New Beer Alert: Juicy India Pale Ales And Amber Imperials

(Courtesy Tröegs Independent Brewing)

2024 is ON and American craft brewers are addressing February with an intriguing roster of beers you’re gonna want to have around this weekend.

Trouble Doubled (Hershey, PA) – Just in time to fight the winter doldrums and post-holiday blues, Tröegs Independent Brewing has released an interesting spin on its iconic once-a-year Imperial Amber Ale, Nugget Nectar. An uber-limited release built around one of Nugget Nectar’s key ingredients, Simcoe hops, Tröegs Double Nugget Nectar is a 9.5% ABV Imperial Amber Ale with complex notes of apricot, peach rings and juicy orchard fruit.

“My favorite meeting is with our Scratch Beer creative team,” said brewmaster and co-founding brother John Trogner. “That’s where we came up with the concept of Double Nugget. Bringing this beer to life proved to be a fun balancing act. Built around Simcoe hops, one of Nugget Nectar’s key ingredients, Double Nugget exhibits bold notes of apricot, peach rings and bright citrus.”

Get Crushed (Paso Robles, CA) – Firestone Walker Brewing has a bold new addition to its growing family of Mind Haze IPA variations and this one is unapologetically aggressive. Built around two ultra-tropical hops, Galaxy and Strata, Mind Haze Cosmic Crusher is a 9.5% ABV juicy Imperial India Pale Ale with a high-octane profile and a punchy mango and pineapple character.

(Courtesy Firestone Walker Brewing)

“Mind Haze is one of our most celebrated beers and has become a playground where we explore our wildest ideas on where IPAs can go, allowing us to deliver world-class beers that meet the diverse taste buds of today’s drinkers,” said Brewmaster Matt Brynildson. “The yeast does a lot of heavy lifting in this beer, bringing all this flavor and aroma to the forefront while keeping the beer in balance.”

Bright & Buzz-Free (White Plains, NY) – Paulaner USA has a new buzz-free take on its popular Radler, the half-beer, half-fruit soda refresher, a style that was invented by a German innkeeper, Franz Kugler, as a refreshment that catered to sports cyclists back in the roaring 20s. The popularity of the Radler (also called a Shandy in the US) spread throughout Europe and has found its own rabid following here in the states.

, New Beer Alert: Juicy India Pale Ales And Amber Imperials Many think that German brewers craft the best Radlers in the world and Paulaner’s new non-alcoholic variation, Paulaner Weizen-Radler, is a good as the original, and the original is one of the best we’ve ever had.