(Courtesy East Brother Beer Company)

Spring Is ON, and summertime not all that far away. And American craft brewers are celebrating the seasons with a smart roster of artisan brews you’re gonna want to have around as things warm up.

Bohemia’s Quiet Masterpiece (Richmond, CA) – Founded in 2016 by friends Rob Lightner and Chris Coomber, East Brother Beer Company is an award-winning independent craft brewery, specializing in brewing classic, timeless beer styles with precision. And they’ve a new seasonal release that’s amazing true to its European roots.

Brewed for the modern craft beer drinker, East Brother Czech Dark Lager is a 5.7% ABV classic style executed with precision. With a dark brown, maroon-like appearance, this lager layers dark chocolate, burnt sugar, and light coffee aromas. This bready malt also delivers a lightly sweet, refreshingly smooth palate.

In its homeland of Bohemia, Tmavé Pivo (literally “dark beer”) wasn’t a novelty or a seasonal gimmick; it was the comforting heartbeat of the local pub While the world still celebrates the 1842 “Golden Revolution” of Pilsner, the dark lager remained in the shadows—soulful, steady, and sometimes misunderstood, and East Brother gets it right.

(Courtesy Breckenridge Brewery)

Spring Forward (Littleton, Co) – Breckenridge Brewery has just released something special that  was is designed to transition drinkers from winter to spring. Dry-hopped with a cascade of Amarillo, Cascade, and Citra hops, and a lively bouquet of grapefruit peel and orange zest, Breckenridge Brewery’s Spring Forward Grapefruit IPA is a 6.5% ABV India Pale Ale that deftly balances the natural bitterness of grapefruit with a crisp hop notes.

Get Dusted (Seattle, WA) – Elysian Brewing kicked off 2026 with a new addition to its popular Space Dust Series that comes with cosmic layers of taste, but none of the baggage. The first non-alcoholic addition to its storied hop-forward line of beer, Elysian Easy Dust IPA is a buzz- free take on its groundbreaking “Space Dust IPA” with bright grapefruit, passionfruit and pine note, less than 0.5% alcohol by volume and half the calories of the original.

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