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EPIC Jester King beers coming from Abu Nawas!

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An insane amount of deliciousness is making it’s way to you! Abu Nawas was lucky enough to hit the cellars of Jester King Brewery and come away with some of the best beers made in the world! The list below is bottles only, but expect to see some really amazing things at some restaurants/bars/pubs in the coming weeks! If you know a restaurant/bar/pub that is interested in setting up an account or ordering any of the beers mentioned below, feel free to email me at ben@abunawasbeverage.com! Here’s what’s coming from Jester King!

JESTER KING BOTTLE OFFER

FARMHOUSE ALES & STOUT COLLECTION

  • Jester King / Green Bench Beachtimez Sportzketball 12x750ml Bottles – Grisette-inspired ale refermented w/ Texas loquats. 4.5% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Bière de Miel 12/750ml Bottles – Farmhouse Ale brewed w/ Texas wildflower honey. 5.8% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Black Metal 12/750 ml Bottles – Farmhouse Imperial Stout a.k.a. Iron Sword, a.k.a. Blackened Death, a.k.a. El Martillo del Muerte, is a cruel and punishing beer fermented by the sheer force of its awesome will. Black Metal is dry, roasty, and fermented with farmhouse yeast. 10.8% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Boxer’s Revenge 12/750 ml Bottles – barrel-aged strong ale. Boxer’s Revenge slowly ferments for several months in oak barrels in the presence of naturally occurring wild yeasts and souring bacteria prior to blending. Unfiltered, unpasteurized, and 100% naturally conditioned. 10.8% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Buddha’s Brew 12x750ml Bottles – Farmhouse ale blended & brewed w/ kombucha tea. Very classy farmhouse that has a light, well carbonated feel and medium-light body. 4.7% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Cerveza de Mezquite12/750ml Bottles – Farmhouse ale brewed with mesquite beans foraged from the Texas Hill Country! 5.6% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Colonel Toby 12/750ml Bottles – Thirst Quench Alert! hoppy little farmhouse ale brewed in collaboration with The Kernel Brewery in London, England. We love simple, little, crisp, bitter, drinkable beers, and Colonel Toby fits this bill. 3.2% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Das Wunderkind 12/750 ml Bottles – Made using the once commonplace, Old World technique of bière de coupage, freshly hopped, young beer is blended with old, sour beer aged in oak barrels. Das Wunderkind! is dry, highly attenuated, unspiced, tart, floral, and funky. Unfiltered, unpasteurized, and 100% naturally conditioned. 4.5% ABV – TX
  • Jester King El Cedro 12/750ml Bottles – Farmhouse ale hopped with piney, citrusy American hops, aged on Spanish Cedar spirals, and bottle conditioned with Brettanomyces yeast. Unfiltered, unpasteurized and naturally conditioned. 7.8% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Foudreweizen 12/750 ml Bottles – A Collaboration with TX Legendary Live Oak Brewing Company. Wheat beer brewed by Live Oak and fermented in Foudre. 6.2% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Gotlandsdricka 12/750 ml Bottles – Gotlandsdricka, meaning “Drink of Gotland”, is a farmhouse ale brewed with smoked malt, juniper, and myrica gale. It’s inspired by the Scandinavian farmhouse brewing tradition. Gontlandsdricka is fabled to be the beer of the Vikings. Rudimentary malting techniques would likely have lent a smokey character to the beer and other plants besides hops (such as juniper and gale) were used for bittering. 6.6% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Grim Harvest 12/750 ml Bottles – Farmhouse ale refermented with “spent” blackberries from Nocturnum Chrysalis. 5.2% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Hibernal Dichotomous 12/750 ml Bottles – Barrel Aged Farmhouse Saison with peeled & grated raw beets, orange juice & zest, and fresh thyme.
  • Jester King Le Petit Prince 12/750 ml Bottles -Crushable Farmhouse Table Beer. Throughout Northern Europe, light-bodied, well-hopped, low alcohol table beers were often the beverage of choice with all meals. Unfiltered, unpasteurized, 100% naturally conditioned ale. 2.9% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Mad Meg 12/750 ml Bottles – Mad Meg is a Franco-Belgian inspired “bière de provision,” which means beer for keeping or storing. Provision ales were typically higher in alcohol and cellared for longer periods of time than their lower abv counterparts. Jester King Mad Meg is a simple beer with well water, Texas barley and wheat, and organic Fuggle and Perle hops. It was fermented in stainless steel with our mixed culture of brewers yeast and wild yeast, then naturally conditioned in kegs and 750ml bottles. 8.9% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Mr Mingo 12/750ml Bottles – A farmhouse ale with roselle hibiscus. The inspiration was to make a simple beer with a subtle adjunct. 4.8% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Noble King 12/750 ml Bottles – Noble King is a medium strength, highly attenuated, unspiced farmhouse ale brewed with an abundance of organic noble hops, and fermented with wild yeasts from the Texas Hill Country. Unfiltered, unpasteurized, and 100% naturally conditioned. 5.9% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Part & Parcel 12/750ml Bottles – Farmhouse Ale. The first beer in modern history brewed with 100% Texas grown and malted grain. 5.5% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Provenance Lemon/Lime 12/750 ml Bottles – Farmhouse ale brewed with lemons and limes. Provenance takes the vibrant flavors and aromas of lemons and limes and presents them in the unique way that only wild fermentation with native yeast and bacteria can. Unfiltered, unpasteurized, and 100% bottle-conditioned. 5.7% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Saison Americaine 12/750ml Bottles – Authentic modern-American, mixed culture saison. 5.2% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Simple Means 12/750 ml Bottles – Simple Means represents everything we love about Jester King, this Altbier with smoked malt is a complex take on a traditional style with Jester King’s legendary Farmhouse touch. Farmhouse Altbier with Texas smoked malt. Pleasantly smoked and crushable. 5.6% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Snorkel 12/750 ml Bottles – Farmhouse ale brewed with alderwood smoked sea salt and Texas grown oyster mushrooms. For this batch, we used golden oyster mushrooms. 5.5% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Vague Recollection 12/750ml Bottles – Inspired by the winemaking tradition of piquette, Vague Recollection is a farmhouse ale aged on the grape pomace from Syrah & Sangiovese. 6% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Wytchmaker 12/750 ml Bottles – Farmhouse Rye IPA brewed with Texas-grown San Jacinto Two Row and Wildfire Pale Malt from TexMalt, malted Rye, and oats. It’s kettle hopped with Citra and El Dorado and dry hopped with Simcoe, Amarillo, Citra, and Mosaic Cryo. 6% ABV -TX
  • Jester King / Masonry Collab Meowzah 12/750ml – Texas take on an English best bitter. 100% naturally conditioned in bottles and kegs. 4.6% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Figlet 12/750ml Bottles – Collaboration with the Legendary Franklin Barbecue. Farmhouse Ale refermented with smoked Texas figs. 6% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Kollaborationsbier 12/750ml Bottles – Kollaborationsbier is Live Oak Pilz wort fermented in stainless steel with Jester King mixed culture. The Pilz wort is brewed at Live Oak and driven across town to Jester King for fermentation. This simple, crushable beer maintains much of the Live Oak Pilz character when young and fresh, then goes through a mixed culture metamorphosis in the bottle as it ages. 6% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Soul Conduit 12/750ml Bottles – Farmhouse table beer aged in Old Tom Gin barrels previously housing Jester King Viking Metal. After barrel-aging, we refermented the beer with lime zest, lime juice, and fresh basil. The finished beer has a subtle smoked character with a nice herbal depth. We get notes of juniper, pine, Meyer lemon, lime leaf, backed up by a subtle salinity and smoke. We like to think of Soul Conduit as our farmhouse G&T. 4.5% ABV – TX

BARREL-AGED & SPONTANEOUS FERMENTATION COLLECTION

  • Jester King Atrial Rubicite 12/500ml Bottles – Atrial Rubicite is Jester King barrel-aged wild ale re-fermented with raspberries. Originally released in 2013, it’s their first-ever fruit beer. 5.8% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Bière de Blanc du Bois 12/500ml Bottles – To make Bière de Blanc du Bois, Texas-grown Blanc du Bois grapes were added to mature barrel-aged sour beer and refermented to dryness. Unfiltered, unpasteurized, and 100 percent bottle-conditioned. 6.7% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Biere de Coupage 12/750 ml Bottles – Biere de Coupage is a dry-hopped blend of fresh, hoppy farmhouse ale and mature, barrel-aged SPON. “Biere de Coupage” simply means beer that is cut or blended. We learned about the practice of blending young beer with old from the Franco-Belgian farmhouse tradition, and we adopted it into our beer making about a decade ago. We enjoy seeing how the microflora from the mature SPON takes the young, fresh beer in new and exciting directions. 5.9% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Biere de Syrah 12x500ml Bottles – barrel-aged sour beer refermented with Syrah grapes. Bière de Syrah consists of a blend of beer fermented in oak barrels for nine to twelve months with our mixed culture of brewers yeast and native yeast and bacteria harvested from the air and wildflowers around our brewery. The blend was then refermented with Syrah grapes for about two weeks, transferred off of the fruit, then aged for an additional nine months in oak barrels. After packaging, the beer naturally conditioned for an additional two months prior to release. Altogether, Bière de Syrah is roughly two years old. 7.3% ABV – TX 
  • Jester King Birra di Sangiovese 12/500ml – barrel aged sour beer refermented with Sangiovese grapes grown at Tyler Farms & Vineyard in Midland, Texas. 7.4% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Cerveza de Tempranillo 12/500ml Bottles – barrel-aged sour ale refermented w/ tempranillo grapes. Tempranillo wine grapes were added to mature, sour, barrel-aged beer, and allowed to referment to dryness. Unfiltered, unpasteurized, and 100% naturally conditioned. 9.4% ABV – TX
  • Jester King CRU-55 12/375ml Bottles – sour red ale puncheon barrel-aged 3 years. 8.3% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Montmorency vs. Balaton 12/500ml Bottles – Barrel aged wild ale re-fermented with Montmorency and Balaton cherries from Michigan. 🍒 One of the running jokes at Jester King is, “What is your favorite fruit to ferment with beer, and why is it cherry?” Cherries are indeed hard to beat when it comes to fruit re-fermentation. We get delicious notes of cherry pie, cinnamon, and marzipan. 4.9% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Nocturn Crysalis 12/500ml Bottles – Nocturn Chrysalis is our barrel-aged wild ale refermented with six pounds per gallon Marion Blackberries! 5.1% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Omniscience & Proselytism 12x500ml Bottles – Barrel-aged wild ale refermented with Hill Country strawberries. 4.4% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Orter i morker 12/750 ml Bottles – Akvavit Barrel Aged Dark Farmhouse Ale brewed with well water, malted barley, hops, woodear mushrooms, dried dill, dried caraway seeds, and fresh pine needles. It was fermented with our mixed culture and aged in 225L oak barrels formerly containing akvavit, a Scandinavian spirit flavored with caraway or dill. 7.9% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Repose 12/750 ml Bottles – Inspired by the dusty, hay-filled stone barns of the Nord de France that likely gave way to the rise of Bière de Garde, we included a small portion of hay in the mash for this beer. Taking a further cue from the slow and steady winter fermentation of the style, we allowed Reposé to rest in brandy barrels for almost a year. Unfiltered, unpasteurized, and 100% bottle-conditioned. 8.3% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Song of Binding 12/750ml Bottles – A collaboration with La Sirène Brewing in Melbourne, Australia. They inoculated wort in the coolship and racked it onto the yeast cake in one of their foudres for primary fermentation. They then matured the beer in French oak Pinot Noir barrels for fourteen months. 6.9% ABV – TX
  •  Jester King SPON Plum Nectarine 6/375ml Bottles – 2018 SPON — Texas Plum & Nectarine! It’s a blend of one and two year old 100% spontaneously fermented beer from 2016 and 2017, refermented with Bruce sour plums from Lightsey Farms in Mexia, Texas, Morris plums from Engel Farms in Stonewall, Texas, and white nectarines from Cooper Farms in Fairfield, Texas! SPON beers are 100% spontaneously fermented with airborne yeast and bacteria collected overnight as the wort rests in our coolship. The beer then slowly ferments and matures in oak barrels for somewhere between one to three years depending on the batch. For this blend, we racked one and two year old beer out of oak and added it to 450 lbs. of sour plums, 100 lbs. of plums, and 400 lbs. of nectarines for refermentation. With our SPON beers, as well as for everything we brew, our aim is to create something uniquely tied to a cross-section of time, place, and people, never to be repeated or duplicated again. This is what farmhouse brewing means to us and gives us passion for what we do. 5.3% ABV – TX
  • Jester King SPON Raspberry & Cherry 6/375ml Bottles – 2018 SPON Raspberry & Cherry is a blend of one, two and three year old 100% spontaneously fermented beer refermented with raspberries and cherries. For our 2018 blend, we selected two puncheons of SPON from 2014, two puncheons of SPON from 2015, and one 225 liter barrel of SPON from 2016. After creating the blend, we refermented it with 960 pounds of raspberries and 840 pounds of Balaton cherries. 5.4% ABV
  • Jester King SPON Red Grape 6/375ml Bottles – 2016 SPON MOURVEDRE & SANGIOVESE – 100% spontaneously fermented beer, refermented with Mourvedre and Sangiovese grapes. We took three barrels of two year old SPON from 2014 and one barrel of three year old SPON from 2013 (about 1,600 liters), and added 500 pounds of Mourvedre grapes from the Texas High Plains and 500 pounds of Sangiovese grapes from Colorado. We allowed the beer to referment with the grapes to dryness, then naturally conditioned the beer in kegs and bottles resting on their side. 7% ABV – TX
  • Jester King SPON Three Year Blend 6/375ml Bottles – Three Year Blend is a blend of three different vintages — 2014, 2015 and 2016 — of 100% spontaneously fermented beer. Our goal is to make beer inextricably linked to our time, place, and people by harnessing the microflora, climate, and ecology of the Texas Hill Country. 5.8% ABV – TX
  • Jester King SPON Three Year Blend 6/750ml Bottles – 2017 SPON — Three Year Blend is a blend of three different vintages — 2014, 2015 and 2016 — of 100% spontaneously fermented beer. Our goal is to make beer inextricably linked to our time, place, and people by harnessing the microflora, climate, and ecology of the Texas Hill Country. 5.8% ABV – TX
  • Jester King SPON White Grape 6/375ml Bottles – 2018 SPON Muscat is a blend of 100% spontaneously fermented beer refermented with 2,000 pounds of Muscat grapes from Sulpher Bluff, Texas (2018 harvest)! The grapes were really pleasant, reminded us of honeysuckle and flowers, and refermented very nicely with SPON. Our SPON beers (short for “spontaneous”) are brewed with unfiltered well water, Texas malted barley, Texas raw wheat, and aged hops from our barn. The wort sits overnight in our coolship and collects wild yeast and bacteria from the air before spontaneously fermenting in oak barrels for typically one to three years. They are then conditioned in bottles and kegs through natural refermentation. As we state on our label, SPON is a unique reflection of the ecology of the Texas winter, the Texas Hill Country, and the people of Jester King. 6.4% ABV – TX
  • Jester King UberSPON 12/750 ml Bottles – UberSPON is young farmhouse ale “cut” with mature Jester King SPON, then dry hopped with organic Fuggle and Perle from The Oregon Hophouse. 5.9% ABV – TX

Clown Shoes brews coming from Abu Nawas! Including A-HOP-ALYPSE MEOW Mix pack!

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CLOWN SHOES CANS:

  • Clown Shoes A-HOP-ALYPSE MEOW – MIX PACK 2/12/12oz CANS – It’s an all-out war between the infamous alien hop bugs and the laser-wielding Feline Force. No fridge or cooler bag is safe from this imminent hoppy invasion. Packed with 4 different IPAs from across the universe, A-hop-alypse Meow has something for everyone no matter what side you’re on. Includes: Galactica SoCal Citra – Mad Perf Sesh (Mix Pack Exclusive) – Rainbows are Real – Space Cake. 
  • Clown Shoes Galactica SoCal Citra 6/4/16oz CANS – Modern twist on a classic West Coast style IPA features citrusy hops and a lighter malt character to make a crisp West Coast IPA. 7.2% ABV – MA
  • Clown Shoes Galactica Dank Nebula 6/4/16oz CANS –  West Coast style IPA features Galaxy, Simcoe, and Columbus hops, a rich malty base, plus Dank & Stormy Hopzoil™ 7.2% ABV – MA
  • Clown Shoes Fruitorian Guava/Passion 6/4/16oz CANS – Delicious Sour Ales with Guava and Passionfruit. 5.8% ABV – MA
  • Clown Shoes Rainbows Are Real 6/4/16oz CANS – Hazy IPA brewed with terpenes Beta-Pinene and Linalool, aromatic compounds derived from natural botanical sources. They supplement the sweet malt backbone and lively blend of Azacca, Citra, and Mosaic hops that make Rainbows Are Real shine with fresh, juicy notes of sweet citrus. 6.9% ABV – MA
  • Clown Shoes Haze Cake 6/4/16oz CANS – Hazy Double IPA with Multiple dry hoppings of Mosaic and Citra. 9% ABV – MA
  • Clown Shoes Space Cake 6/4/16oz CANS – Mosaic, Citra Double IPA features robust hop aromas that carry through to the strong juicy flavors of tropical citrus. 9% ABV – MA
  • Clown Shoes Outer Limits 6/4/16oz CANS – Crisp Hoppy Cold IPA. 6.5% ABV – MA
  • Clown Shoes Mango Kolsch 6/4/16oz CANS – American Kolsch. This beer is NOT REINHEITSGEBOT. But it is delicious. Mango begins as a crisp and clean traditional Kolsch, then receives a dry hop addition and natural mango flavor. The result is a beer that features a light and crisp body that pairs that with subtle mango flavor and a lingering sweetness at the finish. 5.5% ABV – MA
  • Clown Shoes Mist On The Oaks 6/4/12oz CANS – Rich and Roasty, Imperial Stout Aged in Bourbon and Rum barrels that only this crazy bunch can pull out! We encourage you to not wake what lies beneath the mist… 10% ABV – MA
  • Clown Shoes Undead Party Crasher 6/4/16oz CANS – Big and Bold American Imperial Stout utilizes a malt bill including smoked malts for an Imperial Stout that bursts with dark malt flavor. Rich notes of coffee, and chocolate mingle throughout an intense and full-bodied Stout. 9% ABV – MA
  • Clown Shoes Blaecorn Unidragon 6/4/16oz CANS – Russian Imperial Stout Brewed with a monstrous amount of malt and combined with aggressive American hops, this beer is powerful and complex and designed to age.10.5% ABV – MA

“Bluesberry” Fruit Burst sour from Iowa Brewing debuting this Friday Night @Blues Night in the Park in Cedar Rapids!

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A big Friday night awaits in Cedar Rapids as this Friday, May 19th, Iowa Brewing will be debuting their newest addition to their extremely popular “Fruit Burst Sour” portfolio as “Bluesberry” debuts! Making the debut even more significant is that it will be coming and pouring at Blues Night in the Park (Green Square in Cedar Rapids)!

This beer features blue raspberry, orange, and pineapple flavors that give it a sweet, juicy and slightly tart taste and it checks in at 6% ABV. This beer will only be available on draft and possibly your only chance to get a taste will be at the Blues Night event!

The event itself has a $5 cover and will feature recognized blues acts such as BF Burt, Keesha Pratt Band, Matthias Lattin, and Ken Valdez.

Local food vendors will be on hand to try their delicious items as well! Need Pizza, Willy Ray’s Q Shack, and The Hip Stir will have their wonderful food available and Chophouse Downtown will have cotton candy! Gates will open at 5 p.m. and music will go from 6-10 p.m.!

With the “Bluesberry” release Iowa Brewing will also have the following beers available:
-Iowa Eagle Light Lager
-Eagle Amber Lager
-Surf Zombies IPA
-ZOINKS! Session IPA
-Big River Cold IPA
-Untitled Art Seltzers

Don’t miss this amazing event!

Local Craft Cellar celebrating 1 year Anniversary on May 20th!

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On Saturday, May 20th, the Local Craft Cellar in Cedar Rapids (7085 C Ave. NE A1) will be celebrating their 1 year anniversary, and to no one’s surprise, Jason and staff will be celebrating in style with some amazing deals and samples of their wonderful supply of beer and food items! Their store hours will be 10am-4pm and Dimensional Brewing will be there pouring samples from about 11-3. Also, Edgewood Locker will be there grilling up samples of brats from 11-1:30. If you haven’t signed up for their bottle lottery, the 20th of May is going to be the last day for your to register as well!

Casita Brewing coming from Abu Nawas! Plus more beers from Nightmare, Abomination, and Skygazer!

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CASITA BREWING CO:

  • Casita High Fives and Good Vibes 6/4/16oz CANS – Triple NE-IPA with Simcoe, Citra, Strata & Ekuanot⁠. 9% ABV – NC
  • Casita Bladow! 6/4/16oz CANS – If Big Stout is your Jam, this is it! A BIG breakfast stout brewed with Dynamite Roasting Company Coffee, Oats, and Lactose. 11.5% ABV
  • Casita / Evil Twin – Retro Series – Ryan & the Beaster Bunny 6/4/16oz CANS – Saison brewed with Honey – 7% ABV -CT
  • Casita / Stillwater Artisanal Business 6/4/12oz CANS – Formerly Known As On FLEEK. Imperial Stout brewed with Molasses and Muscovado Sugar. 13% ABV.

NIGHTMARE BREWING COMPANY:

  • Nightmare Brewing Mizuharitsuke 6/4/16oz CANS – Triple IPA with Moshio Salt, triple dry hopped with Pacific Sunrise, Talus, and HBC 630 hops. 11.3% ABV NY
  • Nightmare Brewing Agam Kuan 6/4/16oz CANS – Masala Chai Imperial Stout brewed with Jaggery Tea and cold aged on Indian vanilla and toasted chai spices. 16% ABV – NY
  • Nightmare Brewing Bamboo Torture 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial IPA brewed with Bamboo Shoots and Dry-Hopped with Akoya & Dragon Hops. 9.6% ABV – NY
  • Nightmare Brewing Colombian Necktie 6/4/16oz CANS – Gose Soured on Colombian Mangoes, with Lulo, Soursop and Colombian Lime zest. 7.2 ABV – NY
  • Nightmare Brewing Chelsea Grin 6/4/16oz CANS – SOUR ALE, soured on Strawberries and Raspberries with Earl Grey Tea and Bergamot Orange Zest. 6.7% ABV – NY
  • Nightmare Brewing Drawn and Quartered 6/4/16oz CANS – Quadruple dry-hopped Imperial IPA With Nelson Sauvin, Galaxy, Enigma & Citra. 10% ABV – NY
  • Nightmare Brewing Flayed 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial Oat IPA with Azacca, Zythos, Galaxy and Pacifica. 9.6% ABV – NY
  • Nightmare Brewing Glasgow Smile 6/4/16oz CANS – Gose soured on Wild Scottish Bilberries with Heather, Lemon Zest, Raspberries and Blueberries. 6.7% ABV – NY

ABOMINATION BREWING COMPANY:

  • Abomination Terp Fog (Northern Lights) 6/4/16oz CANS – Abomination Terp Fog (Northern Lights) 6/4/16oz CANS – DDH DIPA that is mind meltingly dank, delicious and the perfect beverage to be sippin’ 8.6% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Everyday Fog 6/4/16oz CANS – DDH w/ Mosaic, Pacific Jade, Citra, Summit & Enigma NE Hazy IPA – ABV 7.1% – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Flying into the Fog 6/4/16oz CANS – Icarus Brewing Collaboration. Insanely juicy DIPA double dry hopped with a mind blowing amount of Columbus and Riwaka. 8.9% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Wandering Fog Battle CITRA vs. SABRO 6/4/16oz CANS – QUADRUPLE Dry Hopped DIPA w/ Citra & Sabro. 8.6% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Wandering Into The Fog CITRA 6/4/16oz CANS – All Citra DDH DIPA. 8.6% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Wandering Into the Fog (Galaxy) 6/4/16oz CANS – All Galaxy DDH DIPA. 8.6% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Love Letters From Hell 6/4/16oz CANS – Milkshake IPA W/ Candy, Sprinkles, Marshmallows, Milk Sugar, Vanilla Bean, Strawberries & Ice Cream. 9.6% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Midnight Snack Tiramisu 6/4/16oz CANS – Pastry Stout brewed with Mascarpone, Lady Fingers, Whipped Cream, Coffee & Cacao Nibs. 14% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Luscious V2 – Double Fruited – Banana + Strawberry 6/4/16oz CANS – Banana, Strawberry, & Blueberry Smoothie seltzer. 5.5% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing The Key To the City of North Haven 6/4/16oz CANS – Smoothie Sour Ale Brewed with Cherry, Blackberry, Rhubarb, Ice Cream Mix, Lactose, and Vanilla Beans. 9% ABV – CT
  • ABOMINATION / SKYGAZER / BRACH AND BLADE Who the F*** Put Carrot In the Cake!? (Sour + Stout Edition) 6/4/16oz CANS – Note that this case will contain 1/2 Stout Cans & Half Sour Cans of this beer – A three way collaboration – Imperial Stout Ale brewed with Carrot, Chocolate, Cream Cheese, Cinnamon, & Granola – 10% ABV – CT + Imperial Sour Ale brewed with Carrot, Apricot, Cinnamon, Granola, Cream Cheese, & Milk Sugar – 7% ABV – CT

SKYGAZER BREWING:

  • Skygazer Watercolors Margarita 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale Passion Fruit, Mango, Lime, and Blood Orange, plus a little touch of a special flavor to give it that true margarita vibe! 5.5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Watercolors Go To’s Cherry Peach 6/4/16oz CANS – Skygazer’s signature Watercolors sour ale, dosed with just the right amounts of Cherry and Peach purees! A perfect Go To sour! 5.5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Watercolors – Synergy #5 – Cotton Candy 6/4/16oz CANS –  Sour Ale Brewed with Blackberry, Blueberry, Raspberry, Blue-Raspberry Cotton Candy, Milk Sugar And Marshmallow. 5.5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer / Abomination Collab. Dreamatorium Parfait 6/4/16oz CANS – Pastry Stout with Raspberry, Granola, Yogurt, Cacao Nibs, and Lactose. 11.3% ABV. 
  • Skygazer / Abomination Collab. Dreamscape Parfait 6/4/16oz CANS – Triple IPA brewed with Raspberries, Granola, Yogurt, Cacao Nibs, & Lactose. 10% ABV.
  • Skygazer / Abomination Collab. Dreamsphere Parfait 6/4/16oz CANS – Pastry Sour Ale with Raspberry, Granola, Yogurt, Cacao Nibs, and Lactose. 7% ABV. 
  • Skygazer Watercolors Soft Creamee Swerve Rasp Straw Cherry 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale brewed with Raspberry, Strawberry, Sweet Cherry, Vanilla Soft Serve, Cream Flavor, Graham Cracker, & Peanut Butter Flavor. 5.5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Watercolors Synergy 10 Tangerine, Peach, Mango, Blood Orange 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale brewed with Tangerine, Peach, Mango, Blood Orange, Yoghurt, & Lactose. 5.5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Watercolors Abstract v2 6/4/16oz CANS – Watercolors – Abstract 2 – Orange, Passion Fruit, Marshmallow, Vanilla, Milk Sugar – 5.5% ABV – CT
  • ABOMINATION / SKYGAZER / BRACH AND BLADE Who the F*** Put Carrot In the Cake!? (Sour + Stout Edition) 6/4/16oz CANS – Note that this case will contain 1/2 Stout Cans & Half Sour Cans of this beer – A three way collaboration, SKYGAZER / ABOMINATION / BRANCH AND BLADE – Imperial Stout Ale brewed with Carrot, Chocolate, Cream Cheese, Cinnamon, & Granola – 10% ABV – CT + Imperial Sour Ale brewed with Carrot, Apricot, Cinnamon, Granola, Cream Cheese, & Milk Sugar – 7% ABV – CT

May releases from Lion Bridge! Ice Lion, Chaos Dimension, and Hard Lemonade!

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Another month is here and that means more beers coming to us from Lion Bridge! 3 new releases will be hitting tap lines and distro this month! Here’s what’s coming from the Czech Village:

RELEASE DATE 5/3

Ice Lion (West Coast Double IPA, 8%) – A bright and bold IPA. Talus, Nelson Sauvin, Mosaic, and Motueka create a unique hop experience that plays well with a welcomed bitterness.

RELEASE DATE 5/9

Lion City Hard Lemonade (6.6%)

A seltzer with real lemon, as well as lemonade flavor.

RELEASE DATE 5/23

Chaos Dimension (Hazy IPA, 7.2%)

When copious amounts of Nelson Sauvin and Citra collide, what emerges is a dimension of the most delicious form of chaos imaginable.

Muckraker Beermaker coming from Abu Nawas! Plus more from Hoof Hearted, Esker Hart and Abomination!

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From northern New Jersey, about 20 minutes from the New York border, Muckraker Beermaker has for several years now been quietly crafting what we think are some of the best spontaneously fermented & wild ales this side of the Atlantic. It is a hidden gem of a little brewery in a rural setting…the kind of thing that inspired us to do what we did all those years back on our regular beer hunting expeditions to Belgium.

Owner & brewer Tom Troncone, who for 24 years prior to starting Muckraker was a newspaper journalist (i.e. a “muckraker”), spontaneously ferments about 75% of the beer he makes via coolship. The beer spends about a year in oak, and more times than not is refermented on fresh New Jersey fruit, typically with a fruiting rate of about 6 pounds per gallon of beer.

Recently, Muckraker started brewing “clean” beer to compliment its wild and spontaneous portfolio. “Hazen,” is the inaugural release of Muckraker’s “clean” beer series. It’s a crushable, hazy IPA loaded with oats, and Citra and Mosaic hops. Look for waves of tropical fruit, melon and a bevy of citrus riding over a smoothness that belies its 6.5% abv. Tom first made Hazen about five years ago for the wedding of his friends Josh and Angie Hazen, so the beer basically named itself. Since then, it’s been Tom’s staple IPA recipe.

MUCKRAKER BEERMAKER:

  • MUCKRAKER Double Hazen 6/4/16oz CANS – Outstanding Imperial New England IPA loaded with oats and dry hopped with Citra & Mosaic. 8% ABV – NJ

HOOF HEARTED BREWING:

  • Hoof Hearted $120 Nachos 6/4/16oz CANS – Triple India Pale Ale. 100% Citra Quadruple Dry-Hopped. 12% ABV – OH
  • Hoof Hearted It’s Not My First Rodeo It’s My Second TIPA 6/4/16oz CANS – This rough rider is a hopped up horn to hoof and back again with American Citra and Mosaic as well as Southern Passion and African Queen from South Africa. But she finishes smoother than the supple leather of a well worn saddle. 10% ABV – OH
  • Hoof Hearted Fine Corinthian Leather Nachos 6/4/16oz CANS – DDH Double IPA Brewed with Phantasm Cryo Blend, Citra, and Nelson Sauvin. 8.3% ABV – OH
  • Hoof Hearted Discount Nachos 6/4/16oz CANS – DDH IPA with El Dorado, Bru-1, Citra, Strata hops. 7.3% ABV – OH
  • Hoof Hearted Did We Just Become Best Friends – AMARILLO + MOSAIC with PINEAPPLE 6/4/16oz CANS – NE-Style DIPA with Amarillo + Mosaic with Pineapple. 8% ABV – OH
  • Hoof Hearted Key Bump Pure Snow 6/4/16oz CANS – Triple Dry-Hopped Triple IPA with Bru-1, Citra, Sabro, Milk Sugar & Vanilla Beans. 10.5% ABV – OH
  • Hoof Hearted Turbo Water – Prickly Pear, Raspberry, Lime 6/4/16oz CANS – Prickly Pear, Raspberry, & Lime Hard Seltzer. 5.5% ABV – OH

ABOMINATION BREWING COMPANY:

  • Abomination Brewing Everyday Fog 6/4/16oz CANS – DDH w/ Mosaic, Pacific Jade, Citra, Summit & Enigma NE Hazy IPA – ABV 7.1% – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Flying into the Fog 6/4/16oz CANS – Icarus Brewing Collaboration. Insanely juicy DIPA double dry hopped with a mind blowing amount of Columbus and Riwaka. 8.9% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Wandering Fog Battle CITRA vs. SABRO 6/4/16oz CANS – QUADRUPLE Dry Hopped DIPA w/ Citra & Sabro. 8.6% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Wandering Into The Fog CITRA 6/4/16oz CANS – All Citra DDH DIPA. 8.6% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Wandering Into the Fog (Galaxy) 6/4/16oz CANS – All Galaxy DDH DIPA. 8.6% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Love Letters From Hell 6/4/16oz CANS – Milkshake IPA W/ Candy, Sprinkles, Marshmallows, Milk Sugar, Vanilla Bean, Strawberries & Ice Cream. 9.6% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Midnight Snack Tiramisu 6/4/16oz CANS – Pastry Stout brewed with Mascarpone, Lady Fingers, Whipped Cream, Coffee & Cacao Nibs. 14% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Luscious V2 – Double Fruited – Banana + Strawberry 6/4/16oz CANS – Banana, Strawberry, & Blueberry Smoothie seltzer. 5.5% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing The Key To the City of North Haven 6/4/16oz CANS – Smoothie Sour Ale Brewed with Cherry, Blackberry, Rhubarb, Ice Cream Mix, Lactose, and Vanilla Beans. 9% ABV – CT
  • ABOMINATION / SKYGAZER / BRACH AND BLADE Who the F*** Put Carrot In the Cake!? (Sour + Stout Edition) 6/4/16oz CANS – Note that this case will contain 1/2 Stout Cans & Half Sour Cans of this beer – A three way collaboration – Imperial Stout Ale brewed with Carrot, Chocolate, Cream Cheese, Cinnamon, & Granola – 10% ABV – CT + Imperial Sour Ale brewed with Carrot, Apricot, Cinnamon, Granola, Cream Cheese, & Milk Sugar – 7% ABV – CT

ESKER HART ARTISAN ALES:

Esker Hart is a cool New Jersey based brewery, coming out of the Twelve Percent Beer Project facility.

  • Esker Hart Moraine 6/4/16oz CANS – Delicious IPA brewed with Citra, Mosaic and Amarillo hops! 6.2% ABV – CT
  • Esker Hart Thrush 6/4/16oz CANS – IPA hopped with Citra, Amarillo, Simcoe, and Cascade. 6.4% ABV – CT
  • Esker Hart Den 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial Stout brewed with Cacao Nibs, Pecans, Macadamia Nuts, Cashews, Marcona Almonds, & Raisins. 13.5% ABV – CT

Equilibrium, Modist, Blackstack, Bearded Iris, Phase Three, Octopi, and Untitled Art coming from Pequod!

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Flucutation –  Double IPA

Juice = Juice – Great Notion IPA Collab 

Photon –  American Pale Ale

Wavelength IPA –  American Style IPA

Control Loops – Double IPA – Souther Grist Collab – only 10 available 

MC2 – Flagship Hazy IPA 

Dreamyard – Flagship Hazy IPA 

Supra Deluxe – Japanese Rice Lager

Mallow- Lager w/ Marshmallows, Vanilla Beans, and Milk Sugar

Triple Dreamyard- TIPA version of Dreamyard

Slow It Up- Oak Aged American Pilsner

BlackStack Brewing

Stacks Man – West Coast IPA – Collab with Ax Man Store
4pk 16oz – $81
Catch a Wave – Double NE – Mosaic,
4pk 16oz – $102
1/4bbl- $175

Bearded Iris – FRESH PRODUCT

  • Chasing Rainbows – 5.8% NE IPA – Strata and Casmere Hops!
  • Attention Please! – Double IPA
  • Homestyle IPA – Flagship IPA
  • Pep Talk Pilsner – Limited Quantities
  • Tunnel Vision – 6.8% IPA with Citra, Mosaic, El Dorado Dry Hop
  • Mood Ring – Fruited IPA – Strawberry, Rapsberry Blackberry – NON MILKSHAKE 

Phase 3 Brewing Company

  • DDH Color Scheme – DDH Double IPA 
  • DDH Full of Sounds – DDH Double IPA
  • P3 Oat Lager – Oat Lager – Dry Hopped with Saphir
  • Geo – West Coast Style Pilsner – 10 Available

Octopi Brewing Company

  • Chocolate, Vanilla, Toffee Stout – 10% Imperial Toffee Stout

Untitled Art

  • Meyer Lemon Seltzer

Marlowe, Skygazer, Timber, Esker Hart, Hoof Hearted, and Tox Brewing beers coming from Abu Nawas!

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MARLOWE ARTISANAL ALES:

  • Marlowe Artisanal Ales Eager To Share 6/4/16oz CANS – Outstanding American Pale Ale brewed with Citra and Mosaic hops. 5.4% ABV – NY
  • Marlowe Artisanal Ales The Way Things Were 6/4/16oz CANS – An Ode to Vermont and a certain Hoppy Creation that started a revolution. Pale Ale brewed with Warrior, Columbus, Chinook, Centennial, and Simcoe. Absolutely divine! 5.5% ABV – NY
  • Marlowe Artisanal Ales Ploosh 6/4/16oz CAN – Extra Special Bitter ESB Ale brewed in balance with English malts and hops. 5.4% ABV – NY
  • Marlowe Artisanal Ales Despite All Odds 6/4/12oz CAN – Delicious Imperial Pale Ale. 8% ABV – NY

TIMBER ALES:

  • Timber Ales Fallen Between the Lines 6/4/16oz CANS – NE IPA with Citra, Enigma, & Mosaic. 7% ABV – NY
  • Timber Ales I Must Be Dreaming 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour w/ Blueberries, Peaches, Graham Cracker, Vanilla Beans & Milk Sugar. 6% ABV – NY
  • Timber Ales Pancakes by Campfire 6/4/12oz CANS – Stout Conditioned on Maple Syrup, Coffee, & Banana. 6% ABV – NY

SKYGAZER BREWING:

  • Skygazer Watercolors Go To’s Cherry Peach 6/4/16oz CANS – Skygazer’s signature Watercolors sour ale, dosed with just the right amounts of Cherry and Peach purees! A perfect Go To sour! 5.5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Watercolors Soft Creamee Swerve Rasp Straw Cherry 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale brewed with Raspberry, Strawberry, Sweet Cherry, Vanilla Soft Serve, Cream Flavor, Graham Cracker, & Peanut Butter Flavor. 5.5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Watercolors Synergy 10 Tangerine, Peach, Mango, Blood Orange 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale brewed with Tangerine, Peach, Mango, Blood Orange, Yoghurt, & Lactose. 5.5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Watercolors Abstract v2 6/4/16oz CANS – Watercolors – Abstract 2 – Orange, Passion Fruit, Marshmallow, Vanilla, Milk Sugar – 5.5% ABV – CT

LASTING BRASS BREWING:

A wonderful Nano brewery located in Oakville, CT. Careful brewing and high quality ingredients. 

  • Lasting Brass Supreme Clientele 6/4/16oz CANS – NE IPA with Mosaic & Mackinac Hops. 6.5% ABV – CT
  • Lasting Brass Wrath of the Nunchucks 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial Milk Stout brewed with milk sugar, peanut butter and marshmallow. Inspired by a peanut butter and fluff sandwich. 10% ABV – CT

ESKER HART ARTISAN ALES:

Esker Hart is a cool New Jersey based brewery, coming out of the Twelve Percent Beer Project facility.

  • Esker Hart Den 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial Stout brewed with Cacao Nibs, Pecans, Macadamia Nuts, Cashews, Marcona Almonds, & Raisins. 13.5% ABV – CT

HOOF HEARTED BREWING:

  • Hoof Hearted Discount Nachos 6/4/16oz CAN – DDH IPA with El Dorado, Bru-1, Citra, Strata hops. 7.3% ABV – OH
  • Hoof Hearted $60 Nachos 6/4/16oz CANS – The legendary Citra, Mosaic, & El Dorado DDH DIPA. 8% ABV – OH
  • Hoof Hearted Fine Corinthian Leather Nachos 6/4/16oz CANS – DDH Double IPA Brewed with Phantasm Cryo Blend, Citra, and Nelson Sauvin. 8.3% ABV – OH
  • Hoof Hearted Did We Just Become Best Friends? – GALAXY & MOSAIC 6/4/16oz CANS – NE-Style DIPA with Galaxy & Mosaic. 8% ABV – OH
  • Hoof Hearted Key Bump Pure Snow 6/4/16oz CANS – Triple Dry-Hopped Triple IPA with Bru-1, Citra, Sabro, Milk Sugar & Vanilla Beans. 10.5% ABV – OH
  • Hoof Hearted Turbo Water – Prickly Pear, Raspberry, Lime 6/4/16oz CANS – Prickly Pear, Raspberry, & Lime Hard Seltzer. 5.5% ABV – OH

TOX BREWING:

  • Tox Brewing Digitox 6/4/16oz CANS – Hoptimally saturated Double IPA with Nelson & Citra. 8.5% ABV – CT
  • Tox Brewing Fugu 6/4/16oz CANS – Citra, Cashmere, & El Dorado IPA. 6.5% ABV – CT
  • Tox Brewing Ink – Dark Stuff 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale brewed with Blackberry, Black Currant, Blueberry, Sweet Cherry, Plum, Lactose, & Vanilla. 6% ABV – CT
  • Tox Brewing Ink – Mixed Berry 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale brewed with Raspberry, Strawberry, Blueberry, Cranberry, & Blackberry. 6% ABV – CT
  • Tox Brewing Placebo Effect 6/4/16oz CANS – We love our fancy craft beer like family, but sometimes even we just want to enjoy some yellow fizzy stuff. Delicious American Cream Ale. 5.2% ABV – CT

Hubbard’s Cave and Une Annee brews coming from Abu Nawas!

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Hubbard’s Cave CANS:

  • Hubbard’s Cave FRESH IPA – Hazy IPA w/ Simcoe Hops. 7% ABV. Will be Packaged: 4/11/2023
  • Hubbard’s Cave FRESH IIPA ONE HOP CITRA – Hazy Imperial IPA with exclusively CITRA HOPS. 8.5% ABV. Will be Packaged: 4/11/2023
  • Hubbard’s Cave FRESH TRIPLE IPA 6/4/16oz CAN – Hazy Triple IPA stuffed to the brim with Mosaic, Eldorado, Eureka, Centennial, and Chinook hops. 10% ABV – IL Will be Packaged: 4.11.2023
  • Hubbard’s Cave HOPSURD 6/4/16oz CANS – Hazy Imperial IIPA w/ Citrusy hop blend. 8.5% ABV – IL
  • Hubbard’s Cave CALM CLASSROOM 6/4/16oz CANS – West-coast Style IPA. 7% ABV – IL
  • Hubbard’s Cave TROPICAL 6/4/16oz CANS – Hazy IIPA w/ A Tropical Blend of Hops. 8.5% ABV – IL
  • Hubbard’s Cave GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE 12/2/16oz CAN (2-Pack) – Imperial Stout w/ Chocolate, Pecan, and Toasted Coconut. 12% ABV – IL 
  • Hubbard’s Cave ACCIDENT IN HUBBARD’S CAVE 12/2/16oz CANS (2 Pack) – The Imperial Stout that started the HC legend. 12% ABV – IL
  • Hubbard’s Cave COCO VAN 12/2/16oz CAN (2-Pack) – Imperial Stout with Toasted Coconut and Vanilla Beans. 12% ABV – IL
  • Hubbard’s Cave COFFEE & CAKES 12/2/16oz CAN (2-Pack) – Imperial Stout with Coffee and Maple Syrup. 12% ABV – IL
  • Hubbard’s Cave FRENCH TOAST 12/2/16oz CANS (2 Pack) – Imperial Stout with Cinnamon, Maple Syrup, Vanilla Beans, and Lactose. 12% ABV – IL
  • Hubbard’s Cave IRISH STOUT 6/4/16oz CANS – Traditional Irish Stout. 6% ABV – IL
  • Hubbard’s Cave PEANUT BUTTER CUP 12/2/16oz CAN (2-Pack) – Imperial Stout w/ Chocolate and Peanut Butter. 12% ABV – IL
  • Hubbard’s Cave S’more 12/2/16oz CAN (2-Pack) – Imperial Stout w/ Chocolate, Marshmallow and Graham Cracker. 12% ABV – IL
  • Hubbard’s Cave VANILLA EVERYDAE 12/2/16oz CANS (2 Pack) – Imperial Stout w/ Vanilla Beans. 12% ABV – IL

Une Année CANS:

  • Une Annee PILS 6/4/16oz CANS – German Style Pilsner. It’s a light, crisp, and refreshing beer. Don’t be fooled, it’s got an amazing bright taste, and is great when you just want to keep it simple. 4.8% ABV – IL
  • Une Annee LIME PILS 6/4/16oz CANS – German Pilsner with lime juice and zest. 4.8% ABV – IL
  • Une Annee TRIPEL 6/4/16oz CANS – Belgian Tripel Abbey Ale. 8.7% ABV – IL
  • Une Annee Quad 6/4/16oz CANS – Belgian Quadrupel Abbey Ale. 11% ABV – IL
  • Une Annee NO REGRETS 6/4/16oz CANS – A Mosaic Dry-hopped American Wild Ale fermented w/ Limes . 5.5% ABV IL
  • Une Annee LESS IS MORE 6/4/16oz CANS – Saison w/ Oranges. 5.5% ABV -IL
  • Une Annee TWIST OF WIT 6/4/16oz CANS – Belgian Style Wheat w/ Coriander, Meyer Lemons, and Cara Cara Oranges. 4.5% ABV – IL
  • Une Annee PECHE 12/2/16oz CANS (2 Pack) – American Wild Ale fermented w/ Peach . 6.5% ABV – IL
  • Une Annee LE SEUL VII (MANGO) 12/2/16oz CANS (2 Pack) – American Wild Ale fermented w/ Mango. 6.5% ABV – IL
  • Une Annee LE SEUL X (PASSIONFRUIT) 12/2/16oz CANS (2 Pack) – American Wild Ale fermented w/ Passionfruit. 6.5% ABV – IL
  • Une Annee LE SEUL XIII (GUAVA) 12/2/16oz CANS (2 Pack) – American Wild Ale fermented w/ Guava. 6.5% ABV – IL
  • Une Annee LE SEUL IX (STRAWBERRY) 12/2/16oz CANS (2 Pack) – American Wild Ale fermented w/ Strawberry. 6.5% ABV – IL