Weekend Beer: Hazy Pale Ales and Classic Asian Imports

American Craft Beer|July 3rd, 2021|

(Courtesy Full Sail Brewing)

Summer is ON! And brewers are addressing the season with intriguing new offerings you might want to chase down this weekend.

Summer Haze (Hood River, OR) – Full Sail Brewing has released a new addition to its Strong Current Double IPA Series, just in time for summer days on the river or in your own backyard. Crafted with oats, wheat and 2 Row malt that are fermented with the brewery’s proprietary yeast culture and layered with Sabro and Ekuanot hops, Full Sail Lazy Summer Haze is an 8.5% ABV India Pale Ale with bright aromatics and complex citrus, mango and melon notes.

“Our goal was a distinctly tropical DIPA that drinks like a pale – I think we hit it”, says Full Sail Brewmaster Greg Doss. “A big charge of Sabro hops adds hints coconut and tangerine. We followed that with additions of Mosaic and Ekuanot hops to layer subtle but complex notes of citrus, mango and melon. It’s spectacularly smooth and crushable at 8.5%.”

(Courtesy Flying Dog Brewery)

New From The N/A Corner (Frederick, MD) – Non-Alcoholic beers have come a long way’s since your uncle would order an O’Doul’s and one of Maryland’s most cutting-edge craft breweries has entered the game with Deepfake Non Alcoholic IPA its first N/A release ever. Crafted for consumers who want to avoid alcohol for any reason, but don’t want to sacrifice the taste and feel of the real thing, Deepfake is amazingly convincing…

Choosing a non-alcoholic beer shouldn’t mean suffering through a tasteless, watery imposter,” said James Maravetz, VP of Marketing at Flying Dog Brewery. “Deepfake gives you the satisfaction of drinking a real beer, without the added calories and alcohol. It would fool anyone.”

Olympic Brewing (Japan) – The Summer Olympics getting ready to kick off in Japan and it’s the perfect time to revisit a classic import that many of us have enjoyed in the past. Brewed to pair perfectly with the Men’s 100-Meter Finals and Olympic Gymnastics, Sapporo Premium Beer is a lushly aromatic and ultra-balanced 4.9% ABV Lager with a refined ambience and a crisp, clean finish. And it also comes in an uber-cool 22oz can that fits perfectly in the hand.