Posted in New Beers, Widmer Brothers Brewing

Widmer Lemon Hefeweizen

by Reid Ramsay November 29, 2012

Posted in Golden Road Brewing, New Beers

Golden Road Berliner Weisse

by Reid Ramsay November 15, 2012

Posted in Blue Moon Brewing, Coming Soon

Blue Moon Sunshine Citrus Blonde

There is a lot of new brands (and potential brands) coming out of Blue Moon lately. The above is no exception. Sunshine Citrus Blonde. Brewed with citrus flavors.

Style: Blonde Ale (w/ Lemon Peel & Orange Peel)
Availability: 12 oz bottles, Draft
Arrival: TBA

5.4% ABV

Stone Brewing Co Releases 16th Anniversary IPA

Stone Brewing Co celebrates 16 years of craft brewing with Stone 16th Anniversary IPA. This new hoppy offering is brewed with lemon verbena, lemon oil, plus an eclectic mix of hops for the discerning hophead.

“Each year we strive to create a uniquely tasty and hoppy beer that allows us to use an assortment of ingredients, and the Stone 16th Anniversary IPA is certainly a testament to our brewing team’s goals,” says Brewmaster Mitch Steele. “We used a variety of malts, hops and botanicals to create an intense, bitter and refreshing IPA perfect for long summer nights.”

The beer will be celebrated at Stone’s anniversary party (weekend) August 17 & 18 at California State College. Start looking for it to pop up in the states below any day.

Style: Imperial IPA (w/ Lemon Verbena, Lemon Oil)
Hops: Magnum for bittering, Delta and Target in the whirlpool, and Calypso and Amarillo in the dry hop
Malt: Pale, Rye, Vienna, Light Munich and Dark Munich

Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Distribution: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA

10% ABV, 85 IBUs

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by Reid Ramsay August 14, 2012

Posted in New Belgium, New Releases

New Belgium & G. Love’s Peach Porch Drops This Month

New Belgium’s Lips of Faith Series grows in August. Peach Porch Lounger, a musical collaboration between NB and Philadelphia’s G. Love is ready to ship. G-Love, better known as Garrett Dutton, has been home brewing since high school. Mr. Love is also a big New Belgium fan, reportedly riding a Fat Tire bike to the beach. The name? Based off of G. Love’s favorite song — Front Porch Lounger. The bottle mimics the cover of that album — The Hustle.

Peach Porch Lounger is the lovechild Saison of musician G. Love and New Belgium. The glowing orange beer is a groovy mix of peaches, hominy grits, molasses and lemon peel with pale and biscuit malts. Brettanomyces yeast brings a bold, sweet nose and the beer ends with a dry finish. ABV is 9.4%.

Style: Saison (w/ molasses, lemon peel, peach juice)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: August, 2012

9.4% ABV

Read More: Lips Of Faith, New Belgium

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by Reid Ramsay August 1, 2012

Posted in Coming Soon, Stone Brewing Co.

Stone Brewing Celebrates 16

Stone Brewing Co. celebrates 16 years of aggressive brewing this August. Just like previous years, there will be an anniversary beer to celebrate. Coming August 13th – Stone 16th Anniversary IPA. Expect hops, a dash of rye spice, and lemon flavor, as this imperial IPA is brewed with lemon verbena & lemon oil. Lemon verbena is a flowering shrub that gives foods a lemony flavor. It is also known for it’s antioxidant properties. Lemon oil comes from the lemon zest. (Perhaps the Bonnie Brae variety? Popular in San Diego county.)

We’ve been loving creating Collaboration beers with great creative brewers from all over the world these last several years–unique beers that would never have existed without the free-flowing imagination and idea generation of the collaborative process. However, when it comes to the Stone Anniversary Ales, it’s all us. Yet, it is indeed still a collaboration with great creative brewers (if we do say so ourselves). We’re talking about our own brewing team, of course. And while some of our beers, anniversary and otherwise, have been designed by a single person, the Stone 16th Anniversary IPA was definitely a teaan effort. This year our brewing team was inspired by some exotic-dab additions of the lemony persuasion. Yes, it’s a Double IPA (can you really say you’re surprised?), but as we strive to do with all our Stone Anniversary Ales of the let’s-take-this-IPA-in-a-new-direction variety, we’ve brewed up a Stone-worthy divergence from tradition. The amount of rye malt we used isn’t quite enough to warrant the appellation “Rye IPA,” but it still adds hints of spiciness that contrast deliciously with the tropical fruit flavors and aromas of the Amarillo and Calypso hops. Adds few European specialty malts, some lemon verbena, and three more hop varieties to the mix, and you have a highly complex brew melding both bitter and fruity hop notes with rich toasted malt character punctuated by nuances of spicy rye and subtle lemon.

Style: Imperial IPA (w/ lemon verbena, lemon oil)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft. One time release
Arrival: August 13, 2012

9.4% ABV

by Reid Ramsay July 13, 2012

Posted in New Beers, Widmer Brothers Brewing

Widmer Smooth Cream N Ale

by Reid Ramsay July 10, 2012

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