NorCal’s Ghost Town Brewing double dipped into SoCal collaborations, joining Tarantula Hill Brewing for…
…then Everywhere Beer Co. for…
…both IPAs and both labeled spookily of course.
Double the Ghosts
Mother Earth – Part 2
Firestone Walker is really Paso-fying their latest release, a golden lager named Sunglider that uses grain from Paso Robles. The label also points out what visitors to the brewery have either seen or toured around, their solar capability and their extensive energy and waste reduction efforts.
Mother Earth – Part 1
Los Angeles gets a little bit of pFriem Family beers and maybe we will get this Earth Day appreciation IPA. The beer “combines Salmon-Safe hops from Coleman Agriculture with malt from Admiral Maltings using Western Rivers Conservancy’s eco-driven barley…”
Primal-Apple
Firestone Walker has a new Primal Elements sour ale out now. This time around it is filled with pineapple, passionfruit, orange and guava that is aged in french oak barrels. As a fan of passion fruit, this sounds delicious.
Blended – Trio
Ommegang has reached out to Belgium and Italy for their new Passport Royale a collaboration with Liefmans and Birrificio Del Ducato. It is a blended sour ale that is a somewhat high 7.5%-ABV.
Blended – Duo
The Belgian Brouwerij der Trappisten van Westmalle is releasing a limited new blend combining their Westmalle Tripel and Extra 4. Duo is a blend of 60% Tripel and 40% of the Extra. No bottles, just kegs but one can hope that if it is a success, that more will be released.
Via Himalaya
Green Cheek Beer Co. has a message for you, Salty Message is a new release German-Style Sour with both Pink Salt & Magnolia Scented Tea coming in at a light 4.5% ABV.
Here is the info from the brewery, “Our new school approach to this classic Leipzig Gose style, uses a mash of unmalted wheat and pilsner malt, as well a natural souring process, to create the perfect base to steep lots of rolled oolong tea that has been scented with magnolia flowers. It’s refreshingly sour and salty, with all the vibes of magnolia flowers and a jasmine-like character from sniff to sip.”
Shortened
The new Short-Lived IPA is out in distribution.
Shred Beer joins MadeWest for a West Coast IPA that “has a vibrant hop character loaded with berries, stone fruit and a rich resinous finish” and a real long list of hop products, including Simcoe, Simcoe Cryo, Strata, Strata Hyperboost, Mosaic, Mosaic Cryo, Krush, Krush Cryo.
To Remember
We only seem to have foreign diplomacy with dictators here in the ol’ U.S.A. in 2025 but at least craft beer has our better interests at heart, like El Segundo Brewing’s Foreign Affairs a new Belgian-Inspired IPA.
A Boy, A Bear and A Brewery
Haven’t mentioned Eureka Brewing in a bit but they have a new coffee beer out in collaboration with The Boy and the Bear Coffee….
