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: Grimm |
| Name of Beer: Color Field |
| Beer Style: Wild Ale |
| Description: Color Field is a dry hopped sour ale brewed with hibiscus, rose hips, and chamomile. It pours a hazy pink color topped with a fluffy white head. Tart aromas of Huell Melon hops, black pepper, and earthy, gently perfumed botanicals mingle with classic saison funk. The soft, refreshing acidity is balanced by a hint of floral sweetness. This beer is never boiled and never filtered. 22 ounce bottle |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Grimm |
| Name of Beer: Sugarmaker |
| Beer Style: Imperial Stout |
| Description: Imperial milk stout with maple syrup and vanilla. 22 ounce bottle |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Grimm |
| Name of Beer: Blackberry Orange Pop |
| Beer Style: Berliner Weisse |
| Description: Dessert Berliner weisse brewed with blackberries, orange zest, vanilla and milk sugar. 22 ounce bottle |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Grimm |
| Name of Beer: Sumi Zest |
| Beer Style: Imperial Stout |
| Description: The Sumi base is back, this time in a non-barrel-aged treatment! The same luscious, chocolatey richness but with an orange zest aroma. Inspired by the classic “chocolate orange ball,” this is the decadent dessert stout for chilly winter nights. 22 ounce bottle |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: To Ol |
| Name of Beer: Sur Sorachi Ace |
| Beer Style: Brett IPA |
| Description: Part of the “Sur” series, this beauty is a Dry Hopped Sour Brett IPA, sitting at 6%. It’s hopped over and over with Sorachi Ace hops, Funky, Tart-y and Lemon-y and Out of this world-y. 16 ounce can |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Renaissance |
| Name of Beer: Sencha Saison |
| Beer Style: French Style Farmhouse Ale |
| Description: A light coloured Saison with hints of clove and spice flavours undelaying a soft malt character. The New Zealand hop presence is pronounced yet not overwhelming and the slightly sour yet dry finish lets the unique presence of the citrus Sencha tea infusion shine through. 500 ml bottle |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Renaissance |
| Name of Beer: Boonies |
| Beer Style: New Zealand Pilsner |
| Description: Boonies is a New Zealand pilsner produced by the multi-award winning Renaissance Brewery in Marlborough New Zealand. Made to be drunk on hot summer days or with spicy food during the cooler months, it is full of tropical New Zealand hops that combine with the traditionally smooth pilsner yeast and malt perfectly. A kiwi take on a European classic. 500 ml bottle |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Mikkeller |
| Name of Beer: Hallo ich bin Berliner Weisse-Passionfruit |
| Beer Style: Berliner Weisse |
| Description: Berliner-style Weisse beer brewed with Passionfruit. 16 ounce can |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Mikkeller |
| Name of Beer: Hallo ich bin Berliner Weisse-Raspberry |
| Beer Style: Berliner Weisse |
| Description: Berliner-style Weisse beer brewed with raspberries. 16 ounce can |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Boulevard |
| Name of Beer: Scotch On Scotch |
| Beer Style: Imperial Scotch Ale |
| Description: Stylistically speaking, Scotch on Scotch is an Imperial Scotch Ale aged on Scotch barrel chips. A massive malt presence is created by layering caramel and amber malts with just a touch of peat smoked malt for additional complexity. Brief resting on oak chips following primary fermentation allows Scotch On Scotch to coax rich woody, char and vanilla notes along with the essence of Scotch whisky into a hearty, warming beer, a liquid fireplace of sorts. Hopping with Magnum, Chinook and Northern Brewer hops contributes a spicy earthiness to Scotch On Scotch. Pouring deep chestnut brown, Scotch on Scotch opens with aromas of fig and raisin punctuated by subtle oak and whisky character. A combination of caramel malts is accented by an addition of dark brown sugar during the boil resulting in suggestions of toffee and molasses and a slightly sticky mouthfeel. Aging on Scotch whisky barrel chips lends complexity and structure to Scotch on Scotch as it tapers to a rich, lingering finish featuring spicy/earthy notes provided by Northern Brewer hops. 4 pack bottles |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Boulevard |
| Name of Beer: Show Me Sour |
| Beer Style: Barrel Aged Sour Ale |
| Description:
Originally brewed as a collaboration between Boulevard’s Brewmaster Steven Pauwels and Side Project’s Cory King for Boulevardia 2015, Show Me Sour was inspired by their mutual admiration for low ABV, Belgian table beers. Composed of a malt bill featuring our two-row pale malt, Maris Otter, Amber 50, malted wheat and Midnight Wheat, Show Me Sour was acidified using a process known as brewhouse souring. Brewhouse souring allows us to have precise control over the level of acidity in the wort, resulting in a final beer that’s exactly as sour as intended. Following primary fermentation, Show Me Sour was transferred to second use whiskey barrels for a minimum of two months, enough time to extract char, vanilla and oak characteristics with just a touch of spirit character. After aging, Show Me Sour was pulled from the whiskey barrels and blended back with fresh beer to achieve balance in a unique offering that’s our play on a whiskey sour. 6 pack bottles |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Old Bakery |
| Name of Beer: Gentle Giant |
| Beer Style: Imperial IPA |
| Description: This new beer is named after Alton’s own Robert Wadlow. Despite its high ABV, it proves to be a gentle, fruity and drinkable double IPA. 4 pack cans
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| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Ballast Point |
| Name of Beer: Sea Rose |
| Beer Style: Tart Cherry Wheat Ale |
| Description: Our Sea Rose tart cherry wheat ale is a fresh take on fruit beers. Originally conceived during an employee-led R&D brew, it’s one of our most imaginative recipes yet. The American wheat style is light and clean, while fresh cherry juice adds a soft coral color and fruity nose that gives way to a dry, slightly tart finish. It’s approachable, yet unexpected—exactly what we love to brew. 6 pack bottles |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Ballast Point |
| Name of Beer: Tart Peach Kolsch |
| Beer Style: Kolsch |
| Description: Our Tart Peach Kölsch is a fresh take on one of our very first beers. The juicy aroma and flavor of ripe peach complements the subtle fruitiness from the Kölsch yeast in this bright, refreshing ale. Add a tickle of tartness to round out the senses, and you get a new brew that’s interestingly delightful. 22 ounce bottle |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Anchor |
| Name of Beer: Blackberry Daze |
| Beer Style: IPA |
| Description: Blackberry Daze IPA™ is a synergistic union of blackberries and hops. Because the blackberry was once wildly rampant in California, it is our ideal choice for this singular Anchor brew. Blackberry Daze IPA gets its hop bitterness and some hop aroma in the brewhouse, but most of the action happens in the cellar when the fruit is added during secondary fermentation. A special blend of loamy, herbaceous hops for dry-hopping complements the brightness and deep complexity of the blackberries. The result is a funky synthesis of rich earth and ripe fruit, hop bitterness and blackberry tartness, with alluring color and aromas up front, sublimely intense flavors, and a refreshingly dry finish. The appearance of Blackberry Daze IPA is unique and unexpected as it features a ruby, blush pink color not found in your typical IPA. The packaging artwork displays a psychedelic label design that visually reiterates the beer’s alluring combination of hops and blackberries. 6 pack bottles |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: 4 Hands |
| Name of Beer: Guava King |
| Beer Style: Wheat Ale |
| Description: Guava King is a slightly tart wheat ale fermented with guava. Aromas of tropical fruit are balanced by a touch of acidity, resulting in a crisp, crushable beer. Guava King pours hazy blonde with a firm white head. 4 pack cans |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Schlafly |
| Name of Beer: Rye IPA |
| Beer Style: India Pale Ale |
| Description: Rye is known to be used mostly in baked goods, but has also historically been used in distilling gins and whiskey, and now, brewing beer. The addition of this nutritious flaked grain is most notable at the finish, providing an overall complexity to the beer that's refreshing, spicy and crisp. 6 pack bottles |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Avery |
| Name of Beer: Uncle Jacob's |
| Beer Style: Imperial Stout |
| Description: Jacob Spears, our 6th Great Grand Uncle, is credited as the first distiller to label his whiskey “Bourbon.” He built his distillery in Bourbon County Kentucky in 1790 — 203 years before we began brewing. While obviously a bit too late to produce Uncle Jacob’s wash, we’ve instead created something far more complex. In his honor, we present this robust, silky smooth, full-bodied and altogether extremely American rendition of an Imperial Stout aged for 6 months in the very finest Bourbon barrels. This explains a lot about our penchant for big brews! It’s in our blood! 12 ounce bottle |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Piney River |
| Name of Beer: Raise A Ruckus |
| Beer Style: Imperial Stout |
| Description: Dark roasted grains provide full malt flavors of chocolate and coffee. The beer is finished on vanilla bean pods and the “Piney River blend” of Brick & Mortar fresh roasted coffee beans adding additional flavor and aroma. In the Ozarks, we like to raise a ruckus every now and again. A good Ozarks ruckus can involve a riverbank, the back forty, or the loft of an old barn. Also included…a banjo, a fire and an Imperial Stout chock full of malted barley and finished with more Brick & Mortar coffee beans and fresh vanilla pods than you can shake a stick at. Go ahead, Raise a Ruckus tonight! 4 pack cans |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Crane |
| Name of Beer: Apricot Weiss |
| Beer Style: Berliner Weisse |
| Description: You may be asking yourself why there is a flower on the label of an apricot beer. Well, the tree must blossom in order to fruit. Conversely, this beer blossoms when it is fruited. Juicy, tangy, and oh so perfect, no matter the season. 750 ml 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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