Stone Brewing recently dropped a new pilsner.
It is a flag type of can for sure. Wonder if this one will take off sales wise.
Red, White and Pils
Be Well
The Beachwood Blendery has a new “lambic-inspired release: Be Well! Crafted with a blend of spontaneous barrels, apples, chamomile, and honey,”
Four Copies
Replicant in Pasadena has a big ol’ IPA ready for you and it promises to be blissful.
IPA Niche Day – Belgian
If you prefer to look at the glass half full instead of we are all doomed than made look for Ce N’est Pas La Fin du Monde from Unibroue – “This deliciously hoppy golden ale combines the complexity of a Belgian tripel with the power of New World IPAs. It’s cultural fusion at its best.”
IPA Niche Day – Raspberry
MadeWest has a new Raspberry IPA out on the market and I am of two minds about it. I think IPAs with added fruit should be the actual juicy IPAs but that you really have to choose the fruit and hops carefully to avoid one flavor set overwhelming the other. This beer should be a good one to review either way.
Welbeck Abbey Connected to PDX?
In my beer Instagram scrolling, I ran across a post from The English Beer Gentleman about a brewery called Welbeck Abbey. A new to me brewery is always cool but what was cooler was in the unboxing video, two beers were placed next to each other.
Yup, they have a Portland Black and a White Stag. Portlandians will see the connection right away but I think this British brewery should collab with someone in the Rose City.
Three of Roses
L.A. is lucky to get Wayfinder Beer shipments sent from the Rose City. That is my transition to this love letter of a beer to Portland, Three of Roses which is a “An unapologetic rustic lager with subtle botanical notes of juniper berries and
lime.”
In a divided country it is good to see a little civic pride smack dab on your beer label.
More Snow
Sierra Nevada has done a couple different Snow Cones. If memory serves, there was a White IPA and Belgian one previously.
Now there is a tropical Snow Cone…
…and it’s a lovely gesture for a retiring member of the SN team too.
1134
Just to throw another number at you. Enegren Brewing is now up to # 17 in their Single Hop Pilsner Series #17. And the hop is still so new that it does not have a name. It is HBC 1134 a “new experimental hop bred in the Yakima Valley. It is an American twist on classic noble hop flavors, making this perfect for a German Style Pilsner with noble elements and flavors of floral, woody aromatic, herbal, and a hint of citrus.”
Everywhere in Comfort
Another IPA collaboration to highlight today as Creature Comforts and Everywhere Beer have put together a Georgia-LA-Anaheim IPA.
