Newbies – 5 Craft Beers For The Changing Season
Newbies – 5 Craft Beers For The Changing Season
Fall has arrived in all its glory – and we’ve all the right beers for the season. We’ve also some interesting new offerings from Tallgrass and Anchor Brewing that you’ll want to get your sweaty little hands on.
Get Euphoric (Durango, CO) – Ska has new cold weather seasonal that they brewed in association with Colorado-based Venture Snowboards home to the high-performance Euphoria snowboards. Unapologetically malt-forward and primed with a caramel sweetness Ska Euphoria Pale Ale is a 6.2% winter pleaser that’s brewed for epic powder days.
All American Porter (San Francisco, CA) – Fall is a classic time of year and the perfect time to return to a robust year-round from Anchor Brewing that you might not consider as much in the summer. With its thick, creamy head and its rich chocolate, toffee and coffee flavors. Anchor Porter is a midnight black 5.6% ABV refresher and a definitive American Porter.
Sweat Equity (Manhattan, KS) – Tallgrass Brewing will be returning a popular seasonal this month that was a Bronze Medal winner at the 2016 World Beer Cup. Tallgrass Vanilla Bean Buffalo Sweat is the brewery’s rich and creamy 5.2% ABV Oatmeal Cream Stout that’s been perfectly brewed with vanilla for a silky sweet finish.
A Pumpkin Ale Primed For The Season (independence, OR) – We understand the economic realities that have led to pumpkin ales shipping to retail in August – but we can’t help but think that this misplaced “seasonality” is killing the genre’s relevance. That’s why we’re such big fans of Rouge’s latest harvest release. Brewed with fresh pumpkins, grown and harvested at Rogue Farms in Oregon, Rouge’s 6.1% 2016 Pumpkin Patch Ale is a testament to good timing and the concept of seasonality done right.
Thunderstruck (Asheville, NC) – Highland Brewing will soon be shipping a new seasonal that’s a highly caffeinated, cool weather collaboration between the brewery and Dynamite Roasting Company. Highland Thunderstruck Coffee Porter goes through two separate coffee infusions. Early in the brewing process, referred to as the hot-side, Highland adds Mexican coffee at the end of the boil, which extracts the flavors much like coffee made at home. Later, on the cold-side part of brewing, Honduran coffee and a portion of the base beer are blended to create an eye-opening Porter.