Brew Bus Introduces Fluffernutter Spread Imperial Stout as New Limited Release

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Brew Bus Brewing (Tampa, Florida) has officially announced that it will begin the Limited Release of Fluffernutter Spread Imperial Stout in late April 2021.

Adding to the wildly successful Spread Series that also includes treats like Hazelnut Spread and Almond Coconut Spread, Fluffernutter Spread is an Imperial Stout “brewed with peanuts, marshmallows, and milk sugar.” Coming in at 10% ABV, Fluffernutter Spread is sure to conjure up childhood memories of epic after-school snacks.

Fluffernutter Spread hit the Tasting Room at Brew Bus Brewing on April 16 and is scheduled to enter distribution any day now. You can expect to find this Limited Release available in 12 oz. cans and on draft at select craft beer-focused establishments located within the brewery’s distribution footprint in Florida. Prost!

Vital Information for Fluffernutter Spread from Brew Bus Brewing

Release – Limited; April 16, 2021
Style – Imperial Stout
ABV – 10%
Malts – 2-Row, Chocolate & Crystal
Hops – Warrior
Added Ingredients – Marshmallows, milk sugar, natural flavors & peanuts
Availability – 12 oz. cans & draft
Beer Finder – https://find.brewbususa.com/

Creature Comforts Glamour Muscles Triple IPA Returns

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Creature Comforts Brewing Co. (Athens, Georgia) has officially announced that it will begin the Limited Release of Glamour Muscles on Friday, April 16.

Back to flex a big ol’ ABV and plenty of hop power, Glamour Muscles is a Hazy/Juicy Triple India Pale Ale featuring Citra, Simcoe and Chinook hops. Despite its 10% ABV, the “bold, extravagant” Glamour Muscles remains “easy-to-drink and quite approachable for any level of hop lover to enjoy.”

Glamour Muscles – available in 4-packs of 16 oz. cans – will hit the Taproom at Creature Comforts on Friday, April 16 (pre-purchase is available now on OZNR) and will be available only as long as supplies last. Glamour Muscles is a brewery only release and is not expected to see distribution. Prost!

Vital Information for Glamour Muscles from Creature Comforts Brewing Co.

Release – Limited; April 16, 2021
Style – Hazy/Juicy Triple India Pale Ale
ABV – 10%
Featured Hops – Citra, Simcoe & Chinook
Availability – 4-packs of 16 oz. cans
Distribution – None. Brewery only

Bell’s Brewery Sends Incessant New England DIPA Out for Limited Release

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Bell’s Brewery (Comstock, Michigan) has officially announced that it will begin the Limited Release of Incessant New England-style Double IPA in mid-April 2021.

Named after the incessant requests Bell’s Brewery received to tackle a New England IPA, Incessant is here to satisfy those requests and go next level by being a New England Style DOUBLE India Pale Ale. Coming in at 8.5% ABV, Incessant is “juicy (tropical, mango and pineapple hop aromas) with a full body and soft bitterness.”

Incessant is rolling out now and will hang around (as long as supplies last) through May 2021. You can expect to find this Limited Release available in 6-packs of 12 oz. bottles and on draft at select craft beer-focused establishments located in Alabama, Florida, Michigan and throughout the rest of the brewery’s distribution area. Prost!

Vital Information for Incessant from Bell’s Brewery

Release – Limited/Double IPA Series; mid-April – May 2021
Style – New England-style Double India Pale Ale
ABV – 8.5%
IBUs – 60
Recommended Glassware – Snifter
Availability – 6-packs of 12 oz. bottles & draft
Beer Finder – https://www.bellsbeer.com/beer-finder

Dungeon Map IPA Joins the Core Lineup at Modern Times

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Modern Times Beer (San Diego, California) has officially announced that Dungeon Map West Coast IPA will join the brewery’s Core lineup in mid-April 2021.

Dropping as the “first-ever West Coast IPA to join [Modern Times Beer’s] core cachet” and the brewery’s first Year-Round to be available in 6-packs, Dungeon Map is a West Coast-style India Pale Ale “loaded with heaps of Nelson, Strata, Mosaic, & Centennial hops.” Coming in at 7.2% ABV, Dungeon Map is “bursting with stone fruit, citrus, and tropical notes, and [the folks at Modern Times think] you’re going to be pretty into it.”

Dungeon Map is set to debut at all Modern Times locations later this week and will enter distribution in the near future. You can expect to find this new Year-Round offering available in 6-packs of 12 oz. cans and on draft at craft beer-focused establishments located in California and throughout the rest of the brewery’s distribution footprint. Prost!

Vital Information for Dungeon Map from Modern Times Beer

Release – Year-Round; launching mid-April 2021
Style – West Coast-style India Pale Ale
ABV – 7.2%
Featured Hops – Nelson, Strata, Mosaic & Centennial
Availability – 6-packs of 12 oz. cans & draft

Sierra Nevada Releases 2021 Edition of Hoptimum Triple IPA

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Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. (Chico, California) has officially announced that it will welcome back Hoptimum Triple IPA for a Limited Release beginning in mid-April 2021.

Lovingly known as Sierra Nevada’s hoppiest beer, the 2021 version of Hoptimum is an Imperial India Pale Ale featuring “Magnum, Idaho 7, El Dorado, and Mosaic hops on the hot side, and finishes by dry hopping with Citra, Mosaic lupulin powder, Loral, and Magnum hops.” Coming in at 11% ABV (“the highest ABV ever” for this ever-evolving recipe), Hoptimum is “flavorful and aggressive, yet refined” to result in a “remarkably drinkable triple IPA.”

“Traditionally, we try to maintain that piney, citrusy flavor because it’s what we’re known for,” explains James Conery, Innovation Manager and brewer at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. “This beer contains the best lots of the hop pick, and has that piney, citrusy flavor with a little bit of dank and stonefruit in there for a twist.”

Hoptimum is scheduled to return in mid-April and will hang around as long as supplies last through August 2021. You can expect to find this Limited Release available in 6-packs of 12 oz. bottles and on draft at select craft beer-focused establishments located in Alabama, Florida, California, North Carolina and throughout the rest of Sierra Nevada’s nationwide distribution network. Prost!

Vital Information for Hoptimum Triple IPA from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

Release – Limited/High Altitude Series; mid-April – August 2021
Style – Imperial India Pale Ale
ABV – 11%
IBUs – 75
Featured Hops – Magnum, Idaho 7, El Dorado & Mosaic | Dry-hop: Citra, Mosaic lupulin powder, Loral & Magnum
Availability – 6-packs of 12 oz. bottles & draft
Beer Finder – https://sierranevada.com/beer-locator/

DuClaw Brewing Readies for Warm Weather With Release of Summertime Seedless

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DuClaw Brewing Co. (Baltimore, Maryland) has officially announced that it will begin the Limited Release of Summertime Seedless, a Hopped Sour Ale with watermelon, in mid-April 2021.

Here to be your warm weather quencher as spring looks to summer, Summertime Seedless is a Sour Ale hopped with Huell Melon hops and “brewed with watermelon juice and lactose to bring semi-sweet and mildly tart flavors forward.” Coming in at 7.1% ABV, the “light and sunny . . . Summertime Seedless will transport you straight to the beach.”

Summertime Seedless is rolling out now and will be available for a limited time in 12 oz. cans and on draft. You can expect to find this Limited Release at select craft beer-focused establishments located in Alabama, Florida, Maryland and throughout the rest of DuClaw’s distribution footprint. Prost!

Vital Information for Summertime Seedless from DuClaw Brewing Co.

Release – Limited; mid-April 2021
Style – Sour Ale
ABV – 7.1%
IBUs – 12
Featured Hops – Huell Melon
Malts – Pilsner, Unmalted Wheat & Malted Oats
Added Ingredients – Watermelon juice & lactose
Availability – 12 oz. cans & draft
Beer Finder – https://duclaw.com/beer-finder/

Florida Avenue Brewing Co.’s Neapolitan Berliner Weisse Makes Seasonal Return

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Florida Avenue Brewing Co. (Wesley Chapel, Florida) has officially announced that its fan-favorite and award-winning Neapolitan Berliner Weisse will return for its annual Seasonal Release in early April 2021.

Neapolitan in Florida Avenue’s take on a “centuries-old beer style, brewed with 50% German Pilsner malt, 50% malted wheat . . . soured with . . . [a] house blend of lactobacillus cultures” and then dosed with strawberries, cocoa nibs, vanilla and lactose. Coming in at 4% ABV, Neapolitan tastes like that classic three-layer ice cream treat but with a tart finish.

Neapolitan is rolling out now and will be available only as long as supplies last. You can expect to find this Seasonal offering available in 12 oz. cans and on draft at Florida Avenue’s Wesley Chapel location and at select craft beer-friendly establishments located within the brewery’s distribution footprint in Florida. Prost!

Vital Information for Neapolitan Berliner Weisse from Florida Avenue Brewing Co.

Release – Seasonal; early April 2021
Style – Berliner Weisse
ABV – 4%
Added Ingredients – Strawberries, cocoa nibs, vanilla & lactose
Availability – 12 oz. cans & draft
Beer Finder – https://find.floridaavebrewing.com/

Flying Dog Brewery Adds Kulture King Imperial Hazy to Heavy Hitters Lineup

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Flying Dog Brewery (Frederick, Maryland) has officially announced that it will begin the Limited Release of Kulture King Imperial Hazy in mid-April 2021.

Developed to add another hoppy punch to Flying Dog’s lineup of Heavy Hitters, Kulture King is an Imperial Hazy/Juicy India Pale Ale that is “hop forward and bursting with intense fruit flavors and aromas” sourced from Citra, Galaxy and Mosaic hops. Coming in at 10% ABV, Kulture King allows “citrus and tropical fruit notes [to] dominate the nose while the beer’s low bitterness and soft finish makes its [higher] ABV nearly unnoticeable in the flavor and mouthfeel.”

“Over 95% of the hops in Kulture King are added after the boil,” said Flying Dog’s Brewmaster, Ben Clark. “Moving the hopping to the whirlpool greatly limits the bitterness and greatly increases the aroma and flavor, creating the perfectly hazy IPA profile.”

Kulture King is set to debut in mid-April and will stick around only as long as supplies last. You can expect to find this new Limited Release available in 6-packs of 12 oz. bottles, 24-packs of 12 oz. bottles and on draft at select craft beer-focused establishments located in Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and throughout the rest of Flying Dog’s distribution area. Prost!

Vital Information for Kulture King from Flying Dog Brewery

Release – Limited/Seasonal; mid-April 2021
Style – Imperial Hazy/Juicy India Pale Ale
ABV – 10%
IBUs – 35
Featured Hops – Citra, Galaxy & Mosaic
Availability – 6-packs of 12 oz. bottles, 24-packs of 12 oz. bottles & draft
Beer Finder – https://www.flyingdog.com/beer-finder/

Velvet Rush Slated to be Next Release in Founders Brewing Co.’s Barrel-aged Series

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Founders Brewing Co. (Grand Rapids, Michigan) recently teased in its Cadre Newsletter that it will begin the Limited Release of Velvet Rush, the brewery’s newest Barrel-aged Series offering, in September 2021.

Inspired heavily by “both high-end craft cocktails and moody jazz clubs,” Velvet Rush is an Imperial Brown Ale aged in Bourbon barrels and dosed with coffee, chocolate, vanilla extract and milk sugar. Weighing in at 11.1% ABV, Velvet Rush “[weaves] together [a] complex tapestry of flavors to create a unique sipping experience that really ties the room together.”

Velvet Rush is scheduled to debut in September 2021 and will hang around only as long as supplies last. You can expect to find this Limited Release available in 4-packs of 12 oz. bottles and on draft at select craft beer-friendly establishments located in Alabama, Florida, Michigan and throughout the rest of Founders Brewing Co.’s nationwide distribution network. Prost!

Vital Information for Velvet Rush from Founders Brewing Co.

Release – Limited/Barrel-aged Series; September 2021
Style – Imperial Brown Ale
ABV – 11.1%
Treatment – Aged in Bourbon barrels
Added Ingredients – Coffee, chocolate, vanilla extract & milk sugar
Availability – 4-packs of 12 oz. bottles & draft (no draft availability in Utah)
Beer Finder – https://foundersbrewing.com/beer/find-our-beer/

Great Divide Continues Wood Werks Series with Small Batch Release of Golden Sour Ale

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Great Divide Brewing Company (Denver, Colorado) has officially announced that it will begin the Limited Release of Wood Werks Golden Sour Ale in April 2021.

Dropping as the latest offering to come out of Great Divide’s Wood Werks Series of Small Batch barrel-aged beers, Wood Werks Golden Sour Ale is a Farmhouse-inspired Golden Sour Ale that began as “three different Belgian-inspired . . . beers [aged] separately for a year in Pinot Noir barrels and spiked . . . with a blend of three unique souring agents.” Once the aging and souring process was completed, the beer was then “blended and left to rest directly on a bed of white grapes.” The resulting Golden Sour Ale comes in at 6% ABV and offers an experience that is “pleasantly sour with a rich, fruity bouquet of melon, grapes, pear and apricot.”

Wood Werks Golden Sour Ale is scheduled to debut in April 2021 and will hang around only as long as supplies last. You can expect to find this Limited Release available in 16 oz. cans and on draft at select accounts located within Great Divide’s distribution area. Prost!

Vital Information for Wood Werks Golden Sour Ale from Great Divide Brewing Company

Release – Limited/Wood Werks Series; April 2021
Style – American Sour Ale
ABV – 6%
Treatment – Three different Belgian-inspired Great Divide beers aged separately for a year in Pinot Noir barrels, inoculated with a blend of three souring agents, blended and rested on white grapes
Suggested Food Pairings – “Moules frites (steamed mussels & fries); kipper, beet & zucchini salad; La Tur cheese with crusty bread & quince jam; vanilla stone fruit tart”
Availability – 16 oz. cans & draft
Beer Finder – https://greatdivide.com/beer-finder/