Beer Alert: New Rye India Pale Ales And Peach Beers

(Courtesy Leinenkugel’s)

August Is ON but fall will soon be here. And American craft brewers are addressing things with a full slate of new beers that address the transition season.

Just Peachy (Chippewa Falls, WI) – Leinenkugel’s is a Wisconsin brewery that’s been brewing beer for almost 150 years. It was purchased by the Miller Brewing company in 1988 and is now part of the Molson Coors family of beers. But even though they are now a Big Beer property, Leinenkugel’s has retained its Great Lakes identity and has rabid following that love what they do. And they’ve a new beer that’s ‘just peachy.’

Just tart enough to keep it interesting, but not overly sour, Leinenkugel’s Juicy Peach is a 4.4% ABV mild sour-style beer that’s balanced with the sweet flavor of natural peaches.

(Courtesy Neshaminy Creek Brewing)

Horrifying Drinking (Croydon, PA) – Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company is an award-winning craft brewery and taproom located just north of Philadelphia. And they’ve a new beer that pays homage to the great George A. Romero, the pioneering filmmaker behind the “Night of the Living Dead” series.

Fearlessly resurrecting the forgotten style, Neshaminy JAWN of the Dead IPA is a 6.5% ABV Red Rye India Pale Ale with bright pine, berries and grilled tangerine notes, and a spicy bite that accentuates a pronounced bitterness.

Serious Beer From The N/A Corner (Campbell, CA) – Non-Alcoholic beers have come a long way’s since your uncle used to order an O’Doul’s. And there’s a non-alcoholic brewery in Northern California, Surreal Brewing, which makes one of the most convincing buzz-free IPAs out there. Sporting only 25 calories, 0g sugar and 4.9g of carbs, Surreal Juicy Mavs Hazy IPA is an award-winning buzz-free India Pale Ale with a dense tropical fruit and citrus character and a subtle, clean malt finish.