Newbies – 5 New Craft Beers You Need To Check Out – August 25, 2015

 

So many beers- So little time… More early fall release this week and we’ve a number interesting new offerings that you’ll want to chase down…Plus we’ve some new releases from Fordham and Newburyport Brewing that sound serious as well.

 

“A Wicked and Pernicious Weed” (Asheville, NC) – King Henry VIII declared hops to be “a wicked and pernicious weed” – hence Wicked Weed Brewing’s name, and also the name of their newest bottled release. Brewed with minimal malt complexity and dry-hopped out of its mind, Wicked Weed Pernicious India Pale Ale is a 7.3% West Coast Style IPA and it’s now available in 11.2oz bottles.

 

Plum Island Whiteout (Newburyport, MA) – Newburyport Brewing has a very sessionable Belgian Style year-round that you might want to track down. NBPT’s Plum Island Belgian White is a 5.4% unfiltered Witbier with a citrus and spicy nose that’s perfect late-summer / early fall transition beer.

 

Spicing Things Up (Dover, DE) – The Fordham Brewing Company thinks there’s a change in the weather and they’ve brewed up something special for it.  Fordham Spiced Harvest Ale is their newest fall seasonal – a 6.6% ABV spice-happy Pumpkin Ale that’s available on draft and in bottles

 

There Will Be Blood Oranges (Boulder, CO) – Upslope Brewing has just begun canning a longtime tap room favorite that they’re shipping this week – the latest in their Limited Release Series. Upslope Blood Orange Saison is a 6% floral, yet dry, Belgian Style Ale that is brewed with blood oranges and pink peppercorns.

 

 

The Late-Summer Pumpkin Parade Continues (Seattle, WA) – Whether we like it or not, breweries just keep bringing out their seasonals earlier and earlier and Ballast Point has just released one. Ballast Point Pumpkin Down is a pumpkin and spiced 5.8% version of their Piper Down Scottish Ale. And it’s out there now – so you decide what to do.

 

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