ve had. Aroma is key.

Hop Hunter IPA is the first beer to feature oil from wet hops steam distilled directly in the field, minutes after harvest. We use his pure, powerful hop essence in concert with whole-cone hops in our brew kettle and in our Hop Torpedo to create the ultimate IPA experience.

Sierra Nevada Hop Hunter IPA will be available in 12oz bottles in 2015.

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

6.2% ABV, 70 IBUS

CelebrationAle_2014

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

Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale Launches this Week with New Art

Sierra Nevada (Chico, CA) Celebration, a perennial favorite, returns on October 15th. Celebration is a fresh-hop ale, something the brewery wants to clarify. Wet-hopped beers have hops that are freshly picked, and added to the beer undried within 24 hours. Fresh-hopped, in the case of Celebration Ale, are freshly dried hops from the field within 7 days of harvest.

We started brewing our beloved Celebration IPA in 1981, and it depends on the first hops of the annual harvest to capture the powerful pine and citrus aromas that are a hallmark of winter at our brewery. Let’s get festive with one of the earliest examples of an American IPA.

You’ll notice 2014 brings an artwork update. Sierra Nevada Celebration season kicks off in the brewery’s tap room on October 15, 2014.

Style: American IPA
Hops: Chinook, Centennial, Cascade
Malts: Two Row Pale, Caramel

Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. Late Fall/Winter.

6.8% ABV, 65 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Don't Miss This, Southern Tier Brewing

Spring Seasonal: Southern Tier Tangier

Southern Tier Brewing’s (Lakewood, NY) will replace their spring seasonal Eurotrash Pilz with Tangier Session India Pale Ale in 2015.

The brewery describes Tangier as a “session india pale ale” brewed with tangerine peels. Available in 12oz bottles and draft.

Style: IPA (w/ Tangerine Peels)
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft
Arrival: TBA

4.6% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in 3 Floyds Brewing, Half Acre Brewing, Seasonal Return

Half Acre Anicca India Pale Ale 2014

Half Acre Brewing (Chicago, IL) and 3 Floyds (Muenster, IN) team up again to bring you Anicca India Pale Ale. The collaboration is built on Mosaic hops, which have really grown in popularity recently.

…Far flung exotic notes of tropical fruit and electric pine squat on shoulders of chewy grain. With some semblance of balance, the mighty Mosaic pounds its chest above all. In the end, this is raw, unmodified fire water rumbling the furthest reaches of your inner caves.

Half Acre/3 Floyds Anicca India Pale Ale returns September 19th, 2014 at 12 noon in the brewery tap room.

Style: IPA
Hops: Mosaic

Availability: 22oz Bombers. No growler fills
Arrival: 9/19/2014

7.3% ABV

 

by Reid Ramsay