2020 is ON and American craft brewers are addressing the season with a variety of offerings that are fun and cold weather-ready.
Small Batch Exploration Leads To Astronomical Results (Escondido, CA) – In the spirit of all the exploratory missions deployed across the galaxy, Stone Brewing is releasing something nationwide that was developed at Stone’s Napa small batch brewery. With a name that celebrates to the legendary exploratory space probes, Viking 1 and Viking 2 and fueled on an unchartered combination of hops and Belgian Candi Sugar, Stone Viking Space Probe Double IPA is an 8.5% ABV India Pale Ale that boldly goes where no hazy brew has gone before.
Sit! Stay! Drink! (Eagle, CO) – Bonfire Brewing has a new canned addition to its popular Community Creator Series that’s available now through March 2020. Brewed with more than a nod to Bonfire’s love of dogs and the common use of peanut butter as a puppy training reward, Good Boy Peanut Butter Porter is a 8.1% ABV limited release brewed with rich chocolate malts and peanut butter flavoring.
Set Your Phasors To Stun (Ft Collins, CO) – New Belgium Brewing has a new Voodoo Ranger Rotating IPA Series release that’s out of this world. Crafted using newly installed state-of-the-art brewing equipment that allows Voodoo Ranger brewers to highlight very specific expressions of hop flavors and aromas, and unique mid-fermentation dry hopping techniques, Voodoo Ranger Starship IPA is a highly drinkable 7.7% ABV India Pale Ale with fresh grapefruit and citrus notes that will leave you stunned.
A Compromise Lager (Shiner, TX) – The start of 2020 might mean ‘attempting’ to stick to your 2020 health goals, and the Spoetzl Brewery has an uber-convenient compromise that delivers both buzz and balance with only 95-calories, 1g of sugar, 3 carbs and no fat. Brewed with fresh ginger to temper its tartness, Shiner Ruby Redbird is 4% ABV lager brewed with fresh grapefruit from the Rio Grande Valley.