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So many beers, So little time…Newbies is your essential map to the “best of the best” and the hottest new craft beers rolling out each week. Odell Brewing is throwing a Garden Party next weekend and they’ve brewed up something special for it. Plus we’ve the latest release from Founders and the ridiculously prolific Stone Brewing.
So welcome to another edition of Newbies -Your ultimate guide to great new craft beers!
“A Stage Dive into a Mosh Pit of Hops” (Escondido, CA) – That’s how Stone Brewing is billing their latest release and we think they’re probably right. First released to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their classic Stone Ruination, Stone RuinTen IPA is a massively hopped, 10.8% ABV monster that is making its way now to retailers, restaurants, and bars nationwide in 22 oz. bottles and on draft.
Keeping Promises (Grand Rapid, MI) – Founders Brewing has an interesting release coming out and the proceeds from its sale will benefitArtPrize, the world’s largest art competition that takes place annually in Grand Rapids. Founders Mosaic Promise is a 5.5% ABV “designer” ale that showcases a single malt–Golden Promise–and a single hop–Mosaic. Look for Promise to begin rolling out in September in Michigan, Wisconsin, greater New York City, and greater Chicago both on draft and in 12 oz. bottles.
Great Divide Tanks! (Denver, CO) – Great Divide just announced the latest addition to their Tank Farm Series and we’re pretty jazzed about it. Great Divide Showdown Rye IPA is a copper-hued rye beauty that’s hefty yet balanced and should be hitting shelves and taps in early July.
Garden Party (Fort Collins, CO) – On June 21-22, Odell Brewing will celebrate the first weekend of summer with the release of its newest Cellar Series beer. Odell Trellis Garden Ale is an 8.7% ABV Double Pale Ale brewed with coriander, cilantro, pineapple, mint, lavender, and rose petals harvested fromThe Gardens on Spring Creek in Fort Collins.Odell and The Gardens will celebrate the release of Trellis in the brewery’s backyard this coming Saturday and Sunday, and one dollar from every bottle sold will go to supporting the 18-acre community botanical garden.
Stygian Descends on Stone’s Company Stores (Escondido, CA) – Stone Brewing has just sent their Stone Company stores something special from their limited-release Quingenti Millilitre series and if you’re not all about it, you’re gonna lose out. Stone Ruination IPA aged in Bourbon Barrels is exactly that – and it was re-released on Sunday the 15th – so it may be time to hit one of their company stores.
