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With 2016 now in its final lap, American breweries are looking to the coming year and positioning themselves in an increasingly competitive environment with new additions to their portfolio…And here is some, of what some American craft breweries will be brewing in 2017…
Left Hand Brewing
Longmont, Colorado’s Left Hand Brewing has all kinds of changes they’ll be introducing in 2017 including a variety of new seasonals, limited and small-batch can releases, and new additions to their popular Nitro and Big Mo series.
They’re especially excited about Les Quatre Saisons (The Four Seasons) a seasonal series of Saisons featuring native Colorado ingredients like wildflower honey, chokecherries, juniper berries and regional grains. The first quarterly release, Saison au Miel, with wildflower honey will debut in March.
With the advent of Left Hand’s new canning line, the brewery will offer exclusively seasonal cans including the popular summer favorites Good JuJu, an American Pale Ale juiced with fresh ginger, Well Played, a special Red IPA brewed with super-experimental hops, and Study Abroad a Belgian-style Ale.
Also in 2017, the brewery will offer several of its year-round brands including Sawtooth Ale and Polestar Pilsner (which we’ve been told has a cool new look) in cans.
Both Extrovert and Introvert IPAs will also be available in cans next year as well as Travelin’ Light, the brewery’s new Kölsch that they’ve scheduled for an early spring release.
New Holland Brewing
Michigan-based New Holland Brewing will be celebrating their 20 years in the biz with a solidified core line up that builds upon their uber-popular Dragon’s Milk Reserve program and here are some of the highlights…
Next year’s year-round portfolio will now include Hoptronix Double IPA and the addition of Lost Dune which was introduced as a new summer seasonal in 2016.
2017’s seasonal lineup will now include the release Tasmanian Hatter, a galaxy-hopped IPA in early summer and 5th Seasonal, a Belgian Dubbel with cranberries out in October.
Next year’s Dragon’s Milk Reserves Series will be made up of four quarterly variations aimed at showcasing new flavor combinations or different barrel-aging techniques. The first release in the series is Dragon’s Milk Reserve: Triple Mash, an intense high ABV monster that’s scheduled for January.
2017 will also see the return of their innovative sours series which kicks off in January with the return of their mango and pineapple Wild Ale, Blue Sunday. And they’ll also be introducing a very limited edition honey porter in September.
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