IPA

Nebraska Plans Nebraskaskadian Black IPA

Nebraska Brewing Company (Papillion, NE) is planning Nebraskaskadian Black IPAin honor of their 5th Anniversary. ETA- November, 2012. Responsibly, a cognac aged quad, will release soon.

Surly Cans Fest, Brews Wet [PICS]

Surly Brewing (Minnesota) is busy packing Fest, and brewing Surly Wet. Wet is a popular “wet-hopped” beer made with simcoe hops picked from the vine in Yakima Valley and added to the brew in 36 hours.

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Gangway IPA Next Up For Red Hare Cans

Red Hare Brewing (Marietta, GA) is the first Georgia brewery to can their offerings. Long Day Lager was first up. Gangway IPA is slated to be the second canned offering. (And second package offering to boot.)

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Posted in Backlash Beer Company, New Releases

Backlash Kicks Off Apocalypse with “Conquest”

The first release in a new series surrounding the Apocalpyse from Backlash is Conquest, a white IPA. Founder Helder on the beer’s flavor –

So, having smelled the beer, you would probably expect a giant hop smack in your cake-hole.  However, this beer doesn’t quite do that.  It’s very smooth, with a small amount of underlying bitterness.  Granted, the tag “White IPA” may insinuate (to some people) a hoppier/more bitter profile.  The taste is of wheat malt and orange sweetness, but finishes relatively dry with a tinge of piney bitterness.  Is there such a thing as White Pale Ale?

Style: IPA
Availability: 22oz bombers
Arrival: Late September, 2012

?? ABV

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Terrapin Beer Company

Terrapin Chooses Citra For So Fresh, So Green Release

Terrapin Beer Co’s So Fresh & So Green, Green is a seasonal fresh hop release. The hops are harvested from the vines, then delivered to the brewery wet (undried, like green leaves) to the brewery in a matter of hours. The result is a fresh, chewy, pungent hop flavor.

Citra hops are of U.S. origin, debuting in 2008.  It is a hybrid of 50% Hallertauer Mittelfrüh, 25% U.S. Tettnanger, 25% East Kent Golding. The flavor is very citrusy/tropical.

Style: IPA (Fresh hopped)
Availability: 22 oz bottles
Arrival: October, 2012

6.6% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Nebraska Brewing

Nebraska Plans Nebraskaskadian Black IPA

Nebraska Brewing Company (Papillion, NE) is planning Nebraskaskadian Black IPAin honor of their 5th Anniversary. ETA- November, 2012. Responsibly, a cognac aged quad, will release soon.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Cigar City Brewing, Seasonal Return

More Cigar City Humidor IPA Released Today

Cigar City is packaging another round of Humidor IPA today. Bottles will be on sale in the tasting room in Tampa, Florida and distribution shortly after. The IPA is aged on Spanish cedar, the same kind of wood that lines cigar boxes.

Style: IPA (Cedar Aged)
Availability: 750 ml bottles. Produced in batches year round.

7.5% ABV

 

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Elysian Brewing, New Releases

Elysian Vahalla Red IPA Joins Manic Series This Month

Elysian Vahalla Red IPA

Elysian Brewing (Seattle, WA) will add Valhalla Red IPA to the Manic IPA Series in October, 2012. The series allows Elysian’s brewmasters to go a little hop crazy. This edition the specialty malts give this beer a red hue, to accent the chosen hops in this brew.

Fill your horn with this hoppy red IPA of pale, Special B and just a pinch of roasted barley, bittered with Sorachi Ace and finished with Citra hops.

Style: IPA
Hops: Citra, Sorachi Ace
Malts: Pale, Special B, Roasted Barley

Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft.
Arrival: Sept-Dec, 2012

7.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Seasonal Return, Surly Brewing

Surly Cans Fest, Brews Wet [PICS]

Surly Brewing (Minnesota) is busy packing Fest, and brewing Surly Wet. Wet is a popular “wet-hopped” beer made with simcoe hops picked from the vine in Yakima Valley and added to the brew in 36 hours.

About SurlyFest:

SurlyFest is brewed with three different types of Rye and a single variety of American Hops. Malted Rye, Flaked Rye, and Crystal Rye impart a distinctive biscuit flavor to the lush Vienna Malt body, and dry-hopping with Sterling Hops adds bright, floral hop aromas. A single hop, dry-hopped, rye lager bier? Ja!

About Wet:

4,800 lbs of hops picked fresh in Washington and shipped to Minnesota immediately. We brewed this beer three days later. This is a hop-forward beer, dry with subdued malt flavors.

Look for both of these offerings in Late Sept-October, 2012.

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Red Hare Brewing

Gangway IPA Next Up For Red Hare Cans

Red Hare Gangway IPA

Red Hare Brewing (Marietta, GA) is the first Georgia brewery to can their offerings. Long Day Lager was first up. Gangway IPA is slated to be the second canned offering. (And second package offering to boot.)

Good ale was difficult to come by for British troops living in colonial India in the early 18th century. Shipping the British malt ale overseas left it spoiled due to the long trip. The answer was India Pale Ale, or IPA. This brew could withstand the British ships due to the generous amount of hops that gives the IPA its lively taste.

Style: IPA
Availability: Draft. Soon, 12oz cans
Arrival: TBA

6.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay