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Featured Beers - January 2023
Featured Brewery & Beer |
The U.S. Microbrewed Beer Club
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The U.S. and International Variety Beer Club
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The Hop-Heads Beer Club
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The International Beer Club
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The Rare Beer Club®
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4 styles: 12 bottles |
4 styles: 12 bottles |
3 styles: 12 bottles |
2 styles: 12 bottles |
2 styles: 2, 4 or 6 btls |
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Sawtooth Brewery - Mountain Time | |||||||||||||||
SweetWater Brewing Company - 420 Strain G13 IPA | |||||||||||||||
Sawtooth Brewery - False Summit | |||||||||||||||
SweetWater Brewing Company - H.A.Z.Y. IPA | |||||||||||||||
Sawtooth Brewery - Idahome | |||||||||||||||
Sawtooth Brewery - Tandem | |||||||||||||||
SweetWater Brewing Company - H.A.Z.Y. Double IPA | |||||||||||||||
Cerveceria de Colima - Piedra Lisa | |||||||||||||||
Brouwerij Palm - Palm Spéciale Belge | |||||||||||||||
Jester King Brewery - Fantôme Del Rey | |||||||||||||||
The Lost Abbey - Faith and Obedience |
Unmatched Variety by style, brewery & country
Choose from Five different Beer Clubs offering unmatched variety by brewery,
country of origin, and beer style to suit your specific tastes.
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: Golden/Blonde Ale
- ABV: 4.7%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 20
- Serving Temperature: 40-45º F
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
- Hops: Idaho Grown Cascade
- Malts: Idaho Malted 2-Row, Dextrapils, Honey Malt, Red Wheat
- Country: United States
Pouring a bright, rich golden color with a robust head of pale foam, this golden ale from Sawtooth offers up a good look, and engaging aromas, as it rests in the glass. Look for some floral and lightly citric hops – evoking some orange and lemon – underlined by a base of pale, lightly honeyed malts reminiscent of graham cracker. Those malty notes jump out right away on the palate, offering notes of fresh bread and mild toast, with that honey...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: American IPA
- ABV: 6.0%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 48
- Serving Temperature: 45-50º F
- Suggested Glassware: IPA Glass, Tulip, Pint Glass
- Hops: Simcoe, Columbus
- Malts: 2-Row, Wheat
- Country: United States
420 Strain G13 presents a bright golden color, lightly hazy, with a big head of light bone-colored foam which leaves nice lacing as we drink this down. On the nose, we get a resinous herbal and earthy quality joined by plenty of citrus zest tending toward grapefruit. Swirl it a bit, and we pick up some floral and light tropical notes, and a shot of pine. The story continues in the flavor as the dankly herbal and citric qualities take center...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: Amber Ale
- ABV: 5.6%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 31
- Serving Temperature: 42-47° F
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
- Hops: Idaho Grown Cascade, Idaho Grown US Saaz
- Malts: Idaho Malted 2-Row, Caramel Malt
- Country: United States
False Summit pours a clear deep amber with bright flecks of copper and a thick pale tan foam cap. Rich aromas of caramel maltiness arise with light brown sugar accents that are warm and inviting, as do aromas of toasty nuts and grains. There’s a hint of toffee and candied orange peel with lightly piney hop aromas adding welcome fruity and floral notes. On the palate this medium bodied amber ale exhibits the caramel and toffee notes that abounded...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: New England-style Hazy IPA
- ABV: 6.2%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 45
- Serving Temperature: 45-50º F
- Suggested Glassware: IPA Glass, Pint Glass, Mug
- Hops: Mosaic, Citra, El Dorado, Azacca, Simcoe
- Malts: 2-Row, Wheat, Oats
- Country: United States
SweetWater describes H.A.Z.Y. IPA as a “juice bomb” and, boy, they ain’t lying. The juicy aromas explode as soon as you pop it open. Pouring a golden straw color that’s very hazy, naturally, and capped by a rocky head of pale foam, this brew offers tons of fruits on the nose, running the gamut from grapefruit and lime-like citrus, mango tropical notes, stone fruits tending towards apricot, and melon character conjuring cantaloupe. It’s quite...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: American IPA
- ABV: 6.2%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 65
- Serving Temperature: 45-50° F
- Suggested Glassware: IPA Glass, Pint Glass
- Hops: CTZ Hop Oil, Idaho Grown Idaho 7, Idaho Grown Cascade, Idaho Grown Chinook, Mosaic Cryo, Citra Cryo
- Malts: Idaho Malted 2-Row, Dextrapils, Vienna Malt, Caramel Malt
- Country: United States
Pouring a clear deep gold color with a thick bright white head, this “San Diego style” IPA delivers aromas of pine, mandarin orange, and tangerine, as the bright, floral, and expressive hops open up in the glass. Following this are citrus leaf and tropical notes that add a further depth which are supported by toasty barley, Vienna, and caramel malt. Rich and inviting, the first sip calls up mandarin orange peel, citrus blossom and leaves...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: Double IPA
- ABV: 8%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 53
- Serving Temperature: 45-50° F
- Suggested Glassware: IPA Glass or Tall Tulip
- Hops: Chinook Hop Oil, Idaho Grown Cascade, Idaho Grown Centennial, Idaho Grown Idaho 7, Citra Cryo, Mosaic Cryo
- Malts: Idaho Malted 2-Row, Flaked Wheat, Dextrapils, Vienna Malt, Dextrose
- Country: United States
Tandem pours a clear bright gold color which is capped by a thick white head. Deep dank hop aromas abound with lots of fresh pine needle and orange peel, grapefruit, pineapple, and hints of field herbs. There’s an underlying melon and stone fruit vibe as well, plus more tropical expressions the farther we dive in. Nicely toasty Vienna malt and flaked wheat give a lightly grainy warmth as a balance to the fruity and floral hops. As we take a...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: New England-style Hazy Double IPA
- ABV: 8.5%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 47
- Serving Temperature: 45-50° F
- Suggested Glassware: IPA Glass or Tall Tulip
- Hops: Strata, El Dorado, Sultana
- Malts: 2 Row, Pilsner, Wheat, Oats
- Country: United States
Inspired by their H.A.Z.Y. IPA, SweetWater decided to craft an imperialized version that was even juicier and more intense than the original. Their H.A.Z.Y. Double IPA looks very much like the original, pouring a well-hazed golden orange hue with a cap of off-white foam. On the nose: this is one extremely juicy brew, as we expect for a hazy New England-style IPA that’s been put on steroids. Look for a bold fruit cocktail character evoking...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: Session IPA
- ABV: 4.7%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 41
- Serving Temperature: 42-47° F
- Suggested Glassware: IPA Glass, Flute, Pint Glass
- Hops: Citra, El Dorado, Mosaic
- Malts: Pale Ale, Victory, Carapils, Malted Oats
- Country: Mexico
This session IPA from Cerveceria de Colima is named after a famous rock that forms the centerpiece of a park in the city of Colima. Meaning “smooth stone”, the piedra lisa is a large volcanic rock that has been polished by generations of youngsters (and plenty of adults, too) using it as a slide. Piedra Lisa presents a bright coppery golden color topped by a large head of persistent fluffy foam. Look for deeply fruity impressions on the nose...
- Bottle Size: 330-ml
- Style: Belgian Pale Ale
- ABV: 5.2%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 18
- Suggested Glassware: Tulip, Snifter, Goblet
- Country: Belgium
A century ago, during a time in which pilsner-style lagers were sweeping Europe and the world, the Belgian Brewers Guild challenged its members to create a traditionally-made but lower-gravity Belgian ale to compete. Palm’s answer to the guild and the trend towards easy-drinking beers was their Spéciale Belge (often branded today simply as Palm, as it’s the brewery’s flagship beer), a sessionable ale with a very pilsner-like 5.2% ABV and 18...
- Bottle Size: 750-ml
- Style: Farmhouse Ale Brewed with Belgian Candi Sugar, Coriander, Black Peppercorns, and Truffle Honey
- ABV: 8.8%
- Serving Temperature: 55–61° F
- Suggested Glassware: Snifter, Tulip, Chalice, or Pinot Glass
- Country: United States
In 2016, Fantôme Del Rey was brewed for the first time in the Texas Hill Country at Jester King Brewery. This month’s feature was produced in 2022, representing only the second brewing of this rare and iconic beer at Jester King. The Hill Country well water, Texas-grown barley and wheat malt from TexMalt, organic Fuggle hops, and Jester King’s own mixed cultures ground this beer firmly in the great Lone Star state.
- Bottle Size: 750-ml
- Style: Blend of Fresh and Heaven Hill Boubon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stouts
- ABV: 11.5%
- Serving Temperature: 40–45° F
- Suggested Glassware: Snifter, Chalice, Tulip, or Teku
- Country: United States
The Lost Abbey’s Faith and Obedience is a unique blend of fresh and Heaven Hill Bourbon barrel-aged imperial stouts. This one’s a Rare Beer Club exclusive and will be available solely through the club along with a limited amount through the Lost Abbey taproom.
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