New Brews News 07/15/2019

Port City “Helles”

Port City “Helles”

Style: Helles Lager

ABV: 5.2%

Notes: A classic German-style blonde lager, Helles showcases a clean Pilsner malt sweetness supported by a subtle, refined noble hop character. Balanced and eminently drinkable. 

Terrapin “Jazz Cabbage Hemp IPA”

Terrapin “Jazz Cabbage”

Style: American IPA

ABV: 6%

Notes: Jazz Cabbage hemp infused IPA is Terrapin’s dankest beer to date. Packing in their very own special strain of hemp flavors, this IPA will fill the room with aromas of the choicest sticky nugs. They brewed this beer by blending three high-quality hops to help compliment the kind profile of this heady IPA. Pairs well with snacks.  

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1623 Brewing “Raspberry Blonde”

Style: Fruit Beer

ABV: 5.8%

Notes: 1623’s Raspberry Blonde is brewed to welcome warmer months. Vienna malt boosts this beer’s body and color. Raspberries add a balance sweetness and tartness, plus the perfect hue. Simple and approachable, like raspberry jam spread on crackers. Finally a beer you can serve with tea!

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Flying Dog “Offensive IPA”

Style: Brut IPA

ABV: 6.6%

Notes: Page 108, paragraph 3: No jokes involving flatulence, excretion, urination, ejaculation or other bodily functions. Also, no use of the so-called seven dirty words. These are c@cksucker, mother f#cker, f%ck, sh!t, c#nt, c$ck, and p%ssy. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Flying Dog “Tiki Leaks Mai Tai Blonde”

Style: American Blonde Ale

ABV: 7.8%

Notes: Long walks on the beach aren’t really Brian’s thing. Whispering sweet nothings into the brewmaster’s ear about his love and affection for tiki drinks? No need to DTR there. He was hooked…line, sinker, and tiny umbrella. Pineapple, tangerine, lime juice, hibiscus flowers, and lactose become one with Galaxy hops for an exotic island getaway. 

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Stone Brewing “Notorious P.O.G. Berliner Weisse”

Style: Berliner Weisse

ABV: 4.7%

Notes: Stone had plenty of fan-favorite beers over the years, but few have garnered the cult – like adoration of this one. Stone Notorious P.O.G. was originally brewed at their Liberty Station brewhouse in San Diego, as a collaboration with Jonah Ray. It’s a tribute to the passion fruit, orange and guava juice (P.O.G.) he grew up drinking in Hawaii. This Berliner Weisse-style ale is loaded with the aforementioned trifecta of fresh, tropical fruits, making for a unique flavor that’s tart and refreshing yet deeply rich and complex. It’s as ridiculously tasty as it deliciously unique.

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DuClaw “Troubles Melt Like Lemon Drops”

Style: American Sour IPA

ABV: 7.1%

Notes: Brewed with lactose, London Ale III yeast, Mosaic and Lemon Drop hops, soured with Lactobacillus Delbruecki and fermented on top of fresh Yuzu citrus fruits, this brew blurs the lines between IPA, sour ale and fruited ale. 

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Heavy Seas “Red Flag Barrel-Aged Sour”

Style: Flanders Red Ale

ABV: 8%

Notes: Brewed in the classic Flemish Red style, Red Flag is brewed in small batches on their 15 bbl brewhouse. Each batch is aged in stainless steel and then moved to bourbon and red wine barrels for further maturing. The barrels are then hand selected and blended to create the most complex and seductive sour ale possible. Red Flag is the first sour offering in the Uncharted Waters series. Deep ruby in color, this barrel-aged sour ale delights with sweet malt tones, complex fruit undertones and a deliciously tart finish.   

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Heavy Seas “Sun Burst Sour Ale”

Style: Fruited Sour Ale

ABV: 4.5%

Notes: When vacation is just a memory and the fireworks have faded, it’s still gonna be hot! Cool down with a bright burst of raspberry lemon sunshine. Sun Burst Sour Ale has the perfect balance of sweet and tart with a light malt base that’s 100% summer!

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Monument City “Gose with Mango & Passionfruit”

Style: Gose

ABV: 4.5%

Notes: Sour ales and summertime go together! This gose is tart, refreshing, and is complimented with fresh mango and passionfruit. This beer is the same base as Monument City’s other current seasonal sour, Gose w/ Lemon & Lime, except this version has a more tropical and warm weather vibe to it.

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Monument City “June Solstice Wheat IPA”

Style: American IPA

ABV: 6.5%

Notes: Wheat IPA? What is this 2014? Not quite. Some of you have been deceived in the latest hazy trend. While some of the small guys are kicking out murky, opaque, heavily dry-hopped New England IPAs, some of the bigger national craft brands are making “hazy” IPAs by leaving them unfiltered and giving that cloudy look with the use of an abundance of wheat. Monument City’s June Solstice is their version of what we call today’s “hazy IPA”, but keeping true to this style’s roots by dubbing it an actual wheat IPA…which is what it is. Jam packed with Citra, El Dorado, and Amarillo hops, this juicy wheat IPA is bursting with citrus, pineapple, and tropical fruit flavors. All the hazybois don’t have to wait 6 hours in line to suffice their hazy cravings, they can just grab a sixer of June Solstice.

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New Brews News - 06/18/2019

Introducing, BrewDog! At BrewDog, they’re on a mission to make other people passionate about great craft beer as much as they are. Every beer they make, everything they do, ties back to that. They are committed to putting passion, the flavor and the artisan craftsmanship back into people’s glasses. They want to change the world of beer forever and introduce people to new dimensions of flavor they never knew existed. Whether it’s their hotel & brewery, jet airline, mini TV show, a multitude of UK-based brewpubs, an aggressive approach of expansion in the US, a 60% strong ale stuffed into a taxidermied squirrel,  brewing on a boat, their whole equity philosophy, rolling into London on a tank, buying Stone’s Berlin brewery, kick-ass marketing, kick-ass liquid, these guys are a beautiful and fucked combination of grace and gritty. Here’s to beers that will start a revolution.

BrewDog package & draft will be available in the following counties:

Anne Arundel County

Calvert County

Caroline County

Charles County

Dorchester County

Kent County

Prince George’s County

Queen Anne’s County

St. Mary’s County

Talbot County

BrewDog “Clockwork Tangerine”

Style: Session IPA

ABV: 4.5%

Notes: This fully automated IPA is infused with tangerine. At 4.5% ABV, it’s a stand-out session beer that packs a perfectly times delivery of juicy and mellow tropical fruit resting on a lightly toasted and caramel base. Fresh, juicy, and sessionable. Clockwork Tangerine, the director’s cut for the twenty-first century.   

BrewDog “Elvis Juice”

Style: American IPA

ABV: 6.5%

Notes: BrewDog’s naturally flavored IPA packs more fruit than the state of California. A zest zenith on the nose. Fruity foreplay gives way to a truckload of grapefruit and orange in an inter-state pile up of citrus. A frenzied fruit cocktail of flavor builds to a crescendo and a bitter finale leaves you screaming for more. Elvis Juice, the absolute King in a world of wannabes.

BrewDog “Hazy Jane”

Style: Hazy IPA

ABV: 7.2%

Notes: East Coasts collide and crank it up for this New England IPA returned in Scotland. Brewed with oats and wheat and left unfiltered for a hazy appearance and super smooth delivery. Dry-hopped for a full-tilt fruit hit with pineapple, mango and hint of zesty lime. Low on bitterness, high on haze, heavy on hops. Hazy Jane, embrace the opaque.

BrewDog “Jet Black Heart”

Style: Milk Stout

ABV: 4.7%

Notes: This sable stout is black as pitch and smooth as hell. Jet Black Heart is a milk stout with an ebony core. Loaded with oatmeal and primed for a velvet smooth delivery. Cacao, roasted coffee and berry fruits linger in its deepest, darkest depths. Full-bodied, rich and decadent to the core. Jet Black Heart, beer to blacken your soul.

BrewDog “King of Eights”

Style: American IPA

ABV: 6.9%

Notes: A New England-style IPA with truckloads of aroma. Ripe, tropical and citrus scents, closely tailgated by a smooth, juicy, full-bodied palate and a soft bitter finish. King of Eights, cue ‘em up.

BrewDog “Lost Lager”

Style: German Pilsner

ABV: 4.7%

Notes: Lager is one hell of a beer if you make it right. Lost Lager takes back the ground lost over decades by lager monoliths. This is a dry-hopped pilsner made with classic German Saphir hops, giving vibrant citrus and stone-fruit notes. Built from Bavarian yeast, it was a crisp, clean taste. This is lager like it was, like it should be, like it will be. Lager is back!

 BrewDog “Punk IPA”

Style: English IPA

ABV: 5.6%

Notes: A decade ago there was a revolution. A beer revolution. Punk IPA is the beer that kick-started it. This light, golden classic has been subverted with new world hops to create an explosion of flavor. Bursts of caramel and tropical fruit with an all-out riot of grapefruit, pineapple and lychee, precede a spiky bitter finish. This is the beer that started it all – and it’s not done yet. Punk, Quintessential Empire with an anarchic twist.

Jailbreak “Funk Sway – Key Lime Berliner Weisse”

Style: Berliner Weisse

ABV: 4%

Notes: Intensely pleasant key lime aromatics are punctuated by firm tartness, with a large supporting role from hefty proportions of malted wheat. Funk Sway is approachable to those perhaps unfamiliar with Berliner Weissbiers,  but its appeal to sour beer lovers is thoroughly undeniable.

 Port City “Rivershed Ale”

Style: American Pale Ale

ABV: 5.2%

Notes: Port City’s tribute to the Chesapeake Bay and the rivers that feed into it, Rivershed Ale is a dry-hopped pale ale brewed with local grains that provide the perfect context for a bright hop flavor.  

New Brews News - 06/13/2019

NEW BRAND ALERT!!!

Introducing, 1623 Brewing Company. As far as execution goes, it’s about as good as it gets with textbook delivery. They remind me a lot of Bell’s and Monument City, as each brewery showcases excellence on producing core styles of beer. Simply put, clean and complex innovations of the tried-and-true beer categories we can’t get enough of. 1623 Brewing’s mission is to bring Colorado flavors to the East Coast. If you’re wondering what the 1623 is all about, that’s the door-to-door mileage from both founder’s homes. As for 1623 Brewing and Buck Distributing, draft and package is available for the following territories:

Calvert County

Caroline County

Charles County

Dorchester County

Kent County

Montgomery County

Prince George’s County

Queen Anne’s County

St. Mary’s County

Talbot County

1623 Brewing “Dry Irish Stout”

Style: Irish Dry Stout

ABV: 5.75%

Notes: We drink dry stout all year long, or at least we want to. That’s why 1623 crafted this medium-bodied, dry-finishing Irish-style stout. This beer has notes of roasted coffee to warm up cooler days, and smooth drinkability to wash down summer nights.

“The history of the stout beer style fascinates me. It started as a drink for porters hence the name Porter. These porters were low alcohol, sweeter beers – chocolatey and malty. Porter evolved as taste preference did and drinkers craved heartier, more robust flavors. Since then brewers have added oats, chocolate, lactose, and oysters (both the ocean and the Rocky Mountain varieties), fruits, nuts (see what I did there?), and many other adjuncts. Stout will always be a classic style.”

-Zac Rissmiller, brewmaster and founder 

1623 Brewing “Hefeweizen”

Style: Hefeweizen

ABV: 5.61%

Notes: This old world-style wheat beer is crafted in authentic German tradition with ingredients that highlight the malt influences of southern Bavaria. This refreshing ale is pale in color, with a pillowy mouthfeel that finishes bright and dry. 1623/s Hefeweizen is distinctively German with prominent banana and clove flavors.

“I learned my craft emulating the patient, dedicated approach to the process that traditional German brewers take. This hefeweizen is my of paying homage to the Bavarian roots of our industry. Through exacting and tireless efforts to maintain the highest standards of quality, I believe we have achieved the style characteristics and flavor profiles for the most discerning hefeweizen palate. I’m proud to make beer that exemplifies my roots – I hail from German heritage and I’m honored to carry on the tradition of making a beer style that I love so much.”

-Zac Rissmiller, brewmaster and co-founder 

1623 Brewing “IPA”

Style: American IPA

ABV: 5.16%

Notes: A Colorado IPA if there ever was one, with a strong malt backbone that balances a bold, clean hop presence from new world varieties. This approachable ale is pale in color and easy drinking.  

“In my home state Colorado there are 1,000 ways to make an India Pale Ale, and for me it all starts with water. They don’t call ‘em the Rocky Mountains for no reason – whether we’re brewing in Colorado or Maryland, we match our water profile to the  water in my backyard. From there we chose a Denver-cultivated yeast strain that imparts huge mango aroma and 2-row barley that we mash at a slightly higher than average  mash temperature to strengthen the beer’s malt backbone. And finally, the hops. Mosaic and Citra hops are the stars in this IPA. We balance with bittering Apollo hops and filter for clarity so this beer sparkles. Visibility for days – just like the Colorado sky.”

-Zac Rissmiller, brewmaster and co-founder 

1623 Brewing “Pilsner”

Style: German Pilsner

ABV: 5.2%

Notes: 1623 loves pilsners for its simplicity. They brew theirs with German-grown Pilsner malt, Magnum and Saaz hops – and water and yeast of course. Clean, dry, and refreshing. That’s it, that’s all.  

“We’ve all heard the phrase, “Keep it simple.” At first glance, Pilsner is simple, some might even call it boring…right? It’s the  most challenging beer to craft. It’s your liquid resume as a brewer. Clean, crisp, clear, almost malty with a high hop presence. I hope you enjoy ours.”

-Zac Rissmiller, brewmaster and co-founder