Say Goodbye To Winter – 5 New Craft Beers You Need Now

 

So many beers- So little time… Winter is not forever and now we’re starting to see some early springtime offerings beginning to sprout…We’ve also some interesting new releases from Renegade and Odell that you may need to chase down as well.

Rye Revival (Ft Collins, CO / Asheville, NC) – Two years after its initial release, New Belgium Brewing  is returning a signature Rye IPA with a nod to the brewer’s dual hometowns in Colorado and North Carolina. Originally brewed with heirloom Carolina Rye that was floor malted by Riverbend Malt House in Asheville. And this year they are also incorporating rye from Colorado Malting, a fourth-generation family farm in Alamosa, Colorado. Hopped to the max, with Galaxy, Cascade, Simcoe and Mosaic, New Belgium RyePA Revival is a 6.6% ABV celebration of hops, malts and the Zen of localism.

Grapefruit Head (Denver, CO) – Renegade Brewing will be releasing a fruit variation of their popular Triple IPA this spring. Blasted with Summit hops and infused with fresh grapefruit, Renegade Grapefruit Endpoint is an 11% ABV fruit-activated Triple IPA that will ship in early April

Old Guardian Hops Forward (Escondido, CA) – Stone is returning their popular Barleywine and this year’s release has been tweaked with something a little exotic. Stone’s 2016 Old Guardian Barley Wine is an 11% ABV classic, now dry-hopped with Pekko hops, new varietal from Washington’s Yakima Valley, which introduces several new tones into the mix.

Hash Happy (Atlanta, GA) – SweetWater  just rolled out their latest “Hop Hash” release and it’s also their first Session IPA ever. Perfect for the spring, which can’t come soon enough as far as we’re concerned, SweetWater Hash Session IPA is a 4.2% refresher, that’s dry-hopped out of its mind, for a bracing springtime finish.

A Barreled Bruin (Ft Collins, CO) – Odell Brewing will soon be shipping the first of six Cellar Series offerings in 2016 – and this one sounds awesome! The Meddler Oud Bruin is a blend of several generations of brown ales that were aged in toasted oak barrels for between eight months and two years. The beer is inoculated with an in-house sour culture of wild yeasts and lactobacillus giving it a complex flavor. Intricate, yet balanced, The Meddler has an 8.6% ABV. 

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