Serious Craft Beers That You Need Now

American Craft Beer|June 8th, 2016|

So many beers- So little time… Summer is here and we’ve all the right beers for the season! Plus we’ve some interesting new offerings from Summit and Stone Brewing that you’ll want to get your sweaty little hands on.

Two “Not Normal” Summer Seasonals (Escondido, CA) – Stone has just released two unconventional summer seasonals and we’re interested in chasing them both down,

Stone Citrusy Wit is a 5.3% Witbier brewed with tangerine and kaffir lime leaf and balanced to forgo any need for the traditional fresh fruit garnish.

And Stone Mocha IPA, a 9% Double IPA blurs the line between an IPA and a Stout and is brewed – inexplicably – with cocoa, milk sugar and coffee.

Lips of Faith Dos (Fort Collins, CO) – New Belgium also has two new Lips of Faith releases coming out this month.

De Koninck Flowering Citrus Ale is 7.4% ABV collaboration that New Belgium did with Antwerp’s historic De Koninck Brewery. This summertime celebration of citrus and flower fragrances is now available in four-packs and on draft.

New Belgium has also released the 2016 Tart Lychee, a 7.4% “exotic tart” brewed with lychee fruit and cinnamon, then blended with sour Felix from the brewery’s wood cellar.

Summit Unchained! (St Paul, MN) – Summit Brewing has just shipped a new Unchained Series release and it’s an unlikely hybrid. Summit’s Unchained Series 22: Zingiber Cream Ale is a 5.3% “50/50 blend of ale and lager, brewed identically and fermented separately utilizing unique yeast strains, then blended after fermentation.