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Spring has sprung in our latest collection of new beers for 2018…And we’ve five intriguing craft beer directions that you might want to chase down as things warm up.
Dark And Dangerous (Denver, CO) – Banded Oak Brewing is releasing something dark and dangerous on Saturday, March 10th, so you’ve been warned! A 2017 Denver International Beer Competition double gold winner that was matured for more than six months in French oak cabernet barrels, Cabernet Barrel Aged Belgian Dark Strong is a 12% ABV exotic that’s strong, dark, complex and bursting with flavors, yet deceivingly drinkable at the same time.
Easy Is As Easy Does (Eugene, OR) – Ninkasi Brewing recently introduced a new year-round that’s been crafted with sincerity (and for drinking several). Lightly floral but never cloying, Ninkasi Yours Truly Easy Drinking Ale is exactly that, a 4.3% ABV crisp and effervescent refresher with an uber-clean finish.
Snap It Up (Boston, MA) – The Boston Beer Company has returned a spring seasonal fav that was first introduced in 2013. Wheat-driven and toned by a lively blend of specially sourced spices from all around the world, Samuel Adams Cold Snap is a crisp and refreshing 5,3% ABV Belgian‐style White Ale with spicy notes that are never overpowering.
Juicy, Feral And Fearless (Portland, OR) – Hopworks Urban Brewery has returned a popular spring/summer seasonal that’s citrusy and wild! HUB Ferocious Citrus IPA is a hazy grapefruit juice infused 6.2% ABV India Pale Ale that’s brewed with organic hard red spring wheat from the legendary Twin Oaks Farm on San Juan Island.
New Zealand Rocks! (Newport, KY) – Braxton Labs (Braxton Brewing’s uber-innovative small batch unit) is releasing something HUGE and to say it’s aggressively hopped is an understatement. The first bottled Imperial IPA that Braxton has released since Tropic Flare back in in early 2017, Braxton Labs New Zealand IPA is a 10.1% ABV Imperial India Pale Ale with a medley of New Zealand hops including the Green Bullet, Kohatu and Wakatu varieties.
