Session Beers

Night Shift Seaglass Session Released

Night Shift Brewing (Somerville, MA) has released Seaglass Session Ale on tap and bottles. The coastal brewery created a low ABV ale Himalayan pink salt and Hawaiian lava salt, plus grains of paradise for bite. The beer should give you a Continue Reading →

Deschutes Introduces River Ale

Deschutes adds to their year-round selection with their new session beer River Ale. The perfect spring beer, River Ale has run the gamut at their brewpubs as an experiment and is now perfected and ready for distribution.

“This is a very Continue Reading →

Posted in New Releases, Night Shift Brewing

Night Shift Seaglass Session Released

Night Shift Brewing (Somerville, MA) has released Seaglass Session Ale on tap and bottles. The coastal brewery created a low ABV ale Himalayan pink salt and Hawaiian lava salt, plus grains of paradise for bite. The beer should give you a feeling of drinking in the sea breeze. This is a year round offering.

Style: Belgian Pale Ale (w/ Pink Salt, Lava Salt, Grains of Paradise)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft. Year round

4.5% ABV

Pic via @RedstoneLiquors

Posted in Boulevard Brewing, New Releases

Boulevard’s Session IPA Hits This Week

Boulevard Pop-Up IPA

Boulevard Brewing Company (Kansas City, MO) is releasing Pop-Up Session IPA this week. This isn’t just any IPA either. This offering is meant to be a sessionable offering at a mere 4.2% ABV. Think of it as the lighter hearted sibling of  Single-Wide & Double-Wide brews, with a fruity hop heart. You’ll see this year round in 12oz bottles and draft.

Boulevard Pop-Up Session I.P.A. joins its big brothers Single-Wide and Double-Wide in our trailer park of hop-centric beers. This “session” model is built for frequent excursions, with a very drinkable character and relatively low bitterness tucked behind a big, fruity hop aroma 

Style: IPA
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft. Year Round

4.2% ABV, 42 IBUs

 

Posted in Boulevard Brewing, Coming Soon

Boulevard’s Low Alcohol IPA Is Coming

Boulevard Pop-Up IPA

Boulevard Brewing Company is adding a new IPA to their core lineup -Pop-Up Session IPA. The hoppy brew joins Single-Wide and Double Wide IPAs. This offering is following a new trend in craft beer – lower alcohol. Pop-Up is just 4.2% ABV.

“I’ve been challenging our brewers to experiment with full-flavored, lower alcohol beers for quite some time,” said John McDonald, Boulevard founder and president. “It is important to me that Boulevard has balanced offerings that beer fans can enjoy for any occasion. Pop-Up I.P.A. has become a staple in my refrigerator ever since the first test batches were produced.”

Look for Pop-Up Session India Pale Ale will hit Boulevard Brewing Co’s distribution network in August.

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

4.2% ABV

Posted in Crux Fermentation Project, New Beers

Crux Fermentation Project Off Leash Northwest Session Ale

Crux Fermentation Project Off Leash Northwest Session Ale

Posted in Drake's Brewing

Real Session Beer: Drake’s Alpha Session

Drake's Brewing Alpha Session

May 4th (Star Wars Day) will see the return of Drake’s Brewing’s (San Leandro, CA) Alpha Session. The true session beer (<4% ABV) is their “Nor Cal Bitter,” a hoppy brew that clocks at jsut 3.8% ABV.

With a simple base of 2-row barley, Maris Otter, and C-45 malt, our California style shines through with a classic mix of West Coast hops, followed by a generous dry hop of Simcoe, Citra, and CTZ for a piney, citrusy beer that’s just about perfect as we head into the long, hot, beer soaked days of lawnmower and festival season.

Style: English-style Bitter
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft
Arrival: 5/4/13

3.8% ABV 

Posted in Coming Soon, Terrapin Beer Company

Official Can Art: Terrapin RecreationAle

Terrapin Beer Co (Athens, GA) will have a first this year – cans. The brewery has contracted a third party to test the canning waters. While RecreationAle is the only can planned for 2013, they idea isn’t foreign to do more. Just not this year.

rec-re-a-tion-ale Adjective (of or pertaining to) the action of unplugging to venture into the great outdoors where your smartphone can’t access the internet, but you CAN connect with this hopped up session ale.

Wrap your hand around a can of our RecreationAle and explore what outside life has to offer. This hopped up session ale is specially formulated to accompany you on all of your outdoor activities. Pack in this flavorful ale and pack out the memories while enjoying this guaffable brew.

Style: Amber Ale
Availability: 12oz cans
Arrival: May, 2013

4 ish% ABV

Posted in Deschutes Brewing

Deschutes Introduces River Ale

Deschutes adds to their year-round selection with their new session beer River Ale. The perfect spring beer, River Ale has run the gamut at their brewpubs as an experiment and is now perfected and ready for distribution.

“This is a very approachable beer.  We’ve been looking forward to releasing it for a long time. With a drinkability that compares to session ales — which continue to grow in popularity — Deschutes River Ale definitely puts our own twist on this style.” Brian Faivre, brewmaster for Deschutes.

Style: Session Ale
Availability: 12oz bottles, on tap
Arrival: arriving soon

3.9% ABV