Sea Dog Brewing (Portland, ME) makes some pretty great fruit infused wheat beers. What as been missing (outside of Maine) has been a hop infused offering. (Hop infused is a job beer geeks.) Headed to shelves soon outside of Continue Reading →
Session 37 of Harpoon Brewing’s “100 Barrel” series has been announced. This edition celebrates Harpoon’s 25 years of brewing with a Rye based IPA made by the founders of Harpoon.
Harpoon was founded in 1986 by Dan Kenary and Rich Doyle Continue Reading →
This spring, Boston Beer Company (Sam Adams) is adding single hopped additions of their Latitude 48 IPA. Names for the 48th Latitude dubbed the “hop belt” of the Northern Hemisphere. The regular edition of Latitude 48 is a blend of Ahantum, Simcoe, & East Kent Golding hops. The new editions dissect the hops of the original Lat 48, plus a few extra. A bit like Mikkeller has done with their single hop IPA series.
What You Need To Know:
Latitude 48 will be available in 6 options. Regular Latitude 48. Single hopped editions, Adhantum, Simcoe, East Kent Golding, Zeus, Hallertau Mittelfrueh.
From the labels:
Hallertau: …Brewed only with Hallertau Mittelfrueh Noble Hops, a traditional variety of Bavaria’s Hallertau in Germany… Hallertau Mittelfrueh hops contribute a soft bitterness, along with delicate lemony citrus and resinous pine notes, balanced by slight sweetness and full body from the five different malts.
Over the weekend at Cigar City Brewing’ s Hunaphu day, Papaya IPA was released. Papaya has made a couple of small appearances on draft before this big release.
Papaya IPA is a tropical take on Jai Alai IPA with unsweetened dried Continue Reading →
Confirmed! Next edition in Terrapin Brewing’s Side Project Series is indeed “Indiana Krunkles.” A wheat India Pale Ale.
As mentioned earlier this week, the beer and the name were a unconfirmed. A wheat IPA is basically a hoppy wheat ale, Continue Reading →
Not much known about this beer yet. Sounds like it is going to a “wheat IPA.” Due out in June. With a name like Krunkles, sounds like this beer is headed for the Side Project Series.
Still most likely Continue Reading →
It’s Aprihop season again! Dogfish Head Brewing’s spring seasonal has shipped. Apricots and hops really make this beer. Just read Dogfish’s description:
Aprihop is our fruit beer for hopheads!
It is an American IPA brewed with Pilsner and Cystal malts massively hopped Continue Reading →
Sea Dog Brewing (Portland, ME) makes some pretty great fruit infused wheat beers. What as been missing (outside of Maine) has been a hop infused offering. (Hop infused is a job beer geeks.) Headed to shelves soon outside of Maine is Seadog IPA.
Old East India Pale Ale has seen tap handles at the Sea Dog brewpubs for years. Initially, this IPA seems like a variation for Old East for the general public.
Arrival: Late Spring, 2011
6.2% AB
Session 37 of Harpoon Brewing’s “100 Barrel” series has been announced. This edition celebrates Harpoon’s 25 years of brewing with a Rye based IPA made by the founders of Harpoon.
Harpoon was founded in 1986 by Dan Kenary and Rich Doyle in Boston, Massachusetts. Rich & Dan’s Rye IPA is brewed by the duo. Heavy on rye malt, & balanced with bold hops, this beer is sure to be popular.
Availability: 22oz bombers, draft. Limited Release
Arrival: June, 2011
6.9% ABV
This spring, Boston Beer Company (Sam Adams) is adding single hopped additions of their Latitude 48 IPA. Names for the 48th Latitude dubbed the “hop belt” of the Northern Hemisphere. The regular edition of Latitude 48 is a blend of Ahantum, Simcoe, & East Kent Golding hops. The new editions dissect the hops of the original Lat 48, plus a few extra. A bit like Mikkeller has done with their single hop IPA series.
What You Need To Know:
Latitude 48 will be available in 6 options. Regular Latitude 48. Single hopped editions, Adhantum, Simcoe, East Kent Golding, Zeus, Hallertau Mittelfrueh.
From the labels:
Hallertau: …Brewed only with Hallertau Mittelfrueh Noble Hops, a traditional variety of Bavaria’s Hallertau in Germany… Hallertau Mittelfrueh hops contribute a soft bitterness, along with delicate lemony citrus and resinous pine notes, balanced by slight sweetness and full body from the five different malts.
Simcoe: …Brewed with only Simcoe hops from the Yakima Valley area of WA….Simcoe hops contribute a grippy bitterness and dramatic grapefruit peel and pine resin notes to this brew, with the slight sweetness and full malt body attempting to balance the concentrated hop character.
Zeus: …Brewed with only Zeus hops from the Yakima Valley area of WA…. Zeus hops contribute clean bitterness and intense, pungent resinous pine flavor to this brew. The balance of the brew leans strongly toward the hop character, but is softened by the malt sweetness and body.
Ahtanum: …Brewed with only Ahtanum hops, a newer variety from the Yakima Valley area of WA… Ahtanum hops contribute a balanced and typically “American” orange peel, piney, and floral flavor and aroma to this brew, balanced by the slight sweetness and full body from 5 different malts.
East Kent Golding: …Brewed with only East Kent Golding hops, a variety first selected in the 1700s in East Kent, England…East Kent Goldings contribute a mellow bitterness to this brew, along with earthy, floral, and apricot notes, balanced by a slight sweetness and full body from the malt blend.
Arrival: Spring, 2011
Over the weekend at Cigar City Brewing’ s Hunaphu day, Papaya IPA was released. Papaya has made a couple of small appearances on draft before this big release.
Papaya IPA is a tropical take on Jai Alai IPA with unsweetened dried papaya added to the beer post fermentation.
The proceeds from the bottle sales go to support the Florida Brewers Guild.
Availability: Limited. 750 ml bottles. Rare draft.
7.5% ABV
Confirmed! Next edition in Terrapin Brewing’s Side Project Series is indeed “Indiana Krunkles.” A wheat India Pale Ale.
As mentioned earlier this week, the beer and the name were a unconfirmed. A wheat IPA is basically a hoppy wheat ale, or IPA with a big portion of wheat malt. Perfect for the Side Project Series. Pure speculation, Terrapin might be doing more “Krunkles” beers in the future.
Arrival: April-May 2011
Not much known about this beer yet. Sounds like it is going to a “wheat IPA.” Due out in June. With a name like Krunkles, sounds like this beer is headed for the Side Project Series.
Still most likely in the planning stages, and the name itself is unconfirmed. Let’s just say the info came from a very reliable source…
It’s Aprihop season again! Dogfish Head Brewing’s spring seasonal has shipped. Apricots and hops really make this beer. Just read Dogfish’s description:
Aprihop is our fruit beer for hopheads!
It is an American IPA brewed with Pilsner and Cystal malts massively hopped in in the continuous fashion. The flavor is complimented by the addition of Apricots.After fermentation the beer is dry hopped with irresponsible amounts of Amarillo hops. The beer is hoppy in the aroma with the apricots playing a supporting complimentary role.The flavor is rich with late hop flavors and it’s bitterness is tempered by just the right amount of malt sweetness and fruity undertones from the apricots. This is one of our most popular seasonal beers and we’ve been brewing it each spring for quite a while now. We release the beer each March and you should find it on the shelves through May.
Style: American IPA
Hops — Amarillo
Malts — Crystal, Pilsner
Fresh Apricots
Availability — March — May. 12oz/4pks, Draft Offerings
7% ABV
Fun Fact: Aprihop was first brewed in 1997
