Brooklyn Waterfront Craft & Specialty Beer Festival

The Hand Crafted Tasting Company is at it again! Following hot on the heels of their winter/spring NYC Craft Beer Festival tasting event and in keeping with the desire to bring the New York area the opportunity to sample the best in craft beers, we are proud to announce the Brooklyn Waterfront Craft & Specialty Beer Festival. This summer's tasting festival will take place outdoors on the Brooklyn waterfront with spectacular views of the Manhattan skyline. The Festival will be located at 5 North 11th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY on Saturday, June 16, 2012.

HOURS
Session I
VIP/Connoisseurs: 12:30 PM - 4:00 PM
General Admission: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Session II
VIP/Connoisseurs: 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
General Admission: 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

BUY TICKETS: www.bkbeerfest.com

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Corsendonk Apple White Beer

Product - Corsendonk Apple White Beer
Brewed By: 
Corsendonk
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian White Beer
Strength (ABV): 
3.1% ABV

White beer with a twist of apple juice. Brewed with spices (coriander, orange zest, and licorice) with natural flavors. Deep golden in color and naturally cloudy, this bottle-conditioned white beer is fresh, crisp and exceptionally refreshing.

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Dupont Saison Dupont

Product - Dupont Saison
Brewed By: 
Dupont
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Farmhouse Ale / Saison
Strength (ABV): 
6.5% ABV

The classic example of the Saison Style. A pleasing pale straw-color with a dense, creamy head. The nose is estery with citrus and spice notes. Full-bodied and malty, it sparkles on the palate and finishes with a zesty hop and citrus attack.

Best With: 
This beer is a miracle with food. Enjoy it with salmon steaks, Thai food, spicy Mexican dishes, Vietnamese food, steaks, Cajun dishes, and well aged Gouda cheese. Great with barbecue or gumbos.
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Julius Echter Hefe Weissbier

Product - Julius Echter Hefe
Brewed By: 
Julius Echter
Self-Defined Style: 
Weissbier
Strength (ABV): 
4.3% ABV

This pale hefeweizen displays a rich, lingering head foam, a honey-hued body, and the subtle aroma of banana and clove. The spicy flavor is enhanced by the silky mouth feel obtained through the use of wheat. The lingering finish mellows for quite some time.

Best With: 
This traditional German Hefeweizen pairs quite well with rich meats such as suckling pig, roast duck, or wild boar.
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Pietra Colomba

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Brewed By: 
Pietra
Self-Defined Style: 
White ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV

In 1999, Brasserie Pietra creates its own white beer that resembles no other, with its aroma of maquis (the Corsican bush land), the unique scent of the Isle of Beauty. It took two years to finalise the recipe: a white beer with low fermentation, spicy and with the scent of herbs.

Awards: 
Best white beer in England for 2003, by the magazine GastroPub
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Reissdorf Koelsch

Product - Reissdorf Koelsch
Brewed By: 
Reissdorf
Self-Defined Style: 
Köelsch
Strength (ABV): 
4.8% ABV

Very light color, slightly malty, fairly soft palate, dry finish. The Kölsch is fermented with an ale yeast, but matured at cooler "lagering" temperatures to produce an ale's fruity complexity with a lager's crispness.

Best With: 
This extremely drinkable Kölsch is great with just about everything from Caesar salad to dim sum to all seafood to tapas. Let's not forget about bar foods especially brats!
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Schneider Aventinus

Product - Schneider Aventinus
Brewed By: 
Schneider
Self-Defined Style: 
Wheat Doppelbock
Strength (ABV): 
8.0% ABV

Dark ruby color, clove-like aroma, full bodied palate with a hint of caramel, light, delicate bitter finish.

Best With: 
This beer is excellent with duck, venison, good pork and wild boar.
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Schneider Organic Weisen-Edel Weisse

Product - Schneider Edelweisse
Brewed By: 
Schneider
Self-Defined Style: 
Organic Hefe Weizen
Strength (ABV): 
6.7% ABV

Wheaty and bread-like nose, flavor complimented with a hearty bubblegum/clove-like spice with a long subtle bitterness on the palate accentuated by the use of citrusy American Cascade hops.

Best With: 
Sharp cheeses, Mexican, Indian and Thai foods. Great with cured meats and fruit.
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Wells Banana Bread

Product - Wells Banana Bread
Brewed By: 
Wells
Self-Defined Style: 
Banana Bread Beer
Strength (ABV): 
5.2% ABV

Wells Banana Bread Beer partly takes its name from the Saxon phrase for beer - 'Liquid Bread'. Combining a traditional ale recipe with the flavor of 'Fair trade' bananas creates an intriguing and flavorsome pint. It has been described by renowned International beer writer, Michael Jackson, as "...fruity roughness of winter barley and toffeeish sweetness of crystal malt...hugely tempting aroma of bananas; creamy head; firm, silky body."

Best With: 
Wells Banana Bread Beer pairs well with creamy desserts and sweet breads.
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Wells Bombardier

Product - Wells Bombardier
Brewed By: 
Wells
Self-Defined Style: 
English Premium Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.5% ABV

Wells Bombardier's characteristic robust flavor and deep copper color are derived from the finest 'English Ale'and 'Crystal' malts, which are carefully crushed, not ground, and English 'Challenger' and 'Goldings' hops. Not least, Wells Bombardier is uniquely brewed using natural mineral water from and independently accredited source; our own well.

Best With: 
Great with meat pies, burgers, and pub grub.
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Würzburger Pilsner

Product - Wurzburger Pilsner
Brewed By: 
Würzburger
Self-Defined Style: 
Pilsner
Strength (ABV): 
5.1% ABV

Wurzburger pours bright golden with a rich, white head that lingers. The flavor is crisp, and reveals substantial malt body with some mild hop sharpness in the finish.

Best With: 
A great gold pilsner will always work with all seafood dishes, clear broth soups, tapas, and just about anything off the backyard grill. This brew also lends itself nicely jambalaya, falafels, and certain Caribbean dishes. Fried pub fare is also a fine accompaniment to German pilsener.
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Crabbie's Alcoholic Ginger Beer

Product - Crabbies
Brewed By: 
Crabbie's
Self-Defined Style: 
Alcoholic Ginger Beer
Strength (ABV): 
4.8% ABV

Made from a secret recipe, Crabbie’s Original Alcoholic Ginger Beer has 4 top secret ingredients. We combine these with steeped ginger, which we still ship all the way from the Far East, just as the first Scots Merchant Adventurers did all those years ago. That explains the Elephant Trademark old chap!At Crabbie’s, we do things by the book – no shortcuts for us old chap! The ginger in Crabbie’s Original Alcoholic Ginger Beer is steeped for 6 long weeks to produce its deep, deliciously spicy flavour. Top marks

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Lammsbrau Organic Dunkel

Product - Lammsbrau Organic Dark Lager
Brewed By: 
Lammsbrau
Self-Defined Style: 
Premium Bavarian Dark Lager
Strength (ABV): 
4.8% ABV

A classic dark lager brewed from organically produced raw materials and clean, deep-well mineral water for a delicate balance of noble hop bitterness and rich maltiness.

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Lammsbrau Organic Pilsner

Product - Lammsbrau Organic Pilsner
Brewed By: 
Lammsbrau
Self-Defined Style: 
Premium Bavarian Lager
Strength (ABV): 
4.8% ABV

A hoppy lager brewed from organically produced raw materials and clean, deep-well mineral water for a delicate balance of noble hop bitterness and gentle maltiness.

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Abita Purple Haze

Product - Abita Purple Haze
Brewed By: 
Abita
Self-Defined Style: 
Raspberry Wheat
Strength (ABV): 
4.5% ABV

Lighter body, crisp refreshing palate, made with raspberry puree creating a mild berry finish.

Best With: 
Purple Haze is best on a hot summer day with light cheeses, fruits, nuts and chocolates. Mix with Abita Turbo Dog for a unique and pleasing experience.
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Allagash Tripel

Product - Allagash Tripel
Brewed By: 
Allagash
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Tripel
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV

Golden hued, deep, complex palate including hints of banana and honey, long, soothing alcohol laced finish.

Best With: 
A complex brew is a perfect choice as an aperitif or with crab cakes, scallops or mussels or an assertive cheese such as Roquefort or Stilton; particularly delightful with asparagus. The perfect accompaniment to a fruit dessert, crepes or wonderful on its own as a digestif.
Awards: 
Silver Medal - 2009 Great American Beer Festival - Belgian-Style Abbey Ale
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Allagash White

Product - Allagash White
Brewed By: 
Allagash
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Wheat Beer
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV
Color (SRM): 
4º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
13 IBU

Our interpretation of a traditional Belgian wheat beer, Allagash White is unique and truly refreshing. Brewed with a generous portion of wheat and our own special blend of spices, this beer is light and slightly cloudy in appearance, with a spicy aroma.

Best With: 
Pair with a salad with vinaigrette dressing or a fresh goat cheese. Excellent accompaniment to poultry and fish entrées or a dessert such as a spicy apple pie.
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Blue Point Sour Cherry Imperial Stout

Substyle - Specialty Stout
Self-Defined Style: 
Russian Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV

Blue Point Brewing Company's Sour Cherry Imperial Stout is an extremely complex version of the classic Russian beer style. Plenty of roasted, black and chocolate malts deliver multi-layered coffee and sherry notes in a surprisingly smooth package. The beer is then matured with just a kiss of real sour red cherries.

Best With: 
A full flavored stout pairs well with steaks (broiled or grilled), stews, chili's, smoked fowl as well as dark or bitter chocolate.
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Blue Point Rastafa Rye Ale

Product - Blue Point Rastafar Rye Ale
Self-Defined Style: 
Rye Ale
Strength (ABV): 
7.5% ABV

Blue Point Brewing Company humbly honors the Rastafari and dedicates this beer to them. Our RastafaRye Ale marries a hearty rye malt with a blend of freshly harvested west coast hops resulting in a delicious deep copper ale, with just the right amount of rye flavor to offset the spicy and floral characteristics of the hops, RastafaRye will stay on your palate and your mind evermore.

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Breckenridge Vanilla Porter

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Product - Breckenridge Vanilla Porter
Brewed By: 
Breckenridge
Self-Defined Style: 
Vanilla porter
Strength (ABV): 
4.7% ABV

Who would have thought deep in the jungles of Papua New Guinea and Madagascar grew the perfect ingredient to build an extraordinary Porter in Colorado? An ale that has all the chocolate and roasted nut flavor of a classic Porter, with an enigmatic surprise thrown in for good measure, real vanilla bean. Breckenridge Brewery's Vanilla Porter. A vanilla kiss in a rich, dark sea.

Best With: 
See recipe for Vanilla Porter Milkshake on BreckenridgeBrewery.com.
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Breckenridge Agave Wheat

Product - Breckenridge Agave Wheat
Brewed By: 
Breckenridge
Self-Defined Style: 
Agave Wheat
Strength (ABV): 
4.2% ABV

This true American-style unfiltered wheat has something a little special - the nectar of the great Salmiana Agave. Agave complements the refreshingly light quality of our wheat and adds a subtle note of flavor that expands this beer's uplifting taste profile. It is familiar, yet creative.

Best With: 
Try the Agave Wheat Cheese Soup or Agave Wheat & Ginger Chicken Marinade. Recipes on BreckenridgeBrewery.com.
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Clown Shoes Lubrication

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Brewed By: 
Clown Shoes
Self-Defined Style: 
American Black Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.0% ABV

The Lube is now available!
Lube? Hey, get your mind out of the gutter. Social lubrication, people coming together to unwind, is what we are talking about. This American Black Ale has a dark body, medium bitterness, balanced with West Coast hops and sweet orange peel. 1 pint, 6 fl.oz. Alc.6% by volume. Ale brewed with natural flavor.

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Clown Shoes Clementine Witbier

Product - CS Clem
Brewed By: 
Clown Shoes
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian style White Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.0% ABV

Light-bodied and crisp, this is a terrific seasonal packed with plenty of zest! Hazy in appearance and healthily carbonated, it utilizes Chambly yeast to energetically shape its wheat malt base. Incorporated in the brewing process is Clementine, sweet orange peel, a hint of Coriander, and Summit hops.

At a sly, easy-drinking 5.9%, Clementine is dynamic and flavorful enough to satisfy discerning craft beer palates, yet light enough to count among “sessionable” beers.

Poured high into a pint or traditional pilsner style glass, drinkers can sip away lazy summer afternoons.

Best With: 
As for food pairings, it is the perfect compliment to a range of salads and seafoods or light cheeses such as Feta, Monterey and Gruyere.
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Firestone Walker Union Jack

Product - Firestone Walker Union Jack
Brewed By: 
Firestone Walker
Self-Defined Style: 
IPA
Strength (ABV): 
7.5% ABV
Color (SRM): 
8º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
72 IBU

The newest member of the Firestone family, Union Jack is the aggressive IPA that you’ve been searching for. Citrus, pineapple, and a full chewy malt profile finish clean on your palate. Over 70 IBUs and 7.5% alcohol by volume, Union Jack won’t have any problem competing with the big India Pale Ales. A beer true to its origins; deeply hopped and bolstered for a long voyage.

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Flying Dog Wildeman Farmhouse IPA

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Brewed By: 
Flying Dog
Self-Defined Style: 
Farmhouse IPA
Strength (ABV): 
7.5% ABV

Brewed for Bierproeflokaal In de Wildeman’s 25th Anniversary. This brand new brew is an unfiltered American IPA hopped with Citra and fermented with Saison yeast.

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Flying Dog Woody Creek White

Product - Flying Dog Woody Creek
Brewed By: 
Flying Dog
Self-Defined Style: 
White Ale
Strength (ABV): 
4.8% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
17 IBU

Our tribute to the town we consider to be "Gonzo Ground Zero"... Woody Creek White is a traditional Belgian-style Wit Beer, brewed with unique ingredients like orange peel and coriander, resulting in a refreshing and slightly citrus flavor, perfect for the "Dog Days of Summer".

Best With: 
Woody Creek White goes well with white meats, citrus marinated meats, salads with citrus dressings, and breakfasts. (Woody+Champagne=Beermosa)
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Goose Island India Pale Ale

Product - Goose Island Ipa
Brewed By: 
Goose Island
Self-Defined Style: 
India Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.9% ABV

Our IPA recalls a time when ales shipped from England to India were highly hopped to preserve their distinct taste during the long journey. The result, quite simply a hop lover's dream. And this classic ale adds a fruity aroma, set off by a dry malt middle, to ensure that the long hop finish is one you'll remember.

Best With: 
The spicy IPA pairs well with Cajun dishes, Indian cuisine, and even carrot cake.
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Goose Island Summertime

Product - Goose Island Summertime
Brewed By: 
Goose Island
Self-Defined Style: 
Kölsch style Golden Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV
Best With: 
This Kölsch style beer is excellent with chicken or beef kabobs, grilled vegetables, and grilled lobster.
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Great Divide Hoss

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Brewed By: 
Great Divide
Self-Defined Style: 
Rye Lager
Strength (ABV): 
6.2% ABV

Hoss is based on the Marzen lagers of Germany. Rich, layered malt notes, with hints of cherry and dark fruits, dominate, while the unique addition of rye imparts a slightly earthy, spicy character. Hoss finishes crisp crisp and dry, and its brilliant red-orange color is a toast to the sunsets that make the perfect backdrop for this beer.

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Great Divide Titan IPA

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Brewed By: 
Great Divide
Self-Defined Style: 
IPA
Strength (ABV): 
7.1% ABV

TITAN IPA is a big, aggressively hopped India Pale Ale brewed for hop disciples. It starts out with piney hop aromas and citrus hop flavors, and finishes with a nice rich, malty sweetness that is balanced with crisp hop bitterness.

Best With: 
Big, bold, spicy flavors, like Thai curries (panang or red curry), or pad Thai. Grilled salmon. Our friends Kate and David at Denver's finest artesian cheese and exotic food shop, The Truffle, pair Titan IPA with Humboldt Fog, an earthy, mold-ripened cow's milk cheese with a fine layer of ash through the center and around the outside.
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Greenport Harbor Summer Ale

Substyle - Golden Or Blonde Ale
Brewed By: 
Greenport Harbor
Self-Defined Style: 
Golden Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.3% ABV

A golden summer ale that we infuse with Orange Blossom Honey. The honey is added post fermentation to add a distinctively sweet finish.

Best With: 
Golden ale pairs beautifully with heartier fish, including salmon and tilapia, as well as grilled chicken and roasted lamb.
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Greenport Harbor Black Duck Porter

Substyle - Baltic-Style Porter
Brewed By: 
Greenport Harbor
Self-Defined Style: 
Porter
Strength (ABV): 
4.7% ABV

A black ale that puts the flavor of the malt front and center. It has a mild hop character that balances strong notes of cocoa and hints of coffee. A full-bodied treat that pairs well with chocolate as well as fresh shellfish.

Best With: 
A full-bodied treat that pairs well with chocolate as well as fresh shellfish.
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Jolly Pumpkin E.S. Bam

Product - Jolly Pumpkin E.S. Bam
Brewed By: 
Jolly Pumpkin
Self-Defined Style: 
Extra Special Farmhouse Ale
Strength (ABV): 
4.7% ABV

Bam is an extra special dog. After surviving being struck by a car, he daily somehow manages to avoid being carried away by the largish birds of prey gliding overhead, riding unseen thermals. Bam's tenacity seems only to be surpassed by his oversized personality. Join us in this celebration of his excess. More malt, more hops, same vivacious personality.

Best With: 
This beer is a miracle with food. Enjoy it with salmon steaks, Thai food, spicy Mexican dishes, Vietnamese food, steaks, Cajun dishes, and well aged Gouda cheese. Great with barbecue or gumbos.
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Jonas Bronck's Pelham Bay IPA

Jonas Bronck's Pelham Bay
Brewed By: 
Jonas Bronck's
Self-Defined Style: 
India Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.8% ABV
Color (SRM): 
22º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
50 IBU

Named after the Pelham Bay section of The Bronx. Our India Pale Ale doesn't pack a typical West Coast IPA punch but strikes a better balance between dryness and drinkability.

Ingredients: Malts: English Maris Otter and English Crystal
Hops: Magnum for boil and Cascade and Willamette for flavor (50 IBU)

History of Pelham Bay - The Bronx

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Kona Longboard Lager

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Product - Kona Longboard Lager
Brewed By: 
Kona
Self-Defined Style: 
Lager
Strength (ABV): 
4.6% ABV

Longboard Island Lager is a smooth refreshing lager fermented and aged for five weeks at cold temperatures to yield its exceptionally smooth flavor. A delicate, slightly spicy hop aroma complements the malty body of this beer.

Best With: 
Longboard Island Lager typically pairs well with lighter fare but has enough flavor and body to stand up to some heartier foods too. Try some with herb chicken on mixed greens, garlic twists, Greek pizza.
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Lagunitas Pils

Product - Lagunitas Pils
Brewed By: 
Lagunitas
Self-Defined Style: 
Czech Style Pilsner
Strength (ABV): 
6.2% ABV

Crisp, full and firm bodied, with the classic golden color of a true Czech Pils. "Like Adam and Eve, Isaac and Ishmael, Mao and Confucius, Good and Evil, Day and Night, Hittites and Visigoths, John and Lorena, or Groucho and Moe, Ales and Lagers are as different as can be. Still, we must love each other for who they are, separately but equally, with liberty, and justice, for all. Cheers!"

Best With: 
A great Bohemian-style pilsener will always work with all seafood dishes, broth based soups and tapas. This brew also lends itself nicely jambalaya, falafels, and certain Caribbean dishes. Don't forget a good pilsner is also excellent with bar foods.
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Lagunitas Dopple Weizen

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Brewed By: 
Lagunitas
Self-Defined Style: 
Dopple Weizen
Strength (ABV): 
8.5% ABV

A Brand-Spankin' New Beer Inspired by Rolec: The Builders of our New Brewing System. They Sent Us a Traditional Yeast Sent From Their Friends in Bavaria & We Way-Overfed It To Take It All Up A Bit!

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Magic Hat #9

Product - Magic Hat #9
Brewed By: 
Magic Hat
Self-Defined Style: 
Not Quite Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.1% ABV
Color (SRM): 
9º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
20 IBU

A beer cloaked in secrecy. An ale whose mysterious and unusual palate will swirl across your tongue and ask more questions than it answers. A sort of dry, crisp, refreshing, not-quite pale ale. #9 is really impossible to describe because there's never been anything else quite like it.

Best With: 
Best enjoyed with spicy foods and to bring out the spice in life.
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Magic Hat Elder Betty

Magic Hat Elder Betty
Brewed By: 
Magic Hat
Self-Defined Style: 
Elderberry Flavored unfiltered wheat beer
Strength (ABV): 
5.5% ABV
Color (SRM): 
4º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
13 IBU

Elder Betty is a weisse-style wheat ale. It is hazy and unfiltered with a slightly bready maltiness along with a tart, berry flavor as a result of the addition of elderberries. It is a very refreshing beer for a lazy summer afternoon.

Best With: 
Fruit desserts, roasted chicken, fish
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North Coast Red Seal Ale

Substyle - American-Style Amber Red Ale
Brewed By: 
North Coast
Self-Defined Style: 
American Amber Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.5% ABV
Best With: 
An excellent accompaniment to grilled meats and rich sauces.
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North Coast Scrimshaw

Substyle - German-Style Pilsener
Brewed By: 
North Coast
Self-Defined Style: 
Pilsner
Strength (ABV): 
4.4% ABV

Named for the delicate engravings popularized by 19th century seafarers, Scrimshaw is a fresh tasting Pilsner brewed in the finest European tradition using Munich malt and, Hallertauer and Tettnang hops. Scrimshaw has a subtle hop character, a crisp, clean palate, and a dry finish.

Best With: 
A great gold pilsner will always work with all seafood dishes, brothy soups, tapas, and just about anything off the backyard grill. This brew also lends itself nicely jambalaya, falafels, and certain Caribbean dishes. Fried pub fare is also a fine accompaniment to German pilsener.
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Ommegang Hennepin Farmhouse Saison

Product - Ommegang Hennepin 2012
Brewed By: 
Ommegang
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian-Style Farmhouse Saison
Strength (ABV): 
7.7% ABV

As you pour this rich golden ale into your glass, consider your surroundings. Are you in a restaurant? Outside on the deck? Is it hot and humid? Cold and brisk? Take a drink. Feel the way Hennepin is bright and lively in your mouth with a warming mix of spicy gingersnap and citrusy hops. Refreshing. Relaxing. It's true: no matter where you are, Hennepin is the perfect ale for all seasons.

Best With: 
Try Hennepin with rustic fare such as quiche, bread and cheeses, roasted chicken, fresh water fish, including shellfish (especially lobster). Hennepin's coriander and ginger notes lend themselves to the composed spicing in Asian cuisines. It goes well with Thai and Indian cuisine, sushi, Mongolian hotpots, fried fish, spare ribs and Peking duck.
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Ommegang Witte

Product - Ommegang Witte
Brewed By: 
Ommegang
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian-Style Wheat or White ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.1% ABV

Ommegang Witte is our take on a Belgian-white, or Witbier. Adhering closely to traditional ingredients and flavor profiles, Witte proved its worth at the 2010 and 2008 World Beer Cup by capturing Silver in its category amongst the best in the world. Initially the first Ommegang beer available on draft, Witte is now featured as the Summer Seasonal in our featured-seasonal draft rotation. Though available for year-round enjoyment in 750 ml and 12 oz bottles, summer is the ideal time to enjoy a Witte draft at your favorite warm weather, draft beer destinations.

Imagine...

Best With: 
A picnic with light summer foods, appetizers, salads, and barbeques. Or while sitting on the beach, watching clouds drift by.
Awards: 
2011 Gold - Belgian Style Wheat Ale - Great American Beer Fest
2010 Silver - Belgian Style Wheat Ale - World Beer Cup
2009 Silver - Belgian Style Wheat Ale - World Beer Cup
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Otter Creek Black IPA

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Brewed By: 
Otter Creek
Self-Defined Style: 
India Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.0% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
60 IBU

The Alpine Black IPA made its debut at the Vermont Brewers Festival in Burlington, Vermont in July. It was intended to be a one-off pilot batch and quickly evolved into an instant favorite. To appease demand we have decided to release it as our new Otter Creek Winter Seasonal. Those who attended the VBF were lucky to get a sneak tasting of this incredible brew. Since then it has been the buzz around town.

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Wolaver's India Pale Ale

Product - Wolavers Ipa
Brewed By: 
Wolaver's
Self-Defined Style: 
India Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.0% ABV

Wolaver's India Pale Ale is made with a generous amount of hops to produce the classic IPA. Crisp and clean, with a delicious hop spiciness and subtle malt balance. A strong beer, great with spicy foods and for those who enjoy a good, full-flavored, well hopped beer.

Best With: 
This English IPA works great with pork with vinegar and garlic, chicken with roasted coconut sauce, onions and tomato masala, Cajun prawns and duck risotto.
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Sierra Nevada Summerfest

Product - Sierra Nevada Summerfest can
Brewed By: 
Sierra Nevada
Self-Defined Style: 
Pilsner-Style Lager
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV

Now In CANS for Summer 2013!

Since their invention in the 1840s, Pilsener-style beers have become the world’s most popular style. With a nod toward the original Czech tradition, Summerfest is brewed to feature the best of Bohemian nature. Crisp, golden, dry and incredibly drinkable, Summerfest has a delicate and complex malt flavor and spicy and floral hop character—the perfect warm weather beer.

Best With: 
While Summerfest is complex enough to accompany any gourmet meal, it is also great at barbecues, picnics, or any time you want a smooth, refreshing beer. Assertive enough to stand up to spicy meats and sauces, its tangy hoppiness also goes well with the sharp, peppery bite of specialty mixed salad greens.
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Sierra Nevada Torpedo

Product - Sierra Nevada Torpedo
Brewed By: 
Sierra Nevada
Self-Defined Style: 
Extra IPA
Strength (ABV): 
7.2% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
70 IBU

Sierra Nevada Torpedo Ale is a big American IPA; bold, assertive and full of flavor and aromas highlighting the complex citrus, pine and herbal character of whole-cone American hops.

Best With: 
With a bold emphasis on hop bitterness, India pale ales are the ultimate beverage pairing for spicy dishes. The sharp hop presence in most India pale ales can stand up to even the most devilish of spices in Cajun, Malaysian, Japanese, Indian, and Mexican cuisine.
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Smuttynose Finest Kind IPA

Product - Smuttynose Ipa
Brewed By: 
Smuttynose
Self-Defined Style: 
American India Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.2% ABV

The citrusy hop flavor coming from a mixture of Simcoe and Santiams is pleasantly balanced by a smooth bitterness from the Amarillo hops. The beer itself is light bodied and crisp with a golden color that will throw a slight haze, as we bottle it unfiltered. At 65 IBU's, this is definitely not a training-wheels IPA, but is meant for hop lovers looking to satisfy their craving in a way that's not easy to find. We think they'll be quite pleased.

Best With: 
Rich meats, wild fowl, intense earthy pastas are great choices as well as stews and chilies. Strong and sharp cheeses would pair nicely.
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Smuttynose Summer Weizen

Product - Smuttynose Weizen
Brewed By: 
Smuttynose
Self-Defined Style: 
Hefeweizen
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV

Light, tasty & full of character, our summer wheat ale is brewed with a combination of domestic and continental wheat and barley malts, lightly hopped & fermented with a Belgian wit yeast, resulting in a delightfully tangy & refreshing flavor.

Best With: 
This excellent unfiltered wheat pairs beautifully with sausage, pretzels with mustard, vegetable pate, Crab Lois and is perfect for brunch.
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Southern Tier hop sun

Product - Southern Tier Hop Sun
Brewed By: 
Southern Tier
Self-Defined Style: 
American Wheat Ale
Strength (ABV): 
4.5% ABV

Pour Hop Sun Summer Wheat Beer into a pint glass, give it a long whiff and you'll realize that this isn't your average wheat beer. Filtered to a golden clarity and dry hopped to perfection, Hop Sun is a fantastic session ale in which flavors of wheat, barley and hops commingle to a refreshing and zesty conclusion. Hints of lemon and sweet malts waft to the fore as a touch of bitterness contributes to Hop Sun's bright finish. Enjoy Hop Sun all summer long as a perfect balance to your outdoor recreation. Summer never tasted so good.

Best With: 
This wheat beer pairs great with lighter fare, particularly salads with a citrus dressing. For a change of pace, try this wheat beer with a wedge of lemon or orange.
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Southern Tier 2xipa

Product - Southern Tier 2xipa
Brewed By: 
Southern Tier
Self-Defined Style: 
Double India Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
8.2% ABV

Not quite an imperial, but certainly not a standard India pale ale. Our double IPA is a hop lovers dream. Citrusy and clean with an incredible finish.

Best With: 
With a bold emphasis on hop bitterness, India pale ales are the ultimate beverage pairing for spicy dishes. The sharp hop presence in most India pale ales can stand up to even the most devilish of spices in Cajun, Malaysian, Japanese, Indian, and Mexican cuisine.
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Stoudt's Karnival Kölsch

Product - Stoudts Karnival Kölsch
Brewed By: 
Stoudt's
Self-Defined Style: 
Kölsch
Strength (ABV): 
4.8% ABV

Our new spring seasonal beer, Karnival Kolsch is arriving just in time for our Fasching Karneval . We are very excited about the release of this beer. For the first time in Stoudt’s history, we are releasing a brand new beer that has already received a medal at the Great American Beer Festival. This refreshing German-style ale was brewed using 2-row malt, a small amount of red wheat malt, and all German hops for bittering and aroma. This straw colored ale is smooth like a lager due to the colder fermentation temperature and extended cellaring time.

Best With: 
Most hybrid styles tend to pair well with grilled or seared fish and poultry.
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Stoudt's Smooth Hoperator

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Brewed By: 
Stoudt's
Self-Defined Style: 
Unique Hoppy version of a German Doppelbock
Strength (ABV): 
7.2% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
50 IBU

This medium Bodied, copper colored strong lager is in a class by itself. This brew has a delicate malty palate up front, which is abruptly overshadowed by the by the dominating hop presence that can be attributed to the 1.5 ilbs/bbl. of hops that were added to this brew for aroma & flavor. This is a hop lover's beer indeed.

Best With: 
Pair with lamb, pork, beef with a balsamic reduction, pate, and aged Parmesan cheese.
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Troegs HopBack Amber

Product - Troegs Hopback
Brewed By: 
Tröegs
Self-Defined Style: 
Amber Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.0% ABV
Color (SRM): 
10º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
55 IBU

Tröegs Brewery’s Flagship beer, HopBack Amber Ale derives its name from a vessel in the brewhouse called a hopback. As the ‘wort’ is being transferred from the brewhouse to fermentation it passes through the hopback vessel. Packed full of fresh whole flower hops, the wort slowly circulates through this vessel extracting the essence of the aromatic hops. This vessel adds more time and more hop character that creates a fresh, spicy taste and rich caramel note that defines this signature ale.

Best With: 
Big, robust flavors like red meats and strong cheeses. The assertive flavors of our HopBack will hold up against strong cheeses like Stilton and Smoked Cheddar.
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Troegs Sunshine Pils

Product - Troegs Sunshine Pils
Brewed By: 
Tröegs
Self-Defined Style: 
German Pilsner
Strength (ABV): 
5.3% ABV
Color (SRM): 
4º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
45 IBU

Hop fans rejoice! Sunshine Pils combines the crisp taste of European style pilsners with a kicked-up hop character to create a balanced, refreshing seasonal beer. Golden in color with a fluffy white head, Sunshine Pils is the perfect beer for Summer.

Best With: 
Since Sunshine Pils is a Summer beer, it is a fine compliment with all types of salads. It also pairs well with all shell fish and mild fish filets.
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Two Brothers Dog Days

Product - Two Brothers Dog Days
Brewed By: 
Two Brothers
Self-Defined Style: 
Dortmunder Lager
Strength (ABV): 
4.5% ABV

Dog Days is our warm weather beer and the only lager we produce. This golden lager is a German style Dortmunder with a delicate caramel malt character and light body. Dog Days has a noticeable noble hop character creating a crisp, clean finish.

Best With: 
This dunkel pairs well with roast pork loin, fried chicken, barbeque and quesadillas.
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Two Brothers Ebel's Weiss

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Brewed By: 
Two Brothers
Self-Defined Style: 
Hefeweizen
Strength (ABV): 
5.3% ABV

Ebel's Weiss beer is a very traditional German Hefeweizen that is naturally unfiltered. It has wonderful malt sweetness and a soft aroma of clove, vanilla, and banana. This deep golden colored weiss will make you think you are in Bavaria.

Best With: 
This excellent unfiltered wheat pairs beautifully with sausage, pretzels with mustard, vegetable pate, Crab Lois and is perfect for brunch.
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Victory Summer Love Ale

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Brewed By: 
Victory
Self-Defined Style: 
Golden Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.2% ABV

Brewed locally at the Victory Brewery in Chester County, the Summer Love Ale is a golden ale made with pale malts, German hops and Brandywine River water. This specific style of beer was chosen because it has a broad appeal and will be accessible for casual beer drinkers, but will still retain exciting hop notes.

The brew has a vibrant and refreshing pale color derived from its lean and refreshing malt body. And the initially floral aroma of hops segues into a well integrated, refreshing hop dryness of European heritage.

Best With: 
Golden ale pairs beautifully with heartier fish, including salmon and tilapia, as well as grilled chicken and roasted lamb.
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Victory Golden Monkey

Product - Victory Golden Monkey
Brewed By: 
Victory
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian-Style Tripel
Strength (ABV): 
9.5% ABV
Best With: 
A complex brew is a perfect choice as an aperitif with crab cakes, scallops or mussels or an assertive cheese such as a Roquefort or a Stilton; particularly delightful with asparagus. The perfect accompaniment to a fruit dessert, crepes or wonderful on its own as a digestif.
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Wandering Star Bert's Disqualified Imperial Stout

Wandering Star Bert's Disqualified Imperial Stout
Brewed By: 
Wandering Star
Self-Defined Style: 
Russian Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
9.5% ABV

Berkshire County homebrewer Bert Holdredge won the ‘Brewers Choice’ prize in the 2011 New York City Homebrew Competition with this recipe (the prize was for a commercial batch to be brewed on our system) – but was disqualified from the official BJCP competition since he’d forgotten to remove a label from a bottle. A dangerously drinkable pitch-black stout with rich chocolate and peat smoke notes, and just a hint of alcohol warmth.

Best With: 
Bacon dishes, forest fruits, blue or other funky cheeses, dulce de leche, creme brulee
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Wandering Star Zingari Belgian Witbier

Brewed By: 
Wandering Star
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Style Witbier
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV

'Zingari' is Italian for gypsies, and this name perfectly captures Wandering Star's take on the Belgian Wit style. Brewed with 50% six-row barley and 50% malted and unmalted wheat, the beer is subtly spiced with lemongrass, cardamom, fenugreek, and coriander. The result is a refreshing 5% ABV beer with a zingy citrus zest

Best With: 
Asian dishes, seafood, salads, berries-and-cream desserts such as strawberry shortcake, milk or white chocolate.
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Widmer Omission Lager

Product - Widmer Omission Lager 6er
Brewed By: 
Widmer
Self-Defined Style: 
Gluten-Free Lager
Strength (ABV): 
4.6% ABV

Omission Lager is a refreshing and crisp beer, brewed in the traditional lager style. Perfect for a variety of beer drinking occasions, Omission Lager’s aromatic hop profile offers a unique, easy-drinking gluten-free beer for those looking for a lighter and approachable beer style.

Omission from Widmer Brothers: Gluten-Free Beers That Taste Like Beer

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Widmer Omission Pale Ale

Product - Widmer Omission Pale Ale 6er
Brewed By: 
Widmer
Self-Defined Style: 
Gluten-free Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.8% ABV

Bold and hoppy, Omission Pale Ale is a hop-forward American Pale Ale, brewed to showcases the Cascade hop profile. Amber in color, Omission Pale Ale’s floral aroma is complemented by caramel malt body, making for a delicious gluten-free craft beer.

Omission from Widmer Brothers: Gluten-Free Beers That Taste Like Beer

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Widmer Rotator IPA

Product - Widmer Rotator
Brewed By: 
Widmer
Self-Defined Style: 
IPA
Strength (ABV): 
6.2% ABV

Widmer Brothers Brewing launches its Rotator IPA series with the release of X-114 India Pale Ale. The first beer in the series of IPAs, X-114 was handcrafted by the Widmer Brothers’ brewing team. X-114 IPA is available in limited quantities on draught and in six-packs at select retailers nationwide.

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Butternuts Heinnieweisse

Product - Butternuts Heinnieweisse
Brewed By: 
Butternuts
Self-Defined Style: 
Weissebier
Strength (ABV): 
4.9% ABV

Traditional Hefeweizen from Germany usually taste like cardboard because by the time you drink them, they're not fresh anymore. Chuck brews Heinnieweisse with Bavarian yeast and a 67% wheat grist approximately 5000 miles closer to your mouth than Germany giving it a rich, fully fresh palate. Pour it and see the wheat cloudiness, smell the notes of estery aroma. At 4.9 % abv you’ll taste the effervescent, sweet yet tart freshness that no farty old German can boast. And what does an Alien have to do with any of this? Ever notice how a hop looks like an Alien's head? Look again.

Best With: 
This excellent unfiltered wheat pairs beautifully with sausage, pretzels with mustard, vegetable pate, Crab Lois and is perfect for brunch.
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Butternuts Porkslap

Product - Butternuts Porkslap
Brewed By: 
Butternuts
Self-Defined Style: 
Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
4.3% ABV

Porkslap Pale Ale is brewed with 2 row North American barley and English crystal malt. The beer is flavored with crystal hop and a touch of fresh ginger to create a distinct flavor only a porkslapper can love. At 4.3% abv this beer is designed to have a good ale flavor and a crisp mild finish.

Deep amber to red in color, nice clarity, and displaying a thin collar of rich foam. Rich, smooth and dry, with a floral bouquet and hints of ginger and spice.

Best With: 
This American pale ale's fragrant bouquet and spicy flavor lend to this beer's ideal match with generously spiced foods such as Southern barbeque, wasabi crusted Japanese dishes, and curry based Indian dishes. This beer is also the perfect complement to grilled meats, particularly burgers, and pizza.
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Narragansett Lager

Product - Narragansett Lager
Brewed By: 
Narragansett
Self-Defined Style: 
Golden Lager
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
12 IBU

Roll out the Barrel: 5.0% Alcohol by Volume and 12 IBUs. A classic American lager and the workhorse of the Gansett stable. Available all year long in bottle, can and on tap!

Quality Supreme: We brew our lager with six row malt, seedless hops, corn from Iowa, our lager strain (the same one the brewery has depended on since just after Prohibition), and the purest water from Lakes Ontario and Hemlock.

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Narragansett Summer Ale

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Brewed By: 
Narragansett
Self-Defined Style: 
Summer Ale
Strength (ABV): 
4.2% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
24 IBU

Narragansett Summer is a light session ale made with two row pale malt and citra hops. The citra hops are a very popular, newer variety that deliver aromas of citrus and passion fruit without overpowering the taste buds. The beer is blonde in color and the mild kiss of the hops complement the pale malt perfectly, making it extremely drinkable.

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Original Sin Cherry Tree Cider

Product - Original Sin Cherry
Brewed By: 
Original Sin
Self-Defined Style: 
Apple Cider Flavored with Cherries
Strength (ABV): 
6.7% ABV

Our Cherry Tree cider combines the finest American heirloom apples, which were popular in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries, with tart cherries. The finished product has the clean, rich flavor of fresh cherries with the depth and elegance that comes from using freshly pressed U.S. heirloom cider apples.

Golden and Russet apples are blended with the juice of tart cherries for a heavier, richer cider. The sweet, rosy pink cider is beautiful in the glass and an ideal match with a hunk of cheddar or served alongside a duck breast. We're nominating it as our rosé of fall.

Best With: 
Cheddar Cheese, Duck Breast
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Original Sin Newtown Pippin Cider

Product - Original sin Newtown Pippin
Brewed By: 
Original Sin
Self-Defined Style: 
Dry Apple Cider
Strength (ABV): 
6.7% ABV

Newtown Pippin Single Heirloom Varietal
“The Prince of Apples”

Fermented to dryness, the tart cider's light fizz strikes a balance with the yeastiness of Champagne yeast and a low residual sugar content. Clean and tasting faintly of lemons, it cuts through fish or even Indian takeout

First harvested in 1740 in Queens, NY.

Coveted by George Washington and Thomas Jeferson and planted in their personal estates.

Benjamin Franklin had Newtown Pippins shipped to him in London in 1759.

Credited with establishing the U.S. fruit export industry.

Best With: 
Indian Takeout
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Oskar Blues Deviant Dale’s

Product - Oskar Blues Deviant Dale’s
Brewed By: 
Oskar Blues
Self-Defined Style: 
India Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
8.0% ABV

Aggressively dry-hopped with Columbus hops. Unfiltered Dale’s Pale Ale with a deviant twist.

Best With: 
With a bold emphasis on hop bitterness, India pale ales are the ultimate beverage pairing for spicy dishes. The sharp hop presence in most India pale ales can stand up to even the most devilish of spices in Cajun, Malaysian, Japanese, Indian, and Mexican cuisine.
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Oskar Blues Mama's Little Yella Pils

Product - Oskar Blues Mama's Little Yella Pils
Brewed By: 
Oskar Blues
Self-Defined Style: 
Pilsner
Strength (ABV): 
5.3% ABV
Color (SRM): 
4º L

Our new canned good is a delicious, small-batch version of the beer that made Pilsen, Czechoslovakia famous. Mama’s is made with hearty amounts of pale malt, German specialty malts, and traditional (Saaz) and 21st century Bavarian hops. It’s the perfect antidote for the watered-down, cornfed versions of pilsner clogging America’s shelves. Our first canned lager, it’s also fermented at cool temperatures with a German yeast. While it’s rich with Czeched-out flavor, Mama’s gentle hopping (about 35 IBUs) and low ABV (just 5.3%) makes it a luxurious but low-dose beer.

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Sixpoint Apollo Wheat

Product - Sixpoint ApollO
Brewed By: 
Sixpoint
Self-Defined Style: 
Bavarian Style Krystallweizen
Strength (ABV): 
5.2% ABV
Color (SRM): 
4º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
11 IBU

The unmistakable flavor of a Bavarian Wheat, but with a clear golden brilliance and a Sixpoint twist. An entirely unique canned offering for the sun-worshipping ale lovers.

Best With: 
Desserts.
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Sixpoint Resin Imperial IPA

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Brewed By: 
Sixpoint
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial IPA
Strength (ABV): 
9.1% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
103 IBU

This 9.1% ABV beer is a double Imperial India Pale Ale with 103 IBUs and is sure to please the hop heads.

From Sixpoint.com:
"It’s been less than a year since we released our four core beers in cans, and we’re ecstatic to announce a new addition to the flock. This isn’t a seasonal release, like the Autumnation of last fall or Diesel, still going ’round this winter. It isn’t our upcoming spring seasonal can, either. It’s a never-before-released, big beer in a slim, 12 oz. can with a potent burst of hops and as strong as an ox: Resin.

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Sixpoint Sehr Crisp Pilsner

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Brewed By: 
Sixpoint
Self-Defined Style: 
Pilsner
Strength (ABV): 
5.5% ABV