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Foothills Hopjob Session IPA hits shelves
Foothills Hopjob Session IPA is a new lower alchohol, full flavored offering coming from the Winston-Salem, North Carolina brewery.
The first batch of Foothills Hopjob Session IPA went into the kettle on March 24th. Bottles are hitting shelves in all markets as of late-May/June.
End of the day. Work’s done. Fun’s in session. Make it last with this aromatic ale brewed to keep the good times going. A session IPA full of Azacca and Sorachi Ace hops, with all the flavor you’ve come to expect from Foothills. Thirsty? Get a job.
Foothills Hopjob Session IPA is available in 12 ounce bottles and draft.
Style: IPA
Hops: Azacca, Sorachi Ace
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. Seasonally.
Release: June, 2016
4.9% ABV
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Lagunitas The Down Low, a new hoppy session
Lagunitas The Down Low is hitting shelves now. A new session ale.
This new 3.9% alcohol by volume summer slammer is a brewed with a boat-load of Simcoe, Mosaic, and Citra hops from Perrault Farms.
This dry and hoppy copper ale is packed full of some of our favorite Northwestern Hops from Perrault Farms (over 2 lbs. per barrel!), and copper-died with some dark crystal malts to make this tropical, earthy, and stoooopdly flammable ale.
Lagunitas The Down Low is a 22 ounce bottle seasonal offering.
Style: Session Ale
Hops: Simcoe, Mosaic, Citra
Malts: Chocolate, Oats, Special B
Release: June, 2016
3.9% ABV
Stone Go To IPA releases in tallboy cans
Stone Go To IPA, the brewery’s session IPA, marks the third canned offering by the Escondido, California based brewery. The beer is proceeded by Stone IPA, and Arrogant Bastard in cans.
Stone Go To IPA is the brewery’s lower alcohol beer released in early 2014, while still carrying Stone’s hoppy seal of approval.
Since Day One, we’ve been abundantly forthright and fully transparent about our lust for hops. It’s led us to craft many an IPA, most of them imperial—some intense for their time and all timeless in their intensity. For Stone Go To IPA, we embrace our hop obsession in a new way, funneling an abundance of lupulin-borne bitterness into a “session” IPA that delivers all the fruity, piney character of a much bigger IPA. To accomplish this, we employ “hop bursting,” a new technique wherein an irrational amount of hops is added during the final phase of the brewing process to coax out extreme flavors and aromas while also imparting a burst of desirably pleasant bitterness. The result is an alpha-acid-rich beer that fans can enjoy more of without missing out on the assertive hop character you, like us, crave. So, sit back and go two with your new everyday go-to IPA and bask along with us in the glory of the almighty hop.
Stone Go To IPA will be available starting June 6th in 16 ounce cans. The beer is currently available on draft, and 12 ounce cans.
Style: IPA
Hops: Ahtanum, Amarillo, Cascade,Chinook, Citra, Crystal, Magnum, Mosaic, Sterling, Hopsteiner 06300
Availability: 12oz Bottles
Arrival (Cans): Early June, 2016
4.5% ABV
Burial Ceremonial Session IPA cans hit distro
Burial Ceremonial Session IPA is hitting shelves this week – a session IPA ready just ahead of summer.
Lower alcohol by volume beers pair quite well with day drinking. Burial Ceremonial Session IPA is designed for just that. The base malt is pilsner, plus flaked last, barley and wheat. This batch uses Nelson Sauvin hops.
…with a special house yeast that reacts with a robust dry- hop to provide a rounder mouthfeel, an incredible tropical aroma with a smooth juice flavor.
Burial Ceremonial Session IPA is available in 16 ounce cans.
Style: IPA
Hops: Nelson Sauvin
Availability: 16oz Cans
Release: May, 2016
4% ABV, 35 IBUs
Victory Cage Radler debuts May 1st
Victory Cage Radler will join the Downingtown, Pennsylvania based brewery’s lineup on May 1st.
For those a little unfamiliar, the word radler is German for “cyclist”. As beer history mentions – in 1922 Franz Xaver Kugler, owner of a Bavarian beerhaus, was running low on beer, with a bar full of 1,000’s of thirsty cyclists. In a pinch, he blended lemon-lime soda (which wasn’t selling anyway because his customers just wanted to drink) and dunkel lager, creating the radler beer, or shandy.
A shandy is a 50/50 mix of beer and lemonade. In the case of Victory Cage Radler, the brewery uses a light lager to blend with lemon extract.
The resulting beer is 3% alcohol by volume, perfect for your demanding cyclist guests, or just to drink on a hot day.
Victory Cage Radler will be available in 12 ounce bottles (in the variety pack) and 12 ounce cans.
Style: Radler (w/ Lemon)
Availability: 12oz Bottles, 12oz Cans, Draft.
Release: 5/1/16
3% ABV
Kentucky Race Day Session IPA debuts, helps horses
Kentucky Race Day Session IPA will join Kentucky Ale’s lineup in at the end of March, 2016.
As the name suggests, Race Day a session-style IPA that boasts a low, 4.5% alcohol by volume. Hops in the brew include Calypso and Cascade, with Hallertau in the dry-hop.
As Lexington Brewing was getting ready to release this beer, they heard about a fire at Old Friends thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Kentucky. The non-profit organization takes care of former racehorses, giving them a happy retirement. While the fire didn’t hurt and people or horses, the fire was damaging to the organization.
Coinciding with the launch, the brewery will be donation a portion of the proceeds from April 1st through May 8th to Old Friends.
Kentucky Race Day Session IPA is a seasonal offering.
Style: IPA
Hops: Calypso, Cascade, Hallertau
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. Seasonal Release.
Debut: 3/28/16
4.5% ABV
Pic: Kentucky Race Day Session IPA with Silver Charm. Silver Charm is known for winning the 1997 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. He is now retired and resides at Old Friends in Georgetown, KY. To visit Silver Charm, book a tour at www.OldFriendsEquine.org.
