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: Southern Tier |
| Name of Beer: Pumking |
| Beer Style: Pumpkin Ale |
| Description: All Hallow’s Eve is a time of the year when spirits can make contact with the physical world, and when magic is most potent. It is thought that we harness this magic to brew our powerful pumpkin ale. Not so, but it is with great respect to the magic of their trade that our brewers produce this fine beer. Take a whiff of this complex ale and your journey has just begun. At first sip, a magical spell will bewitch your taste buds, yet anther victim enraptured by the Pumking. 4 pack of 12 ounce bottles and 22 ounce bottle |
| Status: Returning Seasonal |
| Brewery: Southern Tier |
| Name of Beer: Warlock |
| Beer Style: Imperial Stout |
| Description: An Imperial stout brewed with pumpkins, Warlock is brewed to enchant your palate on its own and also to counterpoint our Imperial Ale, Pumking. Make your own black magic by carefully pouring this Imperial Stout into a goblet. Dark and mysterious, the Blackwater Series is serious about high gravity. Reanimate your senses with Warlock’s huge roasted malt character, moderate carbonation and spicy pumpkin pie aroma. 4 pack of 12 ounce bottles and 22 ounce bottle |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Boulevard |
| Name of Beer: Tough Kitty |
| Beer Style: Milk Stout |
| Description: Tough Kitty Milk Stout features layers of caramel and chocolate malt complexity provided by Cara 120, Cara 300 and Patagonia Black Pearl. The addition of rolled oats in the mash tun and lactose, commonly referred to as milk sugar, in the wort kettle lend a round, silky mouthfeel to the beer. Subtle hopping with Bravo and Cascade creates just enough bitterness to prevent the beer from being overly cloying. Deep black in color, Tough Kitty opens with aromas of bittersweet chocolate, espresso and toffee that transition to flavors of the same. The addition of lactose, a non-fermentable sugar, works with the rolled oats to deliver a creamy, lingering finish. 6 pack bottles |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Jester King |
| Name of Beer: Funk Metal |
| Beer Style: Imperial Stout |
| Description: Funk Metal is an 8.2% alcohol, unfiltered, unpasteurized, naturally conditioned imperial stout fermented with farmhouse yeast, aged for months in oak barrels with wild yeast and souring bacteria, and then hand-blended with other barrel-aged beer to round out the palate. The finished beer retains aromas of chocolate and roast but takes on a distinct vinous character and sour complexity from extended aging and fermentation in oak barrels. 750 ml bottle |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Jester King |
| Name of Beer: Wytchmaker |
| Beer Style: Farmhouse Rye IPA |
| Description: The culprit behind the Salem Witch Trials was not demonic possession (which would have been kind of cool), but ergot-infected rye. Wild yeast native to our land in the Texas Hill Country lends a sense of place to this earthy, floral farmhouse rye beer. Unfiltered, unpasteurized, and 100% naturally conditioned. 750 ml bottle |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Jester King |
| Name of Beer: Beachtimez Sportzketball |
| Beer Style: Grisette |
| Description: Beachtimez Sportzketball is a bioengineered battle fuel sent from the future-past to aid in the crushing of enemies. Unfiltered, unpasteurized, 100% naturally conditioned. Collaboration with Green Bench Brewing. 750 ml bottle |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Mikkeller |
| Name of Beer: Raspberry Blush |
| Beer Style: Berliner Weisse |
| Description: Berliner style weisse with raspberries and coffee. 16 ounce can |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: North Coast |
| Name of Beer: Passion Fruit Peach Berliner Weisse |
| Beer Style: Berliner Weisse |
| Description: Influential beer author the late Michael Jackson describes “Berlin White Beer” as having an “insistent sparkle, a fragrant fruitiness in the nose, a sharp, dry palate, and a frisson of quenching, sour acidity in the finish.” North Coast Brewing’s Passion Fruit-Peach Berliner Weisse is made with the juice of peaches from California and passion fruit from Ecuador, a Pan-American take on the German classic. 22 ounce bottle |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: North Coast |
| Name of Beer: Passion Fruit Peach Berliner Weisse |
| Beer Style: Berliner Weisse |
| Description: Influential beer author the late Michael Jackson describes “Berlin White Beer” as having an “insistent sparkle, a fragrant fruitiness in the nose, a sharp, dry palate, and a frisson of quenching, sour acidity in the finish.” North Coast Brewing’s Passion Fruit-Peach Berliner Weisse is made with the juice of peaches from California and passion fruit from Ecuador, a Pan-American take on the German classic. 22 ounce bottle |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: New Belgium |
| Name of Beer: Voodoo Ranger Atomic Pumpkin |
| Beer Style: Pumpkin Ale |
| Description: Enough with the run-of-the-mill pumpkin beers. I’m not interested in an ale that takes cues from a frozen coffee drink, and neither are you. That’s why I made Atomic Pumpkin. Does it really feature Habanero peppers? Yep! What about Saigon Cinnamon? Ding! I round it all out with a hearty malt bill that makes for a spicy brew that puts the “Fun” back in Pumpkin. (Spelling was never my strength). -- Voodoo Ranger 6 pack bottles |
| Status: Returning Seasonal |
| Brewery: Uinta |
| Name of Beer: Punk'n |
| Beer Style: Pumpkin Ale |
| Description: This sessionable pumpkin ale is brewed with real pumpkin and a spice medley of nutmeg, cinnamon, and all-spice. 6 pack bottles |
| Status: Returning Seasonal |
| Brewery: Ayinger |
| Name of Beer: Oktoberfest |
| Beer Style: Marzen |
| Description: Bavarians have been celebrating the harvest with beer festivals since before the 1400s. Märzen is brewed in March to be ready for the September and October beer festivals. 500 ml bottle |
| Status: Returning Seasonal |
| Brewery: Great Divide |
| Name of Beer:Hoss |
| Beer Style: Marzen |
| Description: Hoss is based on the Märzen lagers of Germany. Rich, layered malt notes, with hints of cherry and dark fruits, dominate, while the unique addition of rye imparts a slightly earthy, spicy character. Hoss finishes crisp and dry, and its brilliant red-orange color is a toast to the sunsets that make the perfect backdrop for this beer. 6 pack cans |
| Status: Returning Seasonal |
| Brewery: Deschutes |
| Name of Beer:Hopzeit |
| Beer Style: IPA |
| Description: If you’re looking for a traditional Oktoberfest, head to Munich. This modern ale inspired by the time-honored flavors of a Märzenbier combines classic malts with the latest hop varietals from Germany to deliver an herbal and balanced Autumn IPA that’s as at home in your backyard as the biergarten. Celebrate the season by sharing with friends, and skip the lederhosen- your friends will thank you. 6 pack bottles |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Kansas City Craft Brewers |
| Name of Beer:Pale Ale |
| Beer Style: Pale Ale |
| Description: Two-row Pale Malt, Caramel 60 and 30 supplemented with Wheat malt creates the 5.2% ABV base. 60 minute boil and 30 minute boil of Centennial and Chinook and two late additions of Northern Brewer delivers a 40 IBU pale ale. 6 pack cans |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Kansas City Craft Brewers |
| Name of Beer: Black Wheat Lager |
| Beer Style: Wheat Beer |
| Description: Black, Pale, and Munich malts add distinction to American grown wheat malt. Slightly roasty and perfectly complimented with Nugget, Willamette, and Centennial hops. Lower fermentation temperatures and Lager yeast delivers a round and satisfying finish. 6 pack cans |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Kansas City Craft Brewers |
| Name of Beer: Red Lager |
| Beer Style: Lager |
| Description: We like the Black Wheat so much, we fermented another beer with lager yeast. A five grain blend of Pale, Munich, Aromatic, Vienna and Special B provide a slightly Euro malt base. Nugget and Hallertauer Hops for bittering and Centennial Hops finish with two late additions. 6 pack cans |
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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