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: Limited |
| Brewery: Firestone Walker |
| Name of Beer: Luponic Distortion No.004 |
| Beer Style: IPA |
| Description: Firestone Walker’s Luponic Distortion revolving hop series reaches firmly into the Southern Hemisphere with the release of Revolution No. 004 this month—a mind-bending mix of seven different hop varieties, led by a pair of experimental South African hops. Four South African hops take the lead in Revolution 004. Two are experimental hops with pronounced tropical fruit qualities, along with distinct white grape and floral notes. The third hop presents a lively passion fruit character, while the fourth is more classically noble in profile. 6 pack cans |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Wild Onion |
| Name of Beer: Drago |
| Beer Style: Imperial Stout |
| Description: An insanely full-bodied Russian Imperial Stout named after Rocky’s ultimate foe. Brewed with boatloads of roasted malt and Sumatra coffee beans. This big ale will warm the coldest of souls. 4 pack bottles |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Crane |
| Name of Beer: Tea Weiss |
| Beer Style: Berliner Style Weiss Beer |
| Description: A distinctly American take on an old-world German ale, Tea Weiss combines Kansas City’s own Hugo Berry Rooibos Tea with a spritzy, sour wheat beer to exceedingly refreshing effect. 750 ml bottle |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Crane |
| Name of Beer: Kumquat Weiss |
| Beer Style: Berliner Style Weiss Beer |
| Description: Like origami, Bonsai is an ancient tradition of Japan that promotes careful contemplation. Through gradual growth and cultivation of a small branching tree, such as the native kumquat, reflection may take place. We view our small craft brewery the same way, aimed at careful cultivation of craft beer flavor and culture. We will always be willing to trim back branches that may reach too far and too fast to preserve the quality of what grows. Please take a moment, while you drink this citrusy tart beer, to quietly reflect on growth, preservation and life. 750 ml bottle |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Crane |
| Name of Beer: Beet Weiss |
| Beer Style: Berliner Style Weiss Beer |
| Description: The beer that made Michael Crane famous is an earthy, zinger that pairs great with food. Our Fall seasonal Berliner-style weiss combines a sour German wheat beer with an unlikely vegetable, and, frankly, they look really good together. 750 ml bottle |
| Status: Returning Seasonal |
| Brewery: Founders |
| Name of Beer: Azacca IPA |
| Beer Style: IPA |
| Description: Named after the Haitian God of agriculture, the Azacca hop has an intense tropical aroma with hints of citrus and mango. A touch of caramel malt gives a sweet backbone to support the righteous fruit character of this beer. Pouring a burnt orange color and registering at 7.0% ABV, your taste buds will worship this heavenly, hopped delight. 6 pack bottles |
| Status: Restock |
| Brewery: Southern Tier |
| Name of Beer: 2X Stout |
| Beer Style: Double Milk Stout |
| Description: Milk stout, also called ‘cream’ or ‘sweet’ stout, is a stout containing lactose, a sugar derived from milk. Because lactose is unfermentable by beer yeast, it adds sweetness and body to the finished beer. Milk stouts have been claimed to be nutritious, and were marketed as such in the early 1900s with claims that would make the FDA wince. One ad read, “Ideal for nursing mothers, for the healthy, for the invalid, and for the worker.” Surely! Of course, we couldn’t stop at a traditional milk stout. Ours is a double, an addition to our 2X line, and at 7.5% abv is every bit as delicious as it sounds. To your health! 6 pack bottles |
| Status: Restock |
| Brewery: Southern Tier |
| Name of Beer: Crème Brulee |
| Beer Style: Imperial Milk Stout |
| Description: By comprehending the labyrinthine movement of time, one would not think it strange to trace the errant path of an ordinary object such as a cream dessert only to discover that it has been the cause of cultural disputes since the middle ages. The British founders of burnt cream and from Spain, crema catalana, both stand by their creative originality and we respect that, but it was the French Crème Brûlée, amid the strife of contention, that survived to represent our deliciously creamy brew. 4 pack bottles |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Lionstone |
| Name of Beer: Back 40 |
| Beer Style: Peanut Butter Wheat |
| Description: A hybrid of our favorite hefe brewed w/ midnight wheat for a subtle roast while retaining its banana flavor & aroma w/ an extra punch of peanut butter flavor. 6 pack cans |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Lionstone |
| Name of Beer: Savage |
| Beer Style: IPA |
| Description: A fiercely hopped India pale ale. Untamable! 6 pack cans |
| Status: Restock |
| Brewery: Odell |
| Name of Beer: Runoff |
| Beer Style: Red IPA |
| Description: When it’s spring in the Rockies, one day can span all four seasons. Morning snow gives way to afternoon sun, sending fresh snowmelt into our rivers and into our mash tun. With a complex malt backbone dry-hopped for notes of citrus and pine, it’s almost as surprising as the season itself. 6 pack bottles |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Piraat |
| Name of Beer: Special Reserve |
| Beer Style: Belgian Strong Ale |
| Description: Brewed in honor of the original seafarers of the 19th century, Piraat Ale seemed destined to be aged in Rum barrels. The Belgian classic and perennial gold medal winner is aged in barrels for the first time since it’s inception. At 10.5% ABV the beer has a large malt profile which produces flavors of country bread and dried fruits. Due to secondary fermentation in the bottle, Piraat has always been regarded as one of smoothest strong golden ales ever brewed. By aging it in rum barrels the beer picks up vanilla accents, which further rounds out the beer without overpowering the spicy quality which has made Piraat famous. 750 ml bottle |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Brasserie Silly |
| Name of Beer: Burgundy Barrel Aged Scotch Ale |
| Beer Style: Special Ale |
| Description: Each year Brasserie de Silly takes their famous Scotch Silly brand and ages it in a different style barrel. 2016 features Scotch Silly aged in Burgundy Barrels from the Nuits-Saint-George region of France . This deep dark colored scotch ale is a perfect blend of caramelized malt and candied sugar from the mother beer with the flavor coming from the Burgundy barrel to produce a brew that explodes with flavor. 750 ml bottle |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: New Belgium |
| Name of Beer: Voodoo Ranger 8 Hop |
| Beer Style: Pale Ale |
| Description: Brilliantly balanced for easy drinking, this pale ale is packed with citrus and tropical fruit flavors from eight different hop varieties. 6 pack bottles |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: New Belgium |
| Name of Beer: Tartastic |
| Beer Style: Lemon Ginger Sour |
| Description: Brace yourself for a refreshingly tart snap. Tartastic's lacto sour profile and fruity, spicy undertones enliven the taste buds with each bright, sessionable sip. 6 pack bottles |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: New Belgium |
| Name of Beer: Whizbang |
| Beer Style: Hoppy Blonde Ale |
| Description: A complex hoppy blonde ale bursting with Mosaic hops and a malty backbone for a full-flavored taste explosion. 6 pack bottles |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Sam Adams |
| Name of Beer: Hopscape |
| Beer Style: Wheat Ale |
| Description: Four types of West Coast hops add bold notes of pine and juicy grapefruit to this deep golden wheat ale, for a crisp flavor that’s a refreshing escape from winter’s lingering chill. 6 pack bottles |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Petrus |
| Name of Beer: Sour Quad |
| Beer Style: Quadrupel |
| Description: From the innovators at Brouwerij De Brabandere we have something totally new: a Sour Quad. The Petrus Sour Quad is a limited edition blend of quadruple and 30% Petrus Aged Pale. The quadruple is a complex, dark, malty beer made from 5 different malts. Adding Petrus Aged Pale, pure foeder beer, to the full bodied strong quadruple creates a refreshing and complex taste. 750 ml bottle |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Omnipollo/Buxton |
| Name of Beer: Yellow Belly Sundae |
| Beer Style: Imperial Stout |
| Description: Bourbon Barrel Aged Yellow Belly Peanut Butter Biscuit Stout brewed with lactose and aged on vanilla beans and cocoa nibs. A collaboration with Buxton Brewery. 11.2 ounce bottle |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Deschutes |
| Name of Beer: The Dissident |
| Beer Style: Oud Bruin |
| Description: The Dissident is an Oud Bruin, a distinctive Flanders-style sour brown ale, with a heavenly aroma and flavor. Our first wild yeast beer, we use Brettanomyces and local cherries to give The Dissident its characteristic sour taste. Our stiffest brewing challenge, it must be fermented in isolation from our other beers for a full 22 months, partly in pinot and cabernet barrels. The words coddled and “worth it” come to mind. 22 ounce bottle |
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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