Calling all beer geeks! Here are the beers that hit shelves this week at liquor stores, bottle shops and better grocery stores throughout the St. Louis area. Please contact your favorite retailer for current availability.
| Status: Returning Seasonal |
| Brewery: Schlafly |
| Name of Beer: American IPA |
| Beer Style: IPA |
| Description: Our American IPA gets its bold hop flavor from 100% American hops and its deep gold and full body from pale and crystal malted barley. A blend of Amarillo, Centennial and Simcoe hop varietals imparts AIPA with bitterness and prominent aromas of citrus and fruit. Our brewers select these hops on an annual pilgrimage to the hop farms of Pacific Northwest. IPAs (India Pale Ales) were first brewed in England during the late 1700s for export overseas to British soldiers in India. To keep their beer from spoiling during the long voyage, English brewers fortified their traditional pale ale recipes with natural preservatives: more malted barley, for a higher alcohol content, and more hops. In recent decades, with growing appreciation for highly hopped beers, American craft brewers have revived the style, embraced it, and incorporated new hop varieties. Our Special Release IPAs further those traditions and showcase the distinctions of hops from different hemispheres. 6 pack bottles |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Schlafly |
| Name of Beer: Coconut Crème Ale |
| Beer Style: Wheat Ale |
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Description: Our tropical twist on an American Style wheat ale. Created by fermenting with coconuts and pineapples, then aged on toasted coconut flakes yielding a light colored dessert beer that’s sweet, smooth and malty. 6 pack bottles Photo Credit and Tasting Notes: Beer Street Journal |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Cathedral Square |
| Name of Beer: Heavenly Honey Razz |
| Beer Style: Amber Ale |
| Description: Amber ale brewed with heavenly local wildflower honey from Foundations Farms & fresh Raspberry purée. Taste the nectar of the gods. 6 pack bottles |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Piney River |
| Name of Beer: Mule Team |
| Beer Style: Imperial IPA |
| Description: American-style imperial India pale ale generously hopped and dry hopped with centennial, citra, mosaic and Amarillo hops. Two people with a dream, an old barn and a love for craft beer and the Ozarks cannot succeed on their own. It takes a team — dedicated employees, partnerships with distributors, support of friends, neighbors and craft beer lovers. Thank you for pulling with us over the past six year! — Joleen and Brian Durham 4 pack cans |
| Status: Returning Seasonal |
| Brewery: Boulevard |
| Name of Beer: Zon |
| Beer Style: Belgian Witbier |
| Description: Boulevard’s summer seasonal is our interpretation of a classic Belgian witbier. Zon (Flemish for “sun”) combines the subtle flavors of coriander and orange peel with other traditional ingredients to create a delightful, refreshing summertime beer. 6 pack bottles |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Lagunitas |
| Name of Beer: Born Again Yesterday |
| Beer Style: Pale Ale |
| Description: We’ve discovered that the Lagunitas brewers are part time alchemists... they’ve figured out how to keep wet hops wet all freakin’ year long! The next beer in our 2017 #OneHitter Series is this Born Again Yesterday Pale Ale, which features a delicious concoction of wet hops, reborn and unfiltered into our Born Yesterday Pale Ale. Congrats... It’s a beer again! 6 pack bottles |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Jolly Pumpkin/Holy Mountain |
| Name of Beer: Smashed, Grabbed and Hop Dusted |
| Beer Style: Wild Ale |
| Description: From the brewer: “Have you ever been smashed, grabbed and hop dusted? It’s what can happen should you take a trip to Holy Mountain. A surreal David Lynch biker psychological thriller kidnap movie with Liam Neeson or Jason Statham, only there is no Liam Neeson or Jason Statham. Only good friends handing you delicious delights of hops and joy. Feel familiar? Then you’ve been hop dusted. Own it!? 750 ml bottle |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Jolly Pumpkin/Monkish |
| Name of Beer: Apocolocynposis |
| Beer Style: Wild Ale |
| Description: From the brewer:“You will be assimilated! Driving around the country in a Winnebago with a sleave of coasters and a crowler machine, one sees a lot of weird things. Weird things of the kind that initially prompted this utilitarian uniting of super wonder twin powers. Need a strainer gasket? Larger diameter drain tube on that kettle? A better spray nozzle for that hose, or input on how to rid your life of that messy, dangerous diverter panel?We are here for you. You will be assimilated. v.3.0 Galactic Pumpkin” Apocolocynposis is a 4.3 percent ABV sour ale brewed with both blackberries and lime. 750 ml bottle |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: The Bruery |
| Name of Beer: Melange #3 |
| Beer Style: Strong Ale |
| Description: Mélange #3 is a blend of three bourbon barrel aged strong ales. White Oak Sap, a wheat wine, our Anniversary Series old ale and our imperial Stout, Black Tuesday, join forces in this luxurious strong ale that links some of the best characteristics of each of the contributing beers. Chocolate, dark fruits, oaky vanilla and rich toffee-like character reach through the bourbon veneer for an intensely satisfying quaff. 750 ml bottle |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: The Bruery |
| Name of Beer: White Chocolate |
| Beer Style: Bourbon Barrel Aged Wheatwine |
| Description: This bourbon barrel-aged wheatwine-style ale made a fanciful trip to the chocolatier and returned with luscious flavors of white chocolate – hence the name. White Chocolate is a rewarding summons to the senses – beginning with its golden appearance and finishing with warming, white chocolate-like flavors. This is accomplished by adding cacao nibs from TCHO and fresh vanilla beans to our bourbon barrel-aged wheatwine-style ale, complimenting the rich notes of coconut, honey, caramel and vanilla from extensive barrel-aging. 750 ml bottle |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: The Bruery |
| Name of Beer: Share This: OC |
| Beer Style: Imperial Stout |
| Description: Share This: OC is a rich, imperial stout infused with orange-chocolate flavors. It’s a profile we’re quite fond of, given the abundance of orange trees in our own backyard. Food Forward takes it one step further – reaching over 100,000 people a month throughout eight counties in Southern California (including Orange County) with recovered fresh fruits and vegetables that would normally go to waste from backyard fruit trees, public orchards, farmers markets and the downtown Los Angeles Wholesale Produce Market. To achieve the orange-chocolate flavor profile in this beer, we use orange zest, vanilla and TCHO cacao nibs. For every bottle we produce, Food Forward receives one dollar. 750 ml bottle |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Goodwood |
| Name of Beer: Spruce Tip |
| Beer Style: IPA |
| Description: A soulful combo of bold Cascade hops, sweet Colorado blue spruce tips and a touch of caramel malt will satisfy your craving for something unique. Make this your first pick. 6 pack cans |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Green Flash |
| Name of Beer: GFB |
| Beer Style: Blonde Ale |
| Description: GFB has an approachable flavor with hints of honey and orange peel complemented by a mellow malt character. 6 pack bottles |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: North Peak |
| Name of Beer: Original |
| Beer Style: Hoppy Pale Ale |
| Description: With less alcohol than an IPA, the hops are still prominently showcased in this hoppy pale ale. A light sweet malt taste compliments the beautiful citrus floral notes from the hops. An everyday tribute to the original pale ale. 6 pack bottles |
| Status: Returning Seasonal |
| Brewery: Boulevard |
| Name of Beer: Hibiscus Gose |
| Beer Style: Gose |
| Description: Our version of an unusual, yet resurgent, beer style. It pays tribute to the pleasantly sour, slightly salty wheat beers that originated in Goslar and became popular in Leipzig, Germany around the late 1800’s. A great introductory sour beer, Hibiscus Gose receives coriander and sea salt during boiling, then we steep dried hibiscus flowers at the end to create a vibrant pink hue (really, though, it’s pink!). The result is a tangy, sweet and sour ale with a refreshing citrus character. 6 pack bottles |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Big Muddy |
| Name of Beer: Vanilla Coffee Stout |
| Beer Style: Imperial Stout |
| Description: Our Vanilla Stout infused with coffee from our local roaster Jen's Joes. Aged in a Buffalo Trace bourbon barrels. 22 ounce bottle |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Tallgrass |
| Name of Beer: The Grizz |
| Beer Style: Imperial IPA |
| Description: The Grizz comes out of hibernation in 2017, full-bodied and with pine and hints of grapefruit, orange, lemon and peach on the nose. Flavors of pine, resin, woody hops and citrus dominate the palate, while the 9.5% ABV and 80 IBUs make The Grizz roar. 4 pack cans |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Bitburger |
| Name of Beer: Radler |
| Beer Style: Shandy |
| Description: A light, aromatic shandy with a typically dry, Pilsener taste. It has an exceptional citrus taste with a clear hop flavor which leaves a pleasant aftertaste and strikes a dry, refreshing balance with the fruitiness. 4 pack cans |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Prairie Artisan Ales |
| Name of Beer: Bomb! (Spaceship Earth Coffee) |
| Beer Style: Imperial Stout |
| Description: Historically, Bomb! has incorporated a coffee named Espresso Divino from Tulsa, Okla.-based Nordaggios Coffee, but the new version will include a “single bean from Peru roasted between full city (and) Vienna” sourced from Spaceship Earth Coffee Co. in McAlester, Okla. 12 ounce bottle |
Coming soon: By the end of the month we should hopefully see bottles of 120 Minute IPA from Dogfish Head. Also it looks like The Cooper Project from Goose Island got pushed back to next week. Keep watching the shelves!
Tim Lewis
Freelance Writer at Saint Brewis
Tim Lewis is a Certified Cicerone® who is obsessed with all things beer related. When not reading about beer, tasting beer, going to beer festivals or blogging about it, he's probably doing something else beer related. In short, BEER! Find me on Untappd!
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