I don’t know where we are in the arc of fruit beers being in vogue in heavily fruited sorta sours, sorta IPA but if it means that we get fruity Berliner Weisses and Goses too, then I hope we are still in it so that we can get unique beers like a recently released Arrow Lodge strawberry beer…
Zumo
Russian River Brewing got their hoppy hands on a new hop from Segal Ranch in Washington State and punned it into Zumo Wrestling Pale Ale. Maybe some stray cans will get to Los Angeles or you can order online.
A Cold Stone
OSide – Now I love shortening names and utilizing acronyms as much as many ‘Mericans but I might have steered clear of that as a name for a foray into Cold IPA. But back to the beer, I am intrigued as to how Stone Brewing will handle the Cold IPA craze in their latest One Batch Dispatch.
8.5 and 9.5
Firestone Walker is well known for hitting that 6.5% ABV mark on their IPAs. But the next Mind Haze duo are going to be more dynamic. Brain Melter and Cosmic Crusher will be Imperial Hazies…
I Have Three Words For You
We know where Stone Brewing is obviously. It is ///Fear.Movie.Lions. But I did not know where Offshoot Beer Co. is. Now I do.
///Dolphins.Escape.Bikes collaboration is a juicy IPA with kiwi and watermelon. Weird flavor combo that but I like the three random words thing and pairing it to collaboration partners.
North Coast Magic
Anytime a new beer comes out in bottles, my eyes perk up and in this case, they perked up extra to see that this new fruity IPA is from North Coast Brewery ….
Wish I Could Get It – Czech Mates
It seems like every day that I see a beer that I wish that I could get, but realistic me knows that it ain’t gonna happen. Another part of me also knows that having these just out of reach beers is a good thing. It will eventually push me out to travel to find.
This month, I would need to travel to the Land of KC3 aka England to Thornbridge Brewery for this collaboration with Budvar…
TT & FW
The official beer of the 2023 Firestone Walker Invitational is No Vacancy a collaboration IPA with Alvarado Street Brewing. But there is a side Central Coast collaboration led by Topa Topa Brewing,
Just a Stout
A lot of craft beer fans are itching to have the behemoth 2023 version of Sierra Nevada’s Hoptimum but for those looking for a more retro track….how about…
Stout, just stout. A non-bruising 5.8% stout that will be in a can this year!
Cristal
The Bruery is now at the 15 year mark and that means a special barrel-aged beer of course.
“Le quinzième anniversaire of The Bruery brings another celebratory ale true to tradition. We bring you Cristal: the 15th edition of our annual Anniversary ale, meaning it has 15 years of Bruery history blended right in— and you’ll want to savor every drop.”