TrimTab Brewing Takes its Beach Club Series to the Motel Party After Party

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TrimTab Brewing (Birmingham, Alabama) has officially announced that it will begin the Limited Release of Motel Party After Party on Friday, May 28.

The next release in TrimTab Brewing’s Beach Club Series of exotic “tiki and cocktail influenced sour ales,” Motel Party After Party is a Sour Ale “crafted with sweet Passionfruit and tart Raspberry.” Coming in at 7.4% ABV, Motel Party After Party is here to prove that there “ain’t no party like a motel party after party cause a motel party after party don’t stop.”

Motel Party After Party – available in 16 oz. cans – will hit TrimTab Brewing at noon on May 28 and will be available only as long as supplies last. If Motel Party After Party follows the trend set by previous Beach Club Series releases, expect to see it in the near future at select craft beer-focused establishments located within the brewery’s distribution footprint. Prost!

Vital Information for Motel Party After Party from TrimTab Brewing

Release – Limited/Beach Club Series; May 28,2021
Style – Sour Ale
ABV – 7.4%
Added Ingredients – Passionfruit & raspberry
Availability – 16 oz. cans

Bushwacker Spirits Launches Popular Cream-Based Spirit in the Southeast

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Bushwacker Spirits (Sarasota, Florida) has officially announced that Bushwacker, the popular Gulf Coast cocktail, is now available in a “convenient and beautiful” package throughout Alabama, Tennessee and Florida.

Inspired by the cocktail “created in a beachside bar in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands in the 1970’s and popularized over the years in bars along the Florida Panhandle and Alabama Gulf Coast,” Michael Smith and Carter Echols “produced their first official Bushwacker bottle on May 5, 2020 and began sending samples to distribution representatives.” By taking a grassroots approach to developing their brand, Smith and Echols slowly introduced Bushwacker “in northern Florida and Tennessee, and Alabama soon followed, landing Bushwacker in more than 300 stores in their first year of operation.” Bushwacker is now ready for wide availability throughout Alabama, Tennessee and Florida, and “more southern states will be announced throughout 2021, as well as the Midwest.”

This packaged version of Bushwacker is made with “Caribbean rum, natural coconut, Wisconsin dairy cream, coffee and chocolate.” Bushwacker comes in at 17% ABV and can be enjoyed straight from bottle or in the following recommended recipe:

BUSHWACKER MILKSHAKE:

Ingredients:
4 large scoops of vanilla ice cream
1/4 cup Bushwacker
1/4 cup whole milk
Whipped cream
Chocolate syrup
Maraschino cherries

Method:
In a blender, combine ice cream, milk and Bushwacker and blend until desired consistency. Pour into glass and garnish with whipped cream, chocolate syrup and a Maraschino cherry

Bushwacker is available now in 750ml bottles at fine wine and spirits retailers located throughout Alabama, Tennessee and Florida (click here to find a retailer near you). Prost!

Bissell Brothers Announces Return of ‘Worth A Visit, Worth A Lifetime’ Triple IPA

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Bissell Brothers Brewing (Portland, Maine) has officially announced that it will release the first 2021 batch of Worth A Visit, Worth A Lifetime in late May.

Dropping just in time to celebrate the arrival of summer in Portland, Worth A Visit, Worth A Lifetime is a Hazy/Juicy Triple India Pale Ale “hopped with loads of Vic Secret, Mosaic, Citra and Southern Passion.” Coming in at 10% ABV and boasting “notes of grapefruit pulp, fruit salad and Creamsaver,” Worth A Visit, Worth A Lifetime is “as close to a cocktail-in-a-can as [it gets] at Bissell Brothers.”

Worth A Visit, Worth A Lifetime is available now for pick up at Bissell Brothers in 4-packs of 16 oz. cans, and draft availability will begin on Friday, May 28 when the brewery’s taproom officially reopens for on-site pours. Prost!

Vital Information for Worth A Visit, Worth A Lifetime from Bissell Brothers Brewing

Release – Limited; late May 2021
Style – Hazy/Juicy Triple India Pale Ale
ABV – 10%
Malts – 2-Row, Golden Promise, Maine Oats & Maine Wheat
Featured Hops – Vic Secret, Mosaic, Citra & Southern Passion
Availability – 4-packs of 16 oz. cans & draft
Distribution – None. Brewery only

DuClaw Brewing Co. Adds Banana Bread Pudding Hefeweizen to PastryArchy Series

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DuClaw Brewing Co. (Baltimore, Maryland) has officially announced that it will begin the Limited Release of The PastryArchy Banana Bread Pudding Hefeweizen in late May 2021.

The newest arrival in DuClaw’s series a sweet-treat-themed offerings, The PastryArchy Banana Bread Pudding Hefeweizen started with a “backdrop of a classic spiced Hefeweizen” that was then hit with over 3,000 hand-peeled bananas and dosed with all the decadent ingredients you commonly find in banana bread and bread pudding. Coming in at 6.2% ABV, The PastryArchy Banana Bread Pudding Hefeweizen will leave your “senses . . . enveloped in aromas of banana, chocolate, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg & confection.”

The PastryArchy Banana Bread Pudding Hefeweizen is rolling out now and will be available only as long as supplies last. You can expect to find this new Limited Release available in 16 oz. cans and on draft at select craft beer-focused establishments located in Alabama, Florida, Maryland and throughout the rest of DuClaw’s distribution footprint. Prost!

Vital Information for The PastryArchy Banana Bread Pudding Hefeweizen from DuClaw Brewing Co.

Release – Limited/The PastryArchy Series; late May 2021
Style – Hefeweizen
ABV – 6.2%
IBUs – 15
Malts – Pilsner, Red Wheat, Dextrin, & Biscuit
Hops – Experimental hop #06300
Availability – 16 oz. cans & draft
Beer Finder – https://duclaw.com/beer-finder/

Burial Beer Co. Raids the Candy Jar to Create Skillet Snacks

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Burial Beer Co. (Asheville, North Carolina) has officially announced that it will begin the Limited Release of Skillet Snacks on Wednesday, May 26.

Concocted to be an even more decadent take on Burial’s infamous Skillet Donut Stout “made from a blend of nine barley malts, a healthy scoop of oats, milk and molasses sugars, and [their] favorite blend of freshly roasted Counter Culture Coffee beans,” Skillet Snacks takes the OG Skillet and “[ages it] upon heaps of house-made peanut butter, French Broad Chocolates Cocoa Nibs, fresh vanilla bean, and some candy sugars.” Coming in at 8% ABV, Skillet Snacks offers a “fistful of molten reeces cups chased with bags of M&M’s and washed down with caramel hot chocolate.”

A very limited amount of 4-packs of 16 oz. cans of Skillet Snacks – along with cans of the original Skillet and the Skillet mug pictured above – will be available for online presale for pickup at Burial Beer Co.’s Asheville taproom, Raleigh taproom and Charlotte taproom at noon on May 26. If any cans survive the presale, the brewery will release those in their online shop for nationwide shipping on May 27 at noon. Skillet Snacks will not see distribution. Prost!

Vital Information for Skillet Snacks from Burial Beer Co.

Release – Limited; May 26, 2021
Style – Milk Stout
ABV – 8%
Featured Ingredients – Peanut butter, French Broad Chocolate cocoa nibs, vanilla bean & candy sugars
Availability – 4-packs of 16 oz. cans ($22 per 4-pack)
Distribution – None. Brewery & online store only

Lagunitas Releases Second Installment in Stereohopic IPA Series

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Lagunitas Brewing Company (Petaluma, California) has officially announced that it will begin the Limited Release of StereoHopic Vol. 2, an IPA featuring Elixir and Loral hops, in late May 2021.

Dropping as the second release in Lagunitas Brewing Company’s StereoHopic Series that “channels their 25+ year hop love affair into a spotlight on two special varietals at a time–and the interestingness that happens between,” StereoHopic Vol. 2 is a West Coast-style India Pale Ale that “showcases the magical marriage of the elusive Alsatian Elixir hop and Yakima’s floral Loral hop blending together in one beer that is more than the sum of its parts.” Coming in at 7.2% ABV and 65 IBUs, StereoHopic Vol. 2 offers “blueberry-honey-floral aromas leading to palate-walloping flavors of extreme resinousness, grippiness, and grapefruit pithiness.”

StereoHopic Vol. 2 is rolling out now and will be available for a limited time in 6-packs of 12 oz. bottles and on draft. You can expect to find this new Limited Release at select craft beer-friendly establishments located in Alabama, Florida, California, Illinois, Washington and throughout the rest of the brewery’s nationwide distribution network. Prost!

Vital Information for StereoHopic Vol. 2 from Lagunitas Brewing Company

Release – Limited/StereoHopic Series; late May 2021
Style – West Coast-style India Pale Ale
ABV – 7.2%
IBUs – 65
Featured Hops – Alsatian Elixir & Loral
Availability – 6-packs of 12 oz. bottles & draft
Beer Finder – https://lagunitas.com/beer-finder

21st Amendment Brewery Releases Tropical Brew Free! or Die IPA Just in Time for Summer

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21st Amendment Brewery (San Francisco, California) has officially announced that Tropical Brew Free! or Die IPA will join the brewery’s Year-Round lineup in July 2021.

Developed to be the “‘summery’ companion of [21st Amendment’s] iconic west coast Brew Free! or Die IPA and Blood Orange Brew Free! or Die IPA,” Tropical Brew Free! or Die IPA is a West Coast-style India Pale Ale that boasts “mega-juicy kettle hops and a harmonious blend of Idaho 7, El Dorado, Azacca, Mosaic, Amarillo, and Calypso dry hops.” Coming in at 6.8% ABV, Tropical Brew Free! or Die IPA captures “an island vacation” in each sip.

“Our original Brew Free! or Die IPA has always been a bellwether of our craft beer selections since before it was even named that and just known at our San Francisco pub as ’21A IPA,’” says Shaun O’Sullivan, Co-Founder and Brewmaster of 21st Amendment Brewery. “We’ve had a lot of fun with Brew Free! creating a blood orange IPA and celebrating with a unique packaging design. Tropical Brew Free! or Die IPA was built from the ground up with a lighter malt bill and a touch lower in alcohol giving this beer a refreshing tropical aroma and flavor. It’s a first-rate IPA and perfect for summer.”

Tropical Brew Free! or Die IPA will debut this month in the brewery’s IPA Variety HopPack and full distribution will roll out in July 2021. You can expect to find this new Year-Round offering available in 6-packs of 12 oz. cans, 12-packs of 12 oz. cans and on draft at craft beer-focused establishments located in Florida, California and throughout the rest of 21st Amendment’s 33-state distribution area. Prost!

Vital Information for Tropical Brew Free! or Die IPA from 21st Amendment Brewery

Release – Year-Round; launching July 2021
Style – West Coast-style India Pale Ale
ABV – 6.8%
Featured Hops – Idaho 7, El Dorado, Azacca, Mosaic, Amarillo & Calypso
Availability – 6-packs of 12 oz. cans, 12-packs of 12 oz. cans & draft
Beer Finder – https://www.21st-amendment.com/find-some

Hi-Wire Brewing Releases New Summer Treat – Orange Creamsicle Sour Smoothie

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Hi-Wire Brewing (Asheville, North Carolina) has officially announced that it will begin the Limited Release of Orange Creamsicle Sour Smoothie in mid-May 2021.

Crafted to embody all that is good about summer, Orange Creamsicle Sour Smoothie is a Smoothie-style Sour Ale “brewed with 100 lbs per barrel of tangerines plus orange peel, vanilla, and lactose.” Coming in at 5.5% ABV, Orange Creamsicle Sour Smoothie is an “orange and cream-colored delight [that] is super tart yet balanced by sweet vanilla accompanied by electric citrus aroma sweet via orange peel.”

Orange Creamsicle Sour Smoothie dropped at Hi-Wire’s Asheville locations on May 14 and is actively hitting distribution now. You can expect to find this Limited Release available in 4-packs of 16 oz. cans at select craft beer-focused establishments located in Alabama, North Carolina, Tennessee and throughout the rest of Hi-Wire’s distribution footprint. Prost!

Vital Information for Orange Creamsicle Sour Smoothie from Hi-Wire Brewing

Release – Limited/Sour Smoothie Series; May 14, 2021
Style – Smoothie-style Sour Ale
ABV – 5.5%
Added Ingredients – 100 lbs. per barrel of tangerines plus orange peel, vanilla & lactose
Availability – 4-packs of 16 oz. cans
Beer Finder – https://hiwirebrewing.com/beer-finder/

Magnanimous Brewing & Brewing Költur Collaborate on Pastri Parti

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Magnanimous Brewing (Tampa, Florida) has officially announced that it will begin the Limited Can Release of Pastri Parti, a special collaboration with Sweden’s Brewing Költur, on Friday, May 14.

Here to give you the full pastry experience but without all that pesky ABV, Pastri Parti is a sessionable Pastry Stout “with Cinnamon Bun, Coffee, French Toast, French Vanilla, & Maple Bacon.” Weighing in at just 6.5% ABV, Pastri Parti will let you satisfy that sweet tooth of yours as long as the parti rages.

Pastri Parti– available in 4-packs of 16 oz. cans ($14 per 4-pack) – will drop at Magnanimous Brewing (1420 N. Florida Avenue | Tampa, Florida) on May 14 and will hang around only as long as supplies last. Pastri Parti is a brewery only release and will not see distribution. Prost!

Vital Information for Pastri Parti from Magnanimous Brewing & Brewing Költur

Release – Limited; May 14, 2021
Style – Pastry Stout
ABV – 6.5%
Added Ingredients – Cinnamon bun, coffee, French toast, French vanilla & maple bacon
Availability – 4-packs of 16 oz. cans ($14 each)
Distribution – None. Brewery only

Orpheus Brewing Celebrates American Craft Beer Week with Release of City in the Trees

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Orpheus Brewing (Atlanta, Georgia) has officially announced that it will begin the Limited Can Release of City in the Trees, a long boil Doppelbock, on Wednesday May 12.

Dropping as Orpheus Brewing’s first release for American Craft Beer Week 2021, City in the Trees is a Doppelbock “brewed with 100% Barke pilsner malt and boiled for 16 hours to develop richness and color before lagering for many months.” Coming in at 9% ABV, City in the Trees features “vibrant notes of toffee, burnt caramel, dark fruit, and leather lending this beer light sweetness mixed with a surge of bitterness.”

City in the Trees hit the taps at Orpheus Brewing on May 11 and 4-packs of 16 oz. cans will drop at the brewery on May 12 at 3 p.m. City in the Trees is a brewery only release and will not see distribution. Prost!

Vital Information for City in the Trees from Orpheus Brewing

Release – Limited; cans drop on May 12, 2021
Style – Doppelbock
ABV – 9%
Treatment – Brewed with 100% Barke pilsner malt & boiled for 16 hours
Availability – 4-packs of 16 oz. cans & draft
Distribution – None. Brewery only