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Wood-aged Belgian blends, barrel-aged exotics and limited releases dominate our last collection of brewed wonders for June…And we’ve five high-octane craft beer directions that you’re gonna want to chase down as we enter into summer.
A ‘Next Chapter’ Stout (Paso Robles, CA) – With trademark in-hand, Silva Brewing owners, Chuck and MJ Silva, have set out to write the next chapter of an award-winning beer that was originally brewed in 2010 while Chuck was still brewmaster at San Diego’s Green Flash Brewing. Aged in a variety of rye whiskey barrels their 12.6% ABV Silva Stout is the newest take on a craft beer that has already become a brewed legend.
Rosé Colored Glasses (Bloomington, IN) – Upland Brewing is celebrating their 20th Anniversary with a new oak aged sour… A collaboration of sorts with neighbors, Oliver Winery, who Upland traded a few cases of beer for oak barrels back in 2006, Upland Oak & Rosé starts with Basis, the brewery’s blonde base beer that was then aged on Chambourcin grapes to a tart and sweet 8% ABV finish reminiscent of dry rosé wine.
Get Juiced! (Newark. DE) – The multi-state based brewing operation, Iron Hill which is actually made up of 12 separate brewpubs locations up and down the East Coast, including in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey, has a new summer seasonal that they argue looks like OJ but delivers a buzz. Hopped to the max and tempered with fresh oranges, Iron Hill Hopicana is a 6.6% ABV India Pale Ale that drinks like a cold glass of fresh-squeezed beer.
The Farmer (Kansas City, MO) – On June 1st the KC Bier Co. released the brewery’s first bottled seasonal beer EVER! Hazy, golden and brewed using a rare yeast strain that came from a German-speaking brewery in the Alsace region of France, KC Bier’s Der Bauer (The Farmer) is a 7.8% ABV Belgian-style Farmhouse Ale, that unlike so many rustic ales produced domestically today, was brewed without any sugar, adjuncts or flavorings.
Second Chance Beer Goes Over The Line (San Diego, CA) – Second Chance Beer Co. and the Old Mission Beach Athletic Club announced a new limited release collaboration beer celebrating this year’s Annual World Championship Over-the-Line Tournament is set for July 14th-15th and July 21st and 22nd at Fiesta Island in Mission Bay Park. Available in 16oz cans and on draft at retail as well as at the tournament, Over The Line Lager is sessionable limited release that’s best paired with warm sand and good friends.
