(Courtesy Tröegs Independent Brewing)

Winter’s coming and American craft brewers are addressing the cooling season with an intriguing roster of new beers you’re gonna want to have around as the nights get longer.

Winter’s Coming (Hershey, PA) – Tröegs Independent Brewing has returned its longest running and most sought-after seasonal IPA, a winter IPA has been has been a mainstay of the brewery’s Hop Cycle IPA Series since its inception in 2014.

Built on a foundation of pilsner malt and wheat, and brimming with a bracing bitterness, Tröegs Blizzard of Hops is 6.4% ABV India Pale Ale with bright spruce tips, pineapple, and orange rind notes thanks to a combination of Centennial, Chinook, and El Dorado hops.

“It’s a nod to hop growers around the world, thanking them for another successful harvest,” says Tröegs brewmaster and co-founding brother John Trogner. “In the winter, people’s taste buds deaden down and they tend to eat richer and fattier foods,” explains Trogner. “In my mind, there’s a need for bitterness on the beer side to balance that out.”

Blizzard of Hops coincides with the release of Tröegs’ Perpetual Exploration seasonally rotating variety pack for winter. Featuring four hop-forward favorites, this 12-pack includes three cans each of Perpetual IPA, Graffiti Highway IPA, Blizzard of Hops Winter IPA, and Graffiti Highway Double IPA.

(Courtesy AleSmith Brewing)

Darkness, Darkness (San Diego, CA) – Forged in 1995, AleSmith Brewing has been recognized as one of the world’s foremost craft brewing companies. Their beers are always worth chasing down, and the Speedway Stout variations never disappoint. And now the award-winning brewery has released a new variation of their iconic Imperial Coffee Stout that sounds uber-promising.

Crafted with literally tons of toasted coconut, layered into different processes to get the right amount in both taste and aroma,  AleSmith Speedway Stout: Toasted Coconut Vietnamese Coffee Edition is a massive 12% ABV Imperial Stout with rich chocolate malt notes and the deep, roasty Vietnamese coffee tones.

Packaged in 16oz 4-pack cans and draft, AleSmith’s latest Speedway Stout variation is now available in California, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Minnesota, Texas, Illinois, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, and Virginia.

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