Every week, Scott puts his ear to the bottle, takes to the streets and seeks out all the new brews hitting the better bottle shops around town. You’ll find his Beer Hunter’s Report posted here every Wednesday. Any last-minute additions can be found in Thursday’s Weekend Beer Buzz.
- Pipeworks is dropping hard this week; Cherry Truffle Abduction (it’s aliens), Attack of the Devil’s Lettuce Coffee IPA and Glaucus Belgian Style IPA. Plus the return of Lizard King and Ninja vs. Unicorn.
- Pliny started hitting last week, and more is hitting this week. Make sure to hoard all you can, loser.
- Dry Dock Sour Apricot in cans! Let Summer begin.
- Almanac Tropical Platypus brewed in celebration of City Beer Store’s (San Fran) 10th Anniversary, which has a platypus as a mascot. I don’t make this shit up.
- Jolly Pumpkin Inicios Nuevos and La Roja du Kriek are both hitting shelves.
- Stillwater Artisanal Super Hop. To the hip, hip hop, and you don’t stop, a rock it; To the bang bang boogie, say, up jump the boogie, To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat.
- Anchorage Anadromous Black Sour Ale is back. Is this beer a male or a female? Oh wait, wrong word…
- Ska Hop Ivy All Colorado Ale in cans y’all!
- Look soon for Fat Tire and Friends Collaboration Pack includes friends like HUB, Avery, Firestone Walker, Allagash and Rhinegeist. With friends like these, who needs Fat Tire. Wait, what?
- As early as next week, look for The Bruery Share This: Coffee. All the coffee beers.
- Firestone Walker Stickee Monkee should hit mid-June. Don’t forget to put a merkin on your stickee monkee.
By: Scott Steigerwald
