New Brews News - 03/09/2021
BrewDog "East Coast Crush"
Style: NEIPA
ABV: 4.8%
Notes: This New England-style IPA pours as hazy as a brisk Vermont morning. With bags of crisp tropical fruit aromas, this dry-hopped monsoon crushes with pineapple, mango, and a touch of zesty lime. Brewed with wheat and oats, the waves of juicy flavor finish with an unfiltered, coastal-crisp, that's smooth and sessionable. High on hops, low on bitterness, and big on taste.
BrewDog "Lightspeed"
Style: Lo-Cal IPA
ABV: 4%
Notes: Lightspeed is a 4% hazy pale ale with just 99 calories per can. The all-star hop profile featuring Cascade, Centennial, Citra and Nelson Sauvin conjures flavors of apricot and peach, with hints of citrus fruits and light floral notes refracting off the delicate malt base.
DuClaw "Gose O's"
Style: Gose
ABV: 5.5%
Notes: Sour season is open. This gose is brewed with cantaloupe and black lava sea salt for a light, refreshing mix of sweet, salty and smoky flavors. The choice of orange and black ingredients is no coincidence, where DuClaw comes from, these are the colors of summer.
Surly "Axe Man IPA"
Style: American IPA
ABV: 7.2%
Notes: Dank. Hoppy. Loud. A double dry-hopped journey to IPA Valhalla. Double dry-hopping with Citra and Mosaic hops create this world-renowned IPA's intense tropical fruit and citrus aromas. Brewed with Golden Promise malt, this beer finishes rich and dry. Perhaps Surly's most acclaimed IPA, which is saying something. Remarkably hop-forward and aromatic, it cleaves the competition.
Surly "Grapefruit Supreme"
Style: Sour Ale
ABV: 4.5%
Notes: It started in their spring 2019 variety pack. The people wanted more. Surly released it as a standalone six pack for the summer. The people wanted more. It's now available in six packs and twelve packs and Surly removed the seasonal tag. If that doesn't do the trick, they'll begin sourcing tallboys, 750s, party balls, gravity bongs, 50-gallon drums, and those planes they use for forest fires. Braced by bright grapefruit flavor and gentle tartness, this beer reigns supreme. Finishing crisp and citrusy, it sets a new standard for crushable.
Surly "Hell"
Style: American Pale Lager
ABV: 5%
Notes: Dorit Ansari is from Germany. Omar Ansari is her son. He has a brewery. She wanted a beer that reminded her of home. This is that beer. Hell is a pale-gold lager not unlike the zwickelbiers popular in Dorit's hometown of Bremen. It's not filtered and it's brewed with lager yeast. You can expect bready malt aromas and flavors, floral hops, and a balanced finish. By the way, the name is a reference to the German word for "light", not Satan's nefarious kingdom, so you don't have to sell your soul for another.
Surly "Pentagram"
Style: Brett Dark Sour Ale
ABV: 7%
Notes: 100% brettanomyces dark beer, fermented in stainless and aged in used red wine barrels. Brett is a unique yeast strain that produces flavors that would be offensive if they weren't intentional. Flavors of sour cherry, tobacco, oak, and a classic "brett" barnyard funk, balanced by Dark Munich malt chewiness. Enjoy immediately or age at cellar temperature for a couple years.
Surly "Xtra Citra Pale Ale"
Style: American Pale Ale
ABV: 4.5%
Notes: Bursting with Citra hop flavor and tropical, citrusy notes, this incredibly approachable pale ale showcases Surly's bright side. No, we don't know where the "e" went.