Weekend Beer: Rare Winter Ales And Imperial Stouts

(Courtesy Neshaminy Creek Brewing)

2023 is ON and American craft brewers are addressing things with exciting new beers you’re gonna want have around.

Bucks County Brewed (Croydon, PA) – Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company is an award-winning craft brewery and taproom located just north of Philadelphia in Bucks County. And they are returning a past favorite to their Shape of Haze to Come hazy IPA series that’s available now at Neshaminy Creek taprooms in Croydon, Dublin and New Hope, PA with distribution to follow throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Built on a study base of white wheat, flaked oats and wheat and deftly dry-hopped with Simcoe, Ekuanot, and Mosaic, Neshaminy Creek Pineapple Shape of Haze to Come is an 8.8% ABV Hazy Imperial IPA with bright tropical pineapple notes that takes the haze in interesting ways.

(Courtesy Stone Brewing)

Back After 7 Years (Escondido, CA) – Stone Brewing has returned one of the hoppiest beers they’ve ever produced as part of the brewery’s Fan Favorite Reissue Series, a lineup of limited releases that have become signatures of the brewery’s prolific 26-year history.

Crafted with the original recipe and insane amounts of Magnum, Chinook, Centennial hops, Stone Ruination IPA is the groundbreaking 8.2% ABV India Pale Ale that has been correctly described as “the liquid poem to the glory of the hop.”

“The original Stone Ruination IPA was in our year-round lineup for 13 years,” said Jeremy Moynier, Stone Brewing Senior Manager of Brewing & Supply Chain. “It’s seen a couple different recipe iterations, but this is the first time since 2015 that we’ve brewed the OG. This beer defined the West Coast Double IPA style for me.”

Illegal In Seven States (Boonville, CA) – Anderson Valley Brewing is celebrating winter with the return of something HUGE. Aged in bourbon barrels for more than 12 months, Anderson Valley Huge Arker is a massive, yet surprisingly drinkable, 15.5% ABV Imperial Stout with a hefty malt backbone, layers of honey and molasses notes and hints of coffee, vanilla and dark fruits.