American Craft Brewery Lineup – New Beers For 2017

With 2016 well in the rear-view mirror, American breweries are positioning themselves in an increasingly competitive environment, with new additions to their portfolio. And here is what some breweries have planned…

BrewDog

BrewDog has HUGE plans for 2017.

 In addition to launching their American brewery in Columbus, Ohio (first test batches scheduled for late January) and their Equity for Punks campaign to help fund a planned series of BrewDog bars throughout the states.

And as we’ve reported, they’ve just hired Wicked Weed’s former Head of Sour Production Richard Kilcullen, to helm The BrewDog Overworks a standalone facility dedicated to the production of sours that they started building this week.

BrewDog’s release schedule for 2017 is equally ambitious…

This year’s Headliners core beer rollout includes Punk IPA, Dead Pony Club, 5AM Saint, Jet Black Heart and Kingpin. They will also be returning their alcohol-free Nanny State and a gluten-free Vagabond IPA

BrewDog will release Jack Hammer, Elvis Juice and Cocoa Psycho in 2017 as part of their Amplified Series. And Dog F, Paradox, Born to Die, Tokyo*, Hop Shot and Tactical Nuclear Penguin will remain part of their High Octane Series.

And wait, BrewDog isn’t done yet! Zeitgeist, Hop Fiction, Electric India and TBC will be part of their seasonal program. And both their Wild Cards and Abstrakt Series releases will ship simultaneously every quarter this year…whew!

 

Reuben’s Brews

Seattle Washington-based Reuben’s Brews home to one of the best Gose offerings in the country has new beers planned for this year that should complement their three year-rounds (Gose, Crikey IPA, Robust Porter) nicely.

Building on their Classic Seasonal Series which consists of their Daily Pale (out now), Summer IPA starting in April and Roasted Rye IPA in the fall, they’ll also be offering a separate Seasonal Imperial IPA Series quarterly.

2017’s Limited Release Series will consist of for unique beers in 2107 with three of those beers planned for the latter part of the year. Blimey That’s Bitter is a February release, their Fresh Hop around September, their Imperial Pumpkin will hit retail in late September and their Breakfast Stout in Nov/Dec.

The brewery’s Taproom Series will also continue to pump out experimental small –batch creations all year long at their “very cool” Ballard District location.