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. From Golden Road’s newest Custom IPA Series release to the latest from Mad River and Stone Brewing – we’ve got all kinds of beers that you’ll want to chase down.

So welcome to another edition of Newbies -Your ultimate guide to great new craft beers!

Draft Only Stone (Escondido, CA) – The Stone Brewing Company is known largely for their nationally-distributed bottled beers – so when the company has a new draft-only release- they’ve are attention. Stone Delicious IPA is an 7.7% ABV Pale brewed using Nugget, Calypso, an Lemon Drop hops that’s  dry hopped with 100% Yakima, Washington, El Dorado.

Flying Dog Summers at the Bay (Frederick, MD) – To commemorate the 75^th anniversary of OLD BAY, Flying Dog partnered with the iconic Maryland seasoning to brew a seasonal ale that captures everything that summer in the mid-Atlantic is all about. Dead Rise OLD BAY Summer Ale is a 5.6% ABV blast of summerFlying Dog and OLD BAY will donate a portion of the proceeds from Dead Rise to True Blue, a program that advocates on behalf of the Chesapeake Bay’s 5,500 watermen and promotes sustainably harvested Maryland Blue Crab. This limited edition seasonal ale will be premiering on tap at the brewery tomorrow and should be available throughout the mid-Atlantic through Labor Day.

Heal The Bay IPA Made in LA (Los Angeles, CA) – L.A.’s Golden Road Brewing and Southern California’s Heal the Bay, have once again teamed up for the second annual unveiling of Heal the Bay IPA. Golden Road’s brewmaster, Jesse Houck, created what has become a highly acclaimed beer–one of Southern California’s three most important according to the LA Times–based on his passion for the organization as a scuba diver and a seasonal recipe synonymous with the purity of water. Brewed using a mix of New Zealand and Pacific Northwest hops this IPA is a 6.8% ABV summer pleaser with tropical, citrus-forward flavors. The third in Golden Road’s Custom IPA Series, Heal the Bay IPA is out there now – so you know what to do.

Home Grown Hotness (Independence, OR) – Rogue Ales has announced the newest addition to the Rogue Farms Family of beer created entirely from ingredients grown on Rogue Farms. Brewmaster John Maier revolutionized Rogue’s award winning Chipotle Ale by taking jalapeño peppers–grown on Rogue Farms estates–smoking them himself and using them in the brew. Rogue Farms Chipotle Ale is now available year round on draft and in 22oz serigraphed bottles.

Flower of Jamaica (Blue Lake, CA) – In celebration of their 25th Anniversary, Mad River Brewing is releasing the newest addition to their Jamaica Brand products line. The first full time product offering since the release of Steelhead Double IPA back in 2006, Mad River Flor de Jamaica is a Hibiscus-infused 5.6% ABV refresher that pours red and is deeply quaffable.