Sixpoint's Apollo Ale

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.

ABV: 5.2%

Harpoon's Summer Beer

ABOUT THE STYLE:  Harpoon Summer Beer is a Kolsch style ale. Originating in the Rhineland city of Cologne (Koln), Kolsch ales have the characteristics that many people associate with lager beers. Kolsch is brewed with an ale yeast, but like other northern German light ales, it is straw gold in color and light bodied. The flavor is mild. The hopping levels provide a crisp, dry finish that make this beer particulary refreshing.

BEER CHARACTER AND GLASSWARE: Harpoon Summer Beer is a beer brewed to be enjoyed with summertime activities. It is light, refreshing, and crisp.

The traditional serving style is in small, straight glasses which are constantly circulated among the tables in Koln’s beer halls. This beer goes well with a wide variety of foods, including delicate dishes such as salads and seafood.

The overall character is light and refreshing, with a crisp, dry finish.

AVAILABILITY - April to August

Style:  Kolsch-style ale

History:  Brewed since 1999

Orig. Gravity:  13 P

Color:  Brilliant Gold 5 EBC

ABV:  5.0%

IBU’S:  28

PAIRING SUGGESTIONS:  salads, pasta, seafood  

Founder's Dry Hopped Pale Ale

A testament to Cascade hops in a bottle, this medium-bodied pale ale has a refreshing citrus flavor and a distinctive floral hop aroma due to the aggressive addition of hops during fermentation. You'll notice a slight malty sweetness with a balanced hop finish. Perfect to enjoy anytime, anywhere.

 

5.4% ABV  

35 IBUs

Stone's Levitation Ale

It's been said that "Gravity Sucks." Simple enough. Well, we at Stone have identified gravitational forces in the beer world. And we have come to the conclusion that they, well, see above. So we avoid these less-than-desirable gravitational forces. We avoid dumbed-down flavor profiles and the vigorous pursuit of the lowest common denominator. We avoid big dollar marketing mentalities. We avoid additives, cheap adjuncts, stabilizers and chemical preservatives. So in the defiance of gravity we bring you Stone Levitation Ale. This deep amber ale has rich malt flavors, a big hoppy character, citrus overtones (courtesy of the hops and our special brewers yeast) and modest alcohol.

 

First Release Date:  September 2002  

 

Hop Variety:  Columbus, Crystal & AmarilloStats:

ALC/VOL 4.4%, 45 IBUs

 

Availability:  12oz Bottles, Sixpacks, & Draft

Anderson Valley's Summer Solstice

Summer Solstice Seasonal Ale is not just your average summer seasonal. This unique copper colored ale is smooth, malty, and lightly sweet, with a delicate hint of spice for that oh-so-drinkable, extra velvety flavor.
As with all of our products, Summer Solstice Seasonal Ale is never sterile filtered nor heat pasteurized.

5% ABV
 
4 IBU

Sierra Nevada's Summerfest Lager

Our Summerfest^® is a refreshing, pilsner-style lager. Its incredible smoothness comes from an extra-long lagering period. Lighter in body than our ales but just as complex in character, Summerfest^® quenches your thirst with big aroma and a tangy hop bite.

GOLD MEDAL WINNER
California State Fair (European Light Lagers: 1999)

alcohol content 5.0% ABV	malts Two-row Pale & Munich
beginning gravity 12.2 Plato	yeast Lager Yeast
ending gravity 2.8 Plato	bittering hops Perle & Saaz
bitterness units 28	finishing hops Saaz

Left Hand Brewing's Milk Stout

Milk sugar in your stout
is like cream in your coffee.

Dark and delicious, America's great milk stout will change your perception about what a stout can be. Preconceived notions are the blinders on the road to enlightenment. Udderly delightful.

Style:  Sweet Stout

Color: Black 47 SRM

Body: Full-bodied

ABV: 6.00%

IBU's: 25

Plato: 16°

Pkg: 6-pack, 12-pack and Keg

Malts: Pale 2-row, Crystal, Munich, Roast Barley, 

Flaked Oats, Flaked Barley and Chocolate

Hops: Magnum and US Goldings

Bell's Oberon Ale

Bell's Oberon is a wheat ale fermented with Bell's signature house ale yeast, mixing a spicy hop character with mildly fruity aromas. The addition of wheat malt lends a smooth mouthfeel, making it a classic summer beer.

Alcohol by Volume:  5.8%
Original Gravity:  1.057
Shelf Life:  6 months
Dates Available:  Summer Seasonal
Available Packages:  6-packs, 12-packs, draft, and 5 liter (1.32 gal.) mini-keg

Troegs' Sunshine Pils

 Tröegs Sunshine Pils

Alcohol by Volume: 4.5%
Hop Bitterness (IBUs): 45
Color (SRM): Straw/ Golden
Availability: Seasonal
Malts: Pilsner, Crystal
Hops: Saaz, Hallertau Mitt.
Yeast: Lager

Seasonal Release (April - August)

TASTING NOTES

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.

FOOD COMPLIMENTS

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.
Serving Suggestions:Temp: 40-45º F   Glassware:  Pilsner Flute

Maui Brewing's Mana Wheat

Where’s My Ukulele? An unfiltered freshly handcrafted American-style wheat ale infused with Maui Gold Pineapple. Our crisp and refreshing wheat ale is lightly hopped to allow the fruity sweetness of the pineapple to shine. The yeast stays in suspension making the ale traditionally cloudy.

ABV: 5.5%

21st Amendment's Hell or High Watermelon

Before we get to the beer, just wanted to share a couple of the images that come up when you google "21st Amendment's Hell or High Watermelon".  In today's beer review, please add your best captions for the two pics below.  A little twist in our beer tasting adventure. 

And now 21st Amendment's Hell or High Watermelon

Like Lady Liberty, we stand for independence and perseverance. In the pursuit of innovative beer, there is no obstacle too great. No journey too long. No fruit too gigantic. This American wheat beer is brewed with real watermelon, for a flavor that's surprisingly crisp, dry and refreshing—summer in a can.

Hell or High Watermelon Wheat is our summer seasonal beer available from April through September in six pack cans and on draft. We start by brewing a classic American wheat beer, which undergoes a traditional secondary fermentation using fresh watermelon. A straw-colored, refreshing beer with a kiss of watermelon aroma and flavor.

ABV: 4.9%

Fuller's ESB Ale

ESB was launched into the Fuller's family in 1971, as a winter brew to replace a beer named Old Burton Extra. The potential of the beer was soon realised and ESB was installed as a permanent fixture, creating an immediate impact.

Not only was it one of the strongest regularly brewed draught beers in the country (at 5.5% ABV), it was also one of the tastiest, and as the awareness of the beer grew, so did its popularity. ESB's reputation was soon enhanced after being named CAMRA's (Campaign for Real Ale) Beer of the Year in 1978, and the beer has not stopped winning since!

With three CAMRA Beer of the Year awards, two World Champion Beer awards, and numerous other gold medals to speak of, ESB is, quite simply, the Champion Ale.

Tasting Notes: Brewed at 5.5% ABV in cask and 5.9% ABV in bottle, ESB is a true liquid legend, and should be savoured as such. If you are familiar with this beer, you will undoubtedly be aware of the unique glass that ESB is presented in. This glass was specially selected to help enhance the experience of drinking ESB, so why not visit the online store and purchase a glass to enjoy ESB the way it is meant to be served?

ESB has a wonderful rich mahogany appearance. Taking in the nose, the beer is bursting with cherry and orange, balanced by soft malty toffee and caramel notes. The flavour delivers everything you would expect from such a full-bodied ale. The unique blend of Northdown, Target, Challenger and Goldings hops imparts grassy, peppery notes on the tongue along with intense citrus fruit characters of grapefruits, oranges and lemons. The blend of Pale Ale and Crystal malts in the brew give a biscuity, toffee element to the beer. A smooth, mellow bitterness lingers on the palate to give a superbly satisfying finish.

Goose Island's Honker's Ale

Brewer's Notes:

Inspired by visits to English country pubs, Honker’s Ale combines a fruity hop aroma with a rich malt middle to create a perfectly balanced beer. Immensely drinkable, Honker’s Ale is not only the beer you can trust but one you’ll look forward to time and again.

Recipe Information:

Style: English Style Bitter
Alcohol By Volume: 4.2%
International Bitterness Units: 30
Color: Golden Sunset
Hops: Styrian Golding
Malts: 2 Row, Caramel, Wheat, Roasted Barley

Serving Suggestions:

Preferred Glass: Tulip Pint
Food Pairings: Burgers, Fish and Chips
Cheese Pairings: Camembert, English Cheddar
Cellaring Notes: Enjoy within 180 days

Availability:

Year Round
Bottles: 6 & 12pks
Draft: 1/6 & 1/2bbl

World Beer Cup Recognition:

Judging Category: English Style Bitter
2006: Bronze Medal

Great American Beer Festival Recognition:

Judging Category: English Style Bitter
1997: Gold Medal

Schlafly's Helles Style Summer Lager

 

Summer Lager

Available April-August.

ABV: 4.5% | IBU: 17

• Appearance: Straw-colored, bright
• Process: German-style Helles
• Hops: Mittelfrüh, Magnum (DE)
• Malts: 2-row and Europils malted barley, Carapils malt
• Yeast: German Lager
• OG: 11.1
• SRM: 3.4

Our Helles-Style Summer Lager is a bright, golden beer, perfect for summertime. The malts we use impart a wonderful, fresh grain character, reminiscent of European lagers. The German Noble hop, Mittelfrüh, lends a mild lemony, spicy flavor.

The German word “Helles” translates as “light” and “Lager” means “to store”. This beer style emerged in Germany through the Spaten Brewery’s marriage of British, Bohemian and German brewing techniques. This style is an integral part of brewing history and a predecessor of the straw-colored, light-bodied beers which are the most widely consumed beers in the world today. The lager yeast ferments the beer more slowly and at lower temperatures; it is then stored for maturation. This results in a beer which is more smooth and drinkable. Today, many American craft brewers offer this style as a maltier and hoppier alternative to American light lagers.

Anchor's Summer Beer

Crisp and cool as a San Francisco summer.

The crisp, clean flavors of Anchor Summer ® Beer are refreshingly light, a thirst-quenching American-style filtered wheat beer.

Released each year in advance of the summer season, Anchor Summer ® Beer is an all-malt beer, with over 50% of its malt derived from malted wheat. It is fermented with a traditional top-fermenting "ale" yeast, yielding a clean, balanced flavor that highlights the refreshingly light flavor of malted wheat. The head is unusually abundant due to the natural protein deposits of wheat, with a thick consistency similar to meringue.

First brewed in the summer of 1984, Anchor Summer ® Beer is the first American wheat beer in modern times. Anchor Summer ® Beer is intended to be a lighter beer for those who don’t want to sacrifice tradition or character.

First Brew:  1984

First Bottling:  1984

 

ABV:  4.5%

Availability:  April-Oct

 

Malt:  Blend of 2-Row Pale & Malted Wheat

 

Hops:  Goldings & Glacier

Victory's Summer Love Ale

With the sublime, earthy familiarity of noble, American and German hops backed up by fresh and clean German malts, Summer Love Ale^® ends with a surprising burst of lemony refreshment from fistfuls of American whole flower hops. Love Summer, now.

COMPOSITION

Malts:	2 row German pilsner malt
Hops:	American and German whole flowers
ABV:	5.2%

AVAILABILITY: Available on draft and in bottles beginning May – August.

DC Brau's The Corruption IPA

 

THE CORRUPTION

The Corruption IPA is DC Brau's take on a Pacific Northwest IPA.

Brewed with Pale 2 row, C-10, Honey and Victory malts. Exclusively hopped with 40 lbs of Columbus hops per brew to ring in at 80 IBU.

"The Corruption" comes in at 6.5% ABV. This beer straddle's the line between IPA and Imperial IPA and has a supportive malty backbone with an assertive hop presence that smacks your mouth with a dank, resinous bitterness followed by pleasant aroma's of pine sap and burnt spruce.
 

Can Factoids:

• 2012: "In 1824, Speaker of the House Henry Clay forged a coalition that secured the White House for John Quincy Adams. In return, Adams named Clay as his secretary of state in what became known as 'The Corrupt Bargain'."

Avery's Out Of Bounds Stout

 

 

Beer Style: American Stout
Hop Variety: Bullion, Fuggles
Malt Variety: Two-row barley, roasted barley, black, caramel 120L  

OG: 1.054 ABV: 6.3% IBUs: 51 Color: Black

This big, roasty stout takes flavor to the extreme. We aren’t afraid to use plenty of rich roasted barley and a mountain of hops to give this full-bodied stout that little extra something you’ve been looking for in a beer.

Food pairing: Hamburgers, steaks, shepherd’s pie and other hearty endeavors are best with our Out of Bounds Stout.

Availability: Year round. Six-pack bottles, cases, 1/6BBL and 1/2BBL kegs.

 

1997 Colorado State Fair “1st Place Stout”
1997 Colorado State Fair “Best of Show”
1996 Colorado State Fair “3rd Place Stout”
1995 Westword’s “Best Local Microbrew”
1994 Great American Beer Festival “Gold Medal”

Founder's Double Trouble Imperial IPA

An imperial IPA that was brewed to turn your world upside down. Hops will get you coming and going. Pungent aromatics up front pair with a malt-balanced backbone and a smooth, bitter finish.

 

ABV: 9.4%

RJ Rocker's Son Of A Peach

An unfiltered American wheat ale made with real mean peaches. The only thing missing is the fuzz. Savor the anger. Available during the late Spring and Summer months. 
 

ABV: 6.0%

Goose Island's Summertime

Brewer's Notes:

The color of sunshine, with a light fruity aroma and a hint of fruity acidity, Goose Island Summertime is the perfect summer session ale. A Kölsch beer brewed in the traditional German fashion, you’ll find yourself enjoying and savoring each sip of summertime as much as you do those hot summer days and cool summer nights.

Recipe Information:

Style: German Style Kölsch
Alcohol by Volume: 4.7%
International Bitterness Units: 20
Color: Sunshine
Hops: Mt. Hood, Saaz
Malt: 2 Row, Wheat

Serving Suggestions:

Preferred Glass: Stange
Food Pairings: Salads, Fish
Cheese Pairings: Buffalo Mozzarella
Cellaring Notes: Enjoy within 180 days

Availability:

Seasonal (March-August)
Bottles: 6, 12 & 24pks
Draft: 1/6 & 1/2bbl

Great American Beer Festival Recognition:

Judging Category: Golden or Blonde Ale
2002: Gold Medal

World Beer Championships Recognition:

Judging Category: Kolsch
2011: Silver Medal

Brooklyn's Summer Ale

Brooklyn Summer Ale is a modern rendition of the "Light Dinner Ales" brewed in England throughout the 1800's right up until the 1940's. They were also called "luncheon ales" or even "family ales", because they were refreshing and flavorful without being too heavy. We brew our Brooklyn Summer Ale from premium English barley malt, which gives this light-bodied golden beer a fresh bready flavor. German and American hops lend a light crisp bitterness and a citrus/floral aroma, resulting in a beer with a very sunny disposition.

Spec Sheet

Style: Pale Ale
Malts: Two row British malts
Hops: German Perle and American Cascade, Fuggle and Amarillo
Alcohol by Volume: 5.0%
IBUs: 18
Original Gravity: 11° Plato
Calories: 150
Food Pairings: Excellent with salads, seafood, quiches, lightly spicy dishes, cheddar and feta. It’s also great at brunch.
Availability: March-July
Format: 15.5 gal kegs; 5.2 gal kegs; 24/12oz bottles; 12oz cans

Dominion's Beach House Golden Pilsner

About Dominion's Beach House Golden Pilsner:  Our Bohemian Pilsner, brewed with all natural ingredients, is crisp and refreshing, making it a perfect beach companion. Go Bohemian this Summer and take a case of our Beach House to your beach house.

• Perle, Tettanger & Saaz hops
• Pairs well with salads, baked chicken, spicy Asian cuisine & a Summer barbeque.
• Serve in a mug or Pilsner glass at 40-45ºF

ABV: 5.2%

Heavy Seas Sea Nymph

Heavy Seas, as a brand, was an extension of Clipper City to handle higher gravity beers. The company is now called Heavy Seas with the beers segmented in one of three categories based on style/season: Clipper Fleet (lighter beers), Pyrate Fleet (high gravity beers), and Mutiny Fleet (seasonal beers). Sea Nymph is a member of the Clipper Fleet.

About Heavy Seas' Sea Nymph:  A crisp and refreshing ale, with a delicate malt foundation and mild hops. Light gold in color, yet crisp and refreshing. This summer ale will pair well with grilled seafood and salads. Perfect for a long summer day.

ABV: 4.5%