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 River North Brewing’s most limited release ever to the latest from 10 Barrel and Short’s Brewing – we’ve 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!

Beer Hates Astronauts Returns (Chicago, IL) – The Half Acre Beer Company is bringing back “the official beer of Ryan Browne’s God Hates Astronauts comic book.” Half Acre Beer Hates Astronauts is a 7% ABV single-hopped Citra IPA with a sturdy Vienna malt backbone. It’s available this Friday (6/13) at the Half Acre Tap Room in 4-packs of 16 oz. cans – so get ready to hate!

Are You Interested In a Three-Way? (Escondido, CA) – June 30th has been set as the final release date for the three-way collaboration between Beachwood BBQ Brewing, Heretic, and Stone. Beachwood / Heretic / Stone Unapologetic IPA is a 9% ABV celebration of hoppiness crafted by three masters of the West Coast IPA tradition and it’s finally rolling out at the end of this month on draft and in 22 oz. bombers.

10 Barrel Tarts (Bend, OR) – 10 Barrel Brewing has just released the first beer in their new, rotating 22 oz. Bottle Series…10 Barrel Beer No. 1 is a Cherry Tart, a brown ale brewed with six different specialty malts, soured in the mash and aged on tart cherries post fermentation, creating a layered sour that’s hard to brew and easy to crush. From what we can tell, it’s available now on draft and in 22 oz. bombers throughout Oregon, Idaho, and Washington State.

Passion Play (Portland, OR) – Breakside Brewery has just released last year’s GABF silver medal winner and we can’t wait to get our sweaty little hands on it. Brewed as a traditional German Berliner Weisse, Passionfruit Sour Ale is a 4.4% ABV Sour with a kiss of tropical fruit -and it’s available now on draft and in 22 oz. bombers – but you need to be in either Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Hawaii, or Japan (!) to get it.

Colorado Reels as River North Unleashes Oud Bruin this Weekend (Denver, CO) – River North is one of our favorite Colorado-based breweries and this Saturday, June 14, they’ll be releasing one of their most limited beers to date. Two years in the making and aged in red wine barrels with Brettanomyces for 20 months, Oud Bruin is an exercise in balance and the brewery’s longest running project to date. “I was blown away by how this beer was transformed in the barrel,” Head Brewer Matt Hess said. “I just wish we had more of it!” With only 50 cases total, there will be a 2-bottle limit at the taproom. Draft pours will also be available. The best bottle shops in Colorado will receive a very limited allotment following the brewery release.