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Releases and Events – November 2nd
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Releases and Events – November 2nd
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MadeWest Brewing Releases Short-Lived Series –
A MadeWest Brewing and Fieldwork Brewing Collaboration
Photograph Courtesy of MadeWest
MadeWest and Fieldwork collaborated to release a West Coast IPA hopped with New Zealand’s finest Nelson, Nectaron and Waimea hops. This thiol rich Southern Hemisphere hop combination unleashes tropical fruit aromas with notes of intense grapefruit, passion fruit and guava while the lean malt profile leaves this IPA finishing dry and refreshing. ABV – 7%
Great Divide Brewing Releases Hibernation Ale and Gingerbread Yeti
Great Divide made its 27th annual release of Hibernation Ale. This classic English-style old ale features a malty richness balanced with a complex hop profile and a hearty, warming character.
ABV: 8.7% | Sizes: 6-pack cans, 5 & 15.5 gal kegs | Available: Nov – Jan; Photograph Courtesy of Great Divide
In addition, Great Divide released Gingerbread Yeti Imperial Stout. Blended with a mix of spices, honey and vanilla, this Yeti variant provides a smooth and aromatic drinking pleasure. And Gingerbread Yeti instills a strong nostalgia for creating gingerbread houses.
ABV: 9.5% | Sizes: 19.2oz cans | Available: Nov – Jan; Photograph Courtesy of Great Divide
Tröegs Releases Fan-Favorite Winter IPA, Blizzard of Hops
Photograph courtesy of Tröegs Independent Brewing
Tröegs Independent Brewing released of Blizzard of Hops, its fan-favorite winter IPA. The seasonal beer has been a mainstay of the Hershey, PA, brewery’s Hop Cycle IPA series since its inception in 2014. “It’s a nod to hop growers around the world, thanking them for another successful harvest,” says Tröegs brewmaster and co-founding brother John Trogner.
Brimming with enlivening bitterness, Blizzard of Hops evokes notes of spruce tips, pineapple, and orange rind thanks to a combination of Centennial, Chinook, and El Dorado hops. “In the winter, people’s taste buds deaden down and they tend to eat richer and fattier foods,” explains Trogner. “In my mind, there’s a need for bitterness on the beer side to balance that out.”
Built on a foundation of pilsner malt and wheat, this cold-weather favorite clocks in at 6.4% ABV.
Blizzard of Hops is available in 12-oz bottles and cans as well as 1/2 and 1/6 kegs everywhere Tröegs beer is sold.
Sierra Nevada Brewing Releases Cryo Fresh Torpedo IPA
Photograph courtesy of Sierra Nevada Brewing
Cryo Fresh™ hops make a wet hop IPA possible, anytime. And Cryo Fresh™ Torpedo® is the first nationally available IPA to feature their extreme notes of citrus, stone fruit, and fresh harvest magic.
Hops hit their peak right when they’re picked, but they fade fast. So the innovators at Yakima Chief Hops set out to keep them fresh, forever. Using freshly picked hops — still undried (“wet”) — Yakima Chief runs a patented cryogenic process to remove the hop leaves and isolate the jackpot inside: pure lupulin, the source of aroma and flavor.
Sierra Nevada designed a special blend of these Cryo Fresh hops, officially named YCH® 301 Trial hops, to give Cryo Fresh Torpedo its explosive layers of grapefruit, orange, passion fruit and mango — harvest flavors straight from the field.
You’ll find this Torpedo exclusively in the Hoppy Sampler, so track down a pack for that just-picked, powerhouse hop flavor.
Click Here to Use Sierra Nevada’s Beer Locator to find Cryo Fresh™ Torpedo®