Topic Archives: Session Beers
Left Hand Introvert Session IPA Launches This Week
Left Hand Introvert Session IPA officially launches this week. The Longmont, Colorado based brewery has been developing the recipe over the past six months.
Left Hand Introvert Session IPA is aggressively dry-hopped, and features CTZ, Centennial, Cascade, Chinook, Sterling, Comet hops.
An ale with hop aromas of tropical papaya and kiwi with woodsy pine, balanced by honey malt and a clean bitter finish.
Left Hand Introvert Session IPA is now available in 12oz bottles, and draft.
Style: IPA
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft.
Release: May, 2015
4.9% ABV, 55 IBUS
Wild Heaven Emergency Drinking Beer Debuts Today
Wild Heaven Craft Beers (Avondale Estates, GA) will launch their first canned offerings with the help of Toucan Mobile Canning this year. First up – Wild Heaven Emergency Drinking Beer.
The beer style is reminiscent of a great pilsner. Something easy drinking, crisp and refreshing, a bit like Let The Be Light, but as versatile as possible.
Emergency Drinking Beer will be the lowest alcohol by volume beer by Wild Heaven to date. Created in collaboration with Paul Calvert of Victory Sandwich Bar and Paper Plane (Atlanta Magazine’s 2013 Bartender of the Year).
The drink of necessity. Real brewed. All purpose blend. Ready to drink. Do not refill. Do not reuse…
Emergency Drinking Beer is perfect for picking out your next beer. A beer for walking to the mailbox, or waiting to use the ATM. A beer for when the zombies are tearing down your door, and you’re out of bullets. A beer for when you really, really need it.
Wild Heaven Emergency Drinking Beer will debut this Thursday, April 9th at Victory Sandwich Bar in Decatur, Georgia. Expect cans by summer.
Style: Pilsner (with creative license) (w/ Lemongrass, Portuguese Sea Salt, Grapefruit Zest)
Availability: 12oz Cans. Year-round.
Launch: April, 2015
4% ABV
Terrapin RecreationAle 16oz Cans Arrive this Month
Terrapin RecreationAle 16oz cans are on the out of the Athens, Georgia brewery. Tallboy cans of the session ale were filled this week.
Terrapin RecreationAle was the very first can to join the brewery’s lineup back in 2013. Its success opened the door for Hi-5 IPA, and ultimately, Terrapin ordering their own canning line. (Two Roads Brewing had been contract canning previously.)
16oz “tallboy” cans roll out this month. The the hoppy session ale is 4.7% ABV.
Read more: Terrapin Beer Company
Image via Terrapin
Red Brick Session IPA Cans Launch in Late April
Red Brick Session IPA will release in cans by the end of the April. The brewery has created a lower ABV “session” IPA just in time for the summer heat.
Red Brick Session IPA will be the second completely new package offering, just behind Red Brick Hibiscuwit that shipped in March.
This easy drinking IPA packs a flavorful punch without the bitterness. Casual Session IPA is a beautiful, light bodied ale loaded with juicy, tropical hop flavor thanks copious additions of five different hops during the dry hopping process. This beer is ideal for any activity at any time of day!
Red Brick Session IPA will be available not only in 12oz cans, but 12oz bottles, and draft.
Style: IPA
Hops: Jarrylo, El Dorado, Calypso, Citra, and Nugget
Availability: 12oz Cans, 12oz Bottles, Draft.
Release: Late April, 2015
4.5% ABV, 36 IBUs
21st Amendment Down to Earth Session IPA Replaces Bitter American
21st Amendment Down to Earth Session IPA sets its hoppy sights on cans. The 4.4% alcohol by volume (ABV) session-style IPA joins the lineup as we roll into April..
The brewery believes that Down to Earth Session IPA is a natural progression of the bold flavor, low ABV style. For that reason, the brewery is eliminating Bitter American from their lineup.
“Down to Earth has all the great malt backbone of Bitter American but just as Ham’s story evolved, so has this Session IPA. I had fun mixing up the hops and flavor profile,” said Brewmaster O’Sullivan. “We added several late additions and capped it with Mosaic and Centennial dry hops, two of my favorites. Both are amazing and the combination is over the top hop goodness.”
21st Amendment Down To Earth Session IPA is now available in 12oz cans and draft, year-round.
Style: IPA
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft.
Distribution: CA, OR, WA, AK, ID, MN, OH, ME, NH, VT, RI, MA, NY, NJ, DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, GA, NV, NC. Soon: NH, IL
Release: Late-March, 2015
4.4% ABV, 42 IBUs
Firestone Walker Easy Jack Launches in Cans
Firestone Walker Easy Jack appeared for the first time in 2014. The brewery sought to create a session IPA with a flavor complexity created by a rare selection of newer hop varieties. Unfortunately, the hops ran out by mid-summer, and Easy Jack was a memory.
Firestone Walker Easy Jack has now been re-launched as a year round beer in 12oz cans.
The Hop Focus:
Mandarina Bavaria – Hallertau, Germany
“Mandarina is the defining hop of Easy Jack. It’s real orangy, zesty, like a fresh orange off the tree, which I’ve never smelled in any hop before.”
Hull Melon – Hallertau, Germany
“I call this the rhythm guitar. It has this melony, ripe tropical fruit characteristic that complements the citrus of the Mandarina.”
Southern Hemisphere Hops
“These hops are equally elusive as our prized Mandarina and Melon. We have begged, borrowed and traded…Yes, we literally traded 8 Wired Brewery in New Zealand an equal amount of Centennial and Amarillo hops for some fresh Nelson hops. The transaction was more complicated than any hop purchase I have ever made.”
Blend of U.S. Hops
“Mosaic provides a tropical vibe with herbal and pine notes, while Citra and Amarillo add complexity and dimension.”
Firestone Walker Easy Jack cans are now available, and shipping to the brewery’s markets around the United States.
Style: IPA
Hops: Mandaria Bavaria, Hull Melon, Southern Hemisphere, Mosaic, Citra, Amarillo
Availability: 12oz Cans. Year Round.
Can Release: March, 2015
4.5% ABV
Angel City Social IPA Kicks Off New Can Lineup
Angel City Social IPA has hit shelves as the brewery’s first canned offering.
Designed to be a lower alcohol option, Angel City Social IPA is just 4.4%. Now you can day drink even longer.
“Beer, LA, friends…they’re all meant to come together,” said Jon Carpenter, brewmaster for Angel City Brewery. “We believe strongly in community and in sharing, so this is an important beer for us, and for our fans. It’s the ideal session beer to sip for hours while enjoying the company of friends – old and new. Social IPA is a refreshing way to…well, socialize.”
Angel City Social IPA is available in 12oz cans, year round.
Style: IPA
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft.
Released: March, 2015
4.4% ABV, 55 IBUs
