IPA

Beer Camp: Sierra Nevada Snow Cone IPA

From Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp: Snow Cone IPA.
Style: IPA
Availability: Draft only, Limited
Arrival: Handful of kegs made

7% ABV 

Read more: Sierra Nevada Beer Camp

Posted in Highland Brewing, New Beers

Highland Aileron Ale

Highland Aileron Ale

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Sam Adams

Sam Adam’s LongShot Series 2013: Zach Adams Magnificent Seven IPA

Samuel Adams Longshot Magnificent Seven

Samuel Adams is proud to announce that the annual quest for exceptional homebrews has yet again returned a wide spectrum of flavorful beers that continue to impress. Connecticut resident Zack Adams is one of 3 winners hand selected from over 1,000 entrants by industry leaders including Tony Forder from Ale Street News, Win Bassett of All About Beer, Bob Townsend of Atlanta Journal-Constitution and beer writers John Holl, Jay Brooks, and Marty Nachel. Together, they selected the winning brews based on the American Homebrewers Association Beer Judge Certificate Program guidelines. Each beer was carefully evaluated on the aroma, appearance, flavor and mouthfeel according to the style category under which it was submitted.

Zack Adams’s Magnificent Seven IPA is described as “a showcase of seven American hop varieties that impart a big piney and lingering resinous flavor. A true Imperial American IPA, this brew pours a rich bronze color. The slightly sweet malt character is pleasantly balanced by a pronounced hop bitterness with grapefruit, pine and earthy notes from the American hops. This medium-bodied IPA also delivers caramel, citrus, lemon and piney aromas.”

Look for this beer, as well as the 2 other winners, in the soon-to-be-launched LongShot Series Samplers.

Style: American IPA
Availability: 12oz bottles
Arrival: TBA

7.2% ABV

Read More: Longshot Competition 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in 3 Floyds Brewing, Coming Soon

Metal Collab: Three Floyds “In The Name Of Suffering”

Three Floyds In The Name Of Suffering

So metal.Then again, it’s Three Floyds Brewing (Muenster, IN) what did you expect?  In The Name Of Suffering is a “New Orleans-Style” take on the black IPA. Brewed with the NO based band EyeHateGod.

This Black India Pale Ale is loaded with hops balanced with deliciousness maltiness. It was brewed with out friends from the great city of New Orleans in the band EyeHateGod. 

Style: IPA (Black IPA)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: TBA

?? ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Sierra Nevada

Beer Camp: Sierra Nevada Snow Cone IPA

Beer Camp: Sierra Nevada Snow Cone IPA

From Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp: Snow Cone IPA.
Style: IPA
Availability: Draft only, Limited
Arrival: Handful of kegs made

7% ABV 

Read more: Sierra Nevada Beer Camp

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Fordham Brewing Co

Fordham Adding Year Round “Rams Head IPA” In January

Fordham Brewing Co. (Dover, DE) will add a new year round IPA to their lineup – Rams Head IPA.

Rams Head IPA is an aggressively hopped West Coast-style India Pale Ale. Asserting its dominance with 75 IBUs and 7.5% ABV, this beer contains pale, munich and rye malts and Bravo, Chinook and Motueka hops. Rams Head IPA represents a departure from Fordham’s characteristic sessionability, challenging drinkers to “Defy the ordinary. Take life by the horns.”

Style: IPA Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft
Arrival: January, 2013

7.5% ABV, 75 IBUs 

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Blue Point Brewing Company, New Releases, Seasonal Return

Blue Point Toxic Sludge Returns in Tallboys

Back for another round is Blue Point Brewing’s Toxic Sludge Black IPA. The release sees the sludgy hop offering in 16 oz tallboy cans.

Hopped at four stages of the brewing process, we combined a hoppy India Pale Ale with a richer, darker malt base for a full bodied beer that’s big on flavor. This limited release, specialty brew was crafted to benefit birds affected by BP’s 2010 Gulf oil spill.

Style: Black IPA
Availability: 16 oz tallboy cans
Arrival: Late November 2012

7% ABV, 40 IBUs 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Saint Arnold Brewing, Seasonal Return

Saint Arnold Sailing Santa Returns with Cinnamon (The Spice, not the Stripper)

Saint Arnold Brewing’s (Houston, TX) Sailing Santa has been an ever

evolving project. Last year, Santa was a blend of Christmas Ale and a half batch of Elissa IPA. This year, that same blend returns, but with cinnamon introduced. The brewery says it’s even better with your special Christmas/Holiday pairings.

Style: American IPA (2 Beer blend, w/ Cinnamon)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft.  Seasonal Release.

7% ABV

by Reid Ramsay