Dade City Brew House Goes Full Emo with Release of I Brew IPAs Not Tragedies

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Dade City Brew House (Dade City, Florida) has officially announced that it will begin the Limited Release of I Brew IPAs Not Tragedies in early June 2022.

Arriving as possibly the world’s first E.M.O. IPA, I Brew IPAs Not Tragedies is an American India Pale Ale that is “full of angst” and rockin’ a hop bill featuring (E)lla, (M)osaic and (O)pal hops. Coming in at 6.9% ABV, I Brew IPAs Not Tragedies boasts an aroma as intoxicating as Dashboard lyrics while still packing a powerful punch that is reminiscent of that Screamo playlist we all know you still listen to when stuck in traffic.

I Brew IPAs Not Tragedies – available in 4-packs of 16 oz. cans and on draft – is available now and will stick around only as long as supplies last. This Limited Release is exclusive to the brewery and will not see distribution. Prost!

Vital Information for I Brew IPAs Not Tragedies from Dade City Brew House

Release – Limited; June 2, 2022
Style – American India Pale Ale
ABV – 6.9%
Featured Hops – Ella, Mosaic & Opal
Availability – 4-packs of 16 oz. cans & draft
Distribution – None. Brewery only

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New Realm Brewing & Blackberry Smoke Collaborate on New American Lager

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New Realm Brewing Company (Atlanta, Georgia) has officially announced that it will begin the Limited Release of Blackberry Smoke American Lager, a special collaboration project with Blackberry Smoke, in late May 2022.

Brewed to celebrate the band’s 21st birthday, Blackberry Smoke is an American Lager brewed with “all American malts.” Coming in at 4.5% ABV, Blackberry Smoke is “clean, crisp, and refreshing with just enough character to provide a smokin’ great beer experience.”

“I’ve been a big fan of Blackberry Smoke since I started listening to them several years ago, so I was thrilled when we started exploring a partnership with them. It’s been really fun to get to know their team they are all wonderful people,” said Mitch Steele, Co-Founder and Brewmaster of New Realm. “We selected a fantastic lager beer recipe that we think the fans of the band (The Blackberry Smoke Brothers and Sisters official fan club) will love. It’s so great to be able to celebrate this milestone with the Blackberry Smoke family that are so passionate. I am looking forward to the success of our partnership!”

“We are so proud to partner with a company like New Realm Brewing,” said Brit Turner, drummer and co-founder of Blackberry Smoke. “We have wanted to create a Blackberry Smoke beer for a long time.  A crafted American lager is something we know our fans will enjoy and to do it with an Atlanta company like New Realm is really special.  We can’t wait for all the friends, family, brothers and sisters to try it.”

Blackberry Smoke is rolling out now and will hang around only as long as supplies last. You can expect to find this Limited Release available in 6-packs of 16 oz. cans & on draft at select craft beer-focused establishments located within New Realm’s distribution footprint in Georgia, Virginia, and Lowcountry South Carolina. Prost!

Vital Information for Blackberry Smoke from New Realm Brewing Company

Release – Limited; late May 2022
Style – American Lager
ABV – 4.5%
IBUs – 15
Additional Info – “In addition to the collaboration beer, New Realm will be official partners with Blackberry Smoke in several events and activations benefiting the bands cherished non-profit work. In 2009, Brit Turner, drummer for Blackberry Smoke, was on tour in Europe when he was given devastating news. Brit’s daughter, Lana Turner, had been diagnosed with Stage 4 neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer that develops from nerve tissue. Only three at the time, tumors had taken over 97 percent of her body. Brit and his wife, Shannon, were resolved to fight the disease and in 2011, Lana’s cancer had gone into remission. It was then that Brit’s commitment to ensuring the wellbeing of children was born and that The Lana Turner Foundation (LTF) was created. Brit and his band Blackberry Smoke leveraged their fame to generate donations which fund LTF with the mission of providing funding for CURE’s research initiatives and patient and family support.”
Availability – 6-packs of 16 oz. cans & draft
Distribution – Georgia, Virginia & Lowcountry South Carolina
Beer Finder – https://newrealmbrewing.com/beer-finder/

Angry Chair Brewing & Cannibal Corpse Collaborate on Follow the Blood Dry Irish Stout

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Angry Chair Brewing (Tampa, Florida) has officially announced that it will begin the Limited Release of Follow the Blood, a Dry Irish Stout brewed in collaboration with the Death Metal pioneers at Cannibal Corpse, on November 5, 2021.

Carefully crafted “for crushing at shows, with friends, while performing séances, or whenever you prefer,” Follow the Blood is a Dry Irish Stout brewed with “100% Irish base malt, chocolate, and pale chocolate.” A “classic crushing beer” through and through, Follow the Blood offers “notes of chocolate, heavy double bass, clean roast and screaming guitar riffs.”

Follow the Blood (available in 4-packs of 16 oz. cans and on draft) will debut at Angry Chair Brewing (6401 N Florida Ave. | Tampa, Florida) on Friday, November 5 and will hang around only as long as supplies last. Follow the Blood will not see distribution. Prost!

Vital Information for Follow the Blood from Angry Chair Brewing & Cannibal Corpse

Release – Limited; November 5, 2021
Style – Dry Irish Stout
ABV – ???
Fun Fact – On the label artwork: “We were very pleased to have Vince Locke in the mix, who created all the infamous Cannibal Corpse album artwork on board to do this label for us.”
Availability – 4-packs of 16 oz. can & draft
Distribution – None. Brewery only

Ska Brewing Introduces Low-Calorie Aggrolite IPA

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Ska Brewing (Durango, Colorado) has officially announced that it will launch Aggrolite IPA, a new low-calorie, low-carb option, throughout its distribution footprint in June 2020.

Brewed in collaboration with The Aggrolites, one of Ska Brewing’s favorite bands, Aggrolite is a calorie-conscious India Pale Ale that gains “slight citrus and pine notes from the use of Cascade, Mandarina Bavaria, and El Dorado hops.” Coming in at just 4.2% ABV, 99 calories and 4g of carbohydrates per 12 oz. serving, Aggrolite IPA is a “delicious sidekick for athletes and adventurists” and “pairs well bike rides, boating, and bikinis.”

Aggrolite IPA is rolling out now with availability in 6-packs of 12 oz. cans. You can expect to find this new low-calorie offering at select craft beer-focused establishments located in Colorado and throughout the rest of Ska Brewing’s 13-state distribution footprint. Prost!

Vital Information for Aggrolite IPA from Ska Brewing

Release – Unknown; launching June 2020
Style – Session/Low-Calorie India Pale Ale
ABV – 4.2%
Calories – 99 (per 12 oz. serving)
Carbs – 4 grams (per 12 oz. serving)
Featured Hops – Cascade, Mandarina Bavaria & El Dorado
Fun Fact – “Aggrolite IPA is a collaboration with one of Ska’s favorite bands, The Aggrolites, who played at the brewery’s 24th anniversary invitational in 2019. The Aggrolites started as a compilation of two bands, one reggae and one ska in genre, that came together in Los Angeles in 2002 to create the soul and funk-inspired ‘dirty reggae music’ that they’re known for.”
Availability – 6-packs of 12 oz. cans
Beer Finder – https://skabrewing.com/where-to-find-ska/

Unibroue & Megadeth Rock Out Another Collaboration with Release of SAISON 13

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MegadethSaison13canUnibroue (Chambly, Québec) has officially announced that SAISON 13, the brewery’s second collaboration with the world-famous metal band Megadeth, is hitting shelves and taps in the U.S. now.

Inspired by Megadeth’s 2011 album TH1RT3EN and frontman Dave Mustaine’s “fascination with the number,” SAISON 13 is a Saison-style Ale that possesses “the perfect combination of malt, fruit and spices punctuated by an invigorating hop flavor, and it is brewed with thirteen carefully selected ingredients to offer a drinking experience as memorable as the song itself.”  This combination of ingredients produces a “pale amber” SAISON 13 (6.1% ABV) featuring “strong, crisp and fresh hop aromas complemented by sweet hints of stone fruit including apricot and nectarine” alongside a flavor profile comprised of “similarly bright hop notes, which mingle with delicately sweet peach and spice, capped off with a clean hop break.”

“SAISON 13 contains a series of elements that have meaning to [Dave Mustaine] and to me. Over the years, all of our discussions were a major inspiration for me in the creation and sharing of this new brew; nothing was left to chance.”

 

– Jerry Vietz, Brewmaster at Unibroue

This month’s release of SAISON 13 “marks the second beer collaboration between Unibroue and Megadeth, following the widely acclaimed À TOUT LE MONDE ‘session’ Saison.”

SAISON 13 is hitting the U.S. now as a Year-Round offering.  You can expect to find this new collaboration beer available in 4-packs of 16 oz. cans and on draft at craft beer-focused establishments located in Alabama, Florida and throughout the rest of Unibroue’s distribution footprint in the U.S.  Prost!

Vital Information for SAISON 13 from Unibroue and Megadeth

Release – Year-Round; launching September 2019
Style – Saison
ABV – 6.1%
IBUs – 19
Fun Fact – On this collaboration project: “Unibroue’s Brewmaster Jerry Vietz listened to Megadeth in high school, and as a budding guitarist, viewed the band’s frontman Dave Mustaine as a legend. Mustaine, an ardent Unibroue fan, couldn’t imagine a more natural partnership for the collaboration. Like À TOUT LE MONDE, SAISON 13 honors their mutual passions and celebrates the friendship they first formed in 2015.”
Suggested Food Pairings – “General Tso chicken, fried calamari, poached salmon, rack of lamb, homemade salsa, charcuterie, aged goat cheese or firm goat cheese”
Recommended Glassware – Tulip
Availability – 4-packs of 16 oz. cans & draft
Beer Finder – http://unibrouefinder.com/

 

Iron Maiden Brings its TROOPER Sun and Steel Saké Lager to the U.S.

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TROOPER Sun and Steel CanIron Maiden and Robinsons Brewery (Stockport, England) have officially announced that TROOPER Sun and Steel Saké Lager will land in the U.S. in October 2019.

Arriving as the sixth release in Iron Maiden and Robinsons Brewery’s collaborative TROOPER Series and Iron Maiden’s first Lager, TROOPER Sun and Steel is a double-fermented Lager inspired by “a meeting between [Iron Maiden vocalist and beer connoisseur Bruce Dickinson] and longtime friend George Yusa, owner of the 300-year-old, family-run Okunomatsu Sake Brewery in Fukushima, Japan.”  The idea to brew a saké-influenced beer was then turned over to Robinsons Brewery where they created Sun and Steel with an initial fermentation with lager yeast followed by a secondary fermentation with authentic Japanese saké yeast (so authentic that its use required “permission from the Japanese government”).  This complex approach to Sun and Steel (4.8% ABV) yielded “a delicate, subtle fruit flavor infused into a pilsner-style beer – equal parts refreshing, invigorating and flavorful.”

“This has been such an exciting project,” Bruce Dickinson commented. “I had a crazy idea to try and make a sake-infused lager, and over two and a half years later, here we are! I know Martyn and the team at Robinsons have had to become mad scientists to make this work, but the end result is a really unique hybrid beer that tastes fantastic. TROOPER fans have been asking for a lager, and here it is. I bet you would never have guessed we would do it like this though!”

TROOPER Sun and Steel will officially launch in the U.S. in October. You can expect to find this new TROOPER release available in 4-packs of 16 oz. cans and on draft at craft beer-friendly establishments located in Alabama, Florida and all other areas of the U.S. serviced by Artisanal Imports.  Prost!

Vital Information for TROOPER Sun and Steel from Iron Maiden & Robinsons Brewery

Release – TROOPER Series; launching in the U.S. in October 2019
Style – Pilsner
ABV – 4.8%
Treatment – Primary fermentation with lager yeast and secondary fermentation with authentic Japanese saké yeast
Fun Fact #1 – “The beer takes its name from the Iron Maiden song ‘Sun and Steel’ that appears on their 1983 album Piece of Mind, which was, in turn, inspired by the life of Japanese samurai Miyamoto Musashi.”
Fun Fact #2 – Sun and Steel “serves as a thank-you to all the fans who came out for the North American leg of Iron Maiden’s Legacy of the Beast tour, which concludes in the U.S. on September 25th in San Antonio, Texas.”
Availability – 4-packs of 16 oz. cans & draft
Distribution – Nationwide

Iron Maiden to Expand Beer Lineup with Upcoming Release of HALLOWED

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hallowed_transIron Maiden and Robinsons Brewery (Stockport, England) have officially announced plans to release their newest collaboration HALLOWED Belgian-style Ale in October of 2017.

Drawing inspiration from their song “Hallowed Be Thy Name”, Iron Maiden has once again teamed up with the brewers at Robinsons Brewery to create HALLOWED.  This limited release, Belgian-inspired Ale pays homage to the storied brewing history of Belgium while still giving the beer a distinctly British edge.  Since Belgian beers draw a good amount of their characteristics from Belgian yeast, the brewing of HALLOWED is a “landmark” beer for Robinsons considering the brewery has not used a different yeast in its beers since 1942.

“What makes this brew pretty special is that we’re adopting a Belgian yeast for the first time,” said Bruce Dickinson, Lead Vocalist of Iron Maiden. “I’m a big fan of Belgian beers, so I jumped at the chance to brew my own. While I get very excited about experimenting with new formulas and ingredients, the thing about Belgian beer is that it’s as much a way of life as it is a drink. We’ve tried to bottle that philosophy in HALLOWED, albeit with a British twist.”

HALLOWED marks the fourth collaboration beer between Iron Maiden and Robinsons Brewery.  It now joins the ranks of “TROOPER, which has sold over 15 million pints since its launch in 2013, and the previous limited edition beers TROOPER 666 and RED ‘N’ BLACK.”

HALLOWED will officially release in October and will be distributed for four months.  You can expect to find this Limited Release offering available in 330ml bottles at select beer establishments in the U.S. located in areas that are serviced by Artisanal Imports.  Prost!

Vital Information for HALLOWED from Iron Maiden and Robinsons Brewery

Release – Limited, launching October 2017
Style – Belgian-style Ale
ABV – 6%
Availability – 330ml bottles
Beer Finder – http://www.ironmaidenbeer.com/find-beer/stockists
Fun Fact – “HALLOWED’s innovative bottle label pays tribute to Belgian beer, presenting IRON MAIDEN’s iconic mascot EDDIE, robed in traditional monk’s clothing: a nod to the Trappist monastic brewing tradition in Belgium.”