Last year was figs (which I avoided, can’t abide that taste) but this year is grapes. Concord grapes to be exact in a Belgian-style dubbel/doppelbock hybrid.
This might be just crazy enough to work.
Bitter Brewer from Surly
I still can’t get it here (in a large, large beer market) so I thought I would tantalize others as well with the Minnesota English style 4% summer session seasonal.
” A toast and Marmalade character from British Malt and American Hops. Dry hopping brings the Floral Citrus aromas.”
Southern Tier summer seasonal
If you haven’t had Southern Tier before, this summer refresher might be the place to start.
Hop in the Dark
Deschutes Brewery’s newest Bond Street Series release:
Hop in the Dark is a Cascadian Dark Ale (CDA) made with a combination of Cascade, Amarillo, Citra and Centennial hops and generous roasted NW malts to create a jet black India Pale Ale hybrid.
St. Lupulin
It’s early June and the summer beers keep a comin’. That is good news because here in Los Angeles it is almost always summer and we could use as many actual pale ales as we can get.
So here is another option from Odell’s in Colorado.
Full Sail + Summer =
The latest in summer IPA’s. You may know of Sunspot or Grandsun of Spot. Now you get Spotless…
From the Full Sail press release..”the newest release in their Brewmaster Reserve series, Spotless IPA. This release continues Full Sail’s summer “sun” series. Named to honor our sun that has been spotless for over a year, Spotless is a true Northwest style IPA – richly hopped with Willamette and Zeus hops. A deep golden color, bright bitterness and a definite fruity finish meld into a beer that is all set to toast the summer months. It will be available in specialty beer stores and pubs throughout the Pacific Northwest from June to August in 22oz bottles and draft. ABV: 6.5% IBU: 70″
The next beer in Full Sail’s Brewmaster Reserve line up will be Sanctuary, a Belgian Style Dubbel, to be released in August.
Saboteur from Odell
What do you get when you create a brown ale then dose it with Brett yeast. You get this…
I like this type of experimentation. Maybe it will bring back people to simple, satisfying ales like the brown or amber.
an East Coast watermelon beer
The Thomas Hooker folks have readied their watermelon beer for the hot and humid east coast summer. I wonder how it compares to 21st Amendment’s canned watermelon wheat.
Check out the full story HERE
Wild Sumpin’
from the Lagunitas brewers, “Another Big Sister of the Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ Ale…. Loads of Malted Wheat for a Curious Malt Foundation and a Light Color, But Our Belgian Yeast Leaves a Huge Flavor and Complexishness.”
So go get a bottle of the original so you can do a taste test when the WILD version is released.
HUB Rise Up
Another new bottle from the organic brewers at HUB….almost sounds like the Trailblazer slogan from last year.
“This full bodied NW Red is mahogany smooth and hopped to the rafters with locally grown Cascade and Centennial hops. Raise your pints in the air, Rise Up, gather round, Organic Beer from the ground.”