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: Boulevard |
| Name of Beer: Love Child No. 8 |
| Beer Style: Wood Aged Sour Ale |
| Description: Boulevard's Love Child Series of "wild" ales are barrel-aged with such boisterous cultures as Lactobacillus and Brettanomyces. These wayward offspring can prove so complex that we employ gauges on the label to convey the intensity of three key personality traits, Funk, Sour and Fruit, presenting a picture of the ale at the time it was released. It will change as it ages, but don't we all? A blend of wood-aged sour beer, Love Child No. 8 is composed of multiple vintages of a Flanders-style sour red ale and a sour Belgian-style golden. This release features soft lactic acidity punctuated with slight acetic notes and a tart, fruity flavor remiscent of sour cherries and green strawberries. 750 ml bottle |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Lagunitas |
| Name of Beer: Dark Swan |
| Beer Style: Sour Ale |
| Description: An experimentally hopped sour ale fermented with dark red wine grapes. Observers of yestercentury once doubted the existence of the Dark Swan, stating the fair-feathered fowl was the only color of its kind. Explorers eventually upended that theory, shocking the world and shining light on the Dark. This beer might just do the same. It’s a sour ale fermented with dark red wine grapes, giving it its uniquely deep and rich purple hue. Then it received the signature Lagunitas treatment with a healthy dose of experimental dry hops. This might just shock your taste buds!There just really isn't anything else like the Dark Swan... it's a dark purple hybrid ale the takes our house yeast and feeds it some Petite Sirah grapes to munch on. It's smooth, slightly sour, and superbly strange. Give it a taste, if you dare! 6 pack bottles |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Lagunitas |
| Name of Beer: Lagunator |
| Beer Style: California Common |
| Description: It’s a dry-hopped California Common with a massive malt character, rounded out by a bitter balance from some experimental hops from the Yakima Valley, this beer will leave you saying ‘I’ll be bock!’ 22 ounce bottle |
| Status: Returning Seasonal |
| Brewery: Bell's |
| Name of Beer: Quinannan Falls |
| Beer Style: India Pale Lager |
| Description: Literally born in a dream: Larry Bell, president and founder of Bell’s Brewery, dreamt that he was at the mystically hidden retreat of Quinannan Falls, somewhere in the boreal north. Neither Quinannan Falls nor the beer actually existed outside his imagination, but he remembered enough about it to sketch a recipe and label, which was put into full form by Michigan artist Kathleen Kalinowski, the following morning.The end result is a dry-hopped lager that possesses a crisp, dry bitterness you would expect from a German pilsner, but the use of highly aromatic Simcoe hops from the Pacific Northwest, evoke the fragrant pine forests that inspired this beer. 6 pack cans |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: 4 Hands |
| Name of Beer: Typhon |
| Beer Style: Saison |
| Description: Typhon is a complex and refreshing Red Saison brewed with a large portion of rye malt and Belgian yeast. This combination lends subtle notes of spice and fruit to this crisp farmhouse saison. 22 ounce bottle |
| Status: Returning Seasonal |
| Brewery: 4 Hands |
| Name of Beer: Send Help |
| Beer Style: Blonde Ale |
| Description: Send Help was made in collaboration with Randy Ploesser, Todd Bratrud, and Send Help Skateboards. It is an extremely crushable, dry-hopped blonde ale. Pouring straw in color with a crisp bitterness and an abundance of hop aroma, Send Help is the go-to beer for summer. 6 pack cans |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery:Two Brothers |
| Name of Beer: Pahoehoe |
| Beer Style: Coconut Ale |
| Description: Sometimes life calls for a day to put your feet up on a chaur, some music in the air, the sun in your face and a beer in your hand. Pahoehoe Coconut Ale was created for those moments. A refreshin, drinkable beer with a twist. Pahoehoe festures rhe uniquely sweet taste of coconut. Smooth and creamy with notes of coconut, vanilla, and a dry crisp finish. It will be sure to make you go nuts for coconuts. 6 pack cans |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: 4204 Main Street |
| Name of Beer: Afroman |
| Beer Style: Malt Liquor |
| Description: Malt Liquor formulated and brewed exclusively for Afroman. 6 pack cans |
| Status: Limited |
| Brewery: Prairie Artisan Ales |
| Name of Beer: Flare |
| Beer Style: Gose |
| Description: Gose ale brewed with orange and coriander. 4 pack cans |
| Status: Restock |
| Brewery: Prairie Artisan Ales |
| Name of Beer: Birthday Bomb! |
| Beer Style: Imperial Stout |
| Description: Birthday Bomb! was conceived to celebrate three wonderful years of experimentation and fun loving flavors like the current incarnation with caramel sauce. Made in house by our brewers with nothing but black gloves and a propane tank. The rest is the complex mix of hops and malt with a healthy dose of the signature coffee and spices. You know exactly what we’re talking about. 12 ounce bottle |
| Status: Returning Seasonal |
| Brewery: Tallgrass |
| Name of Beer: Key Lime Pie |
| Beer Style: Sour Ale |
| Description: First released in summer 2016 as an experimental draft-only release that was met with raving enthusiasm from fans, Key Lime Pie returns to the Tallgrass lineup as a summer seasonal in 6-packs of 12 oz cans. An American sour blonde ale brewed with lime peel, Key Lime Pie is true to its namesake, recalling the sweet, tart and refreshing dessert in beer form. 6 pack cans |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Bent River |
| Name of Beer: Uncommon Stout |
| Beer Style: Coffee Oatmeal Stout |
| Description: This unique stout is our top selling beer. We infuse our Oatmeal Stout with some of the country's best coffee to make this award winning medium bodied ale. 6 pack bottles |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Bent River |
| Name of Beer: Undercurrent |
| Beer Style: IPA |
| Description: Well balanced IPA. Hop profile is a blend of flowery and with pine and woody aromas. 6 pack bottles |
| Status: New! |
| Brewery: Bent River |
| Name of Beer: QC Haze |
| Beer Style: IPA |
| Description: A generous amount of flaked oatmeal gives QC Haze an opaque golden hue and velvety mouthfeel. Aggressive dry hopping with a rotating cast of juicy hops combined with our house haze yeast makes this beer intensely aromatic. It is meant to be enjoyed fresh. 7.1% ABV 70 IBU 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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