Craft Brewing and Distilling News for January 15, 2016
January 15, 2016•Southern California-based Ballast Point, recently acquired by Constellation Brands for $1 billion, is readying two new brews. The first, Mango Even Keel (launching in 12-ounce cans), is a 3.8% abv “easy-drinking” beer that’s a fruit-infused take on Ballast Point’s core Even Keel session IPA. The second, Ginger Big Eye (debuting in 22-ounce bottles), is a 7% abv, ginger-spiked version of year-round entry Big Eye IPA. Both will be hitting shelves in the coming weeks.
•San Diego’s Green Flash Brewing is adding a pair of new fruit-forward offerings—Tangerine Soul Style and Passion Fruit Kicker—to its lineup this month. An IPA infused with tangerine puree, Tangerine Soul Style (6.5% abv) is brewed with American malts and Citra and Cascade hops, while Passion Fruit Kicker (6.5% abv) is billed as an American wheat beer, made using cold-steeped passion fruit tea and passion fruit concentrate. Additionally, in February, Green Flash will bring back its Cosmic Ristretto Baltic Porter with espresso (8.2% abv) and Dia de los Serranos Double Stout with serrano chiles (8.8% abv), both formerly available at the Green Flash tasting room. Also joining the brewer’s lineup later this spring is Sea to Sea Session Lager (4% abv), a new European-American Pilsner created to commemorate Green Flash’s new Virginia Beach brewery, which is slated to open later this year.
•Downingtown, Pennsylvania-based Victory Brewing Company is rolling out Anniversary 20 Experimental IPA. The 5.5%-abv IPA is brewed with pilsner and carapils malts and a new experimental hop variety, Idaho 7. Anniversary 20 Experimental IPA will be available on draft and in six-packs of 12-ounce bottles for about $9.99 across the company’s 37-state distribution footprint from January through April.
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