Angel City Brewery has a new beer release with a fruit that is not often seen in beer (or cider for that matter), pears.
Sounds both refreshing and autumnal at the same time.
The Lemons and Pears
Cookies, Cream and Stout
I do not need any nostalgia when it comes to ice cream. I will have it every day to keep it in mind if needed but Radiant Beer Co. has a new late summer stout to maybe pair with a pint…
Nostalgic Vibes is a cookies and cream ice cream cone pastry stout. Using Cacao nibs, Comoros Vanilla Beans, crushed chocolate sandwich cookies and waffle cone pieces.
Friendly and Hazy
Common Space Brewery is hitting up #GreatBeerGivesBack hashtag with the new Furry Friends Hazy IPA. They already did the puppy part but if you want to support by getting a beer and not a new pet, then hustle down to Hawthorne.
Strung Along
There are some weird bedfellows in craft beer collaborations and here is another one not on my bingo card as Firestone Walker has teamed with Ernie Ball, they of the guitar strings for a West Coast DIPA…
Effing Around
Audio Graph Beer Co. has a new summer beer out in cans and they are not effing around….
One Batch of Schoolmates
The Stone Brewing One Batch Dispatch series is back with the new Schoolmates Hazy Double IPA.
Here is the beer description from he brewery: “This particular hazy double IPA features a unique new hop called Anchovy. Don’t panic – despite the name, you can expect ripe watermelon flavors combined with dankness and orange cream character from “new classic” Citra.”
Oh My
You want orange, mango and guava? OK. You want it hazy? OK. You need it DIPA? Well OMFG, Maui Brewing has a new release for you.
Mac the Saison
McMinnville, Oregon home of my alma mater, Linfield is smack dab in Oregon wine country but beer has been there too. And now there is a MacCollab from four of the seven breweries that call Wildcat Country home. Four Rows Saison-Style Farmhouse Ale from Golden Valley Brewery, Heater Allen Brewing, Grain Station Brew Works, and ForeLand Beer is a “crisp and dry brew features aromas of citrus and black pepper phenols, and was made with a carefully balanced mix of Pilsner, Vienna and Rye and hopped with Saaz and Hallertau Blanc.”
In the Tap Lines for August 2024
There was a lot going on in July out in the wide world, August promises no respite for that. But in BSP World, there is a lot of fun, including….
~ e-visits to (3) new breweries in Pennsylvania from listening to Lew Bryson’s Seen Through a Glass podcast
~ special featured reviews of beers from Lagunitas, remember them?
~Heads-Up on Los Angeles Beer Events
~ Three suggested beers to buy this month. One light, one medium and one dark
~ A Book & A Beer reads You Like it Darker by Stephen King
~ A Podcast & A Beer listens to The Ringer-Verse for Deadpool and Wolverine
~ Sports & A Beer returns with Hard Knocks
~ New Beer Releases and Best Beers of the Month
~ I will tap the Firkin and give my no holds barred opinion on the craft beer world.
The Haze Way
Some breweries tend to go with hazy and others go with juicy when they are labeling their non West Coast IPAs. Los Angeles Ale Works uses the latter and have a new one you should check or or more appropriately check in to, Hotel Hazeway Juicy DIPA with “hoppy notes of peach, passionfruit, white grape and red currant.”