LIGHT, CRISP, AND COMFORTABLE BEERS FOR SUMMER

Each week, the Beer Dabbler team highlights the most tantalizing new beers available across the state that we’re most excited to try. Check out these Top Flights at Dabbler Depot—click on each image for stock levels.

Milk & Honey Ciders Tart Cherry 4pk – An M&H cider blend collides with MI Montmorency Cherry in a kaleidoscopic experience. ABV 6.9%

Dakota Double Luce Line Brewing 4pk 16oz – Dakota Double IPA is brewed with Michigan-grown Chinook, Simcoe, and Citra. Expect notes of ripe pineapple, apricot, peach, and grapefruit. ABV 7.8%

Dive Bar Dinner Junkyard Brewing and Falling Knife Brewing Co. 4pk 16oz – A collaboration beer between Junkyard Brewing and Falling Knife Brewing Co. gives a fun twist on the classic IPA New England / Hazy. ABV 7.1%

Destihl Brewery Suckerpunch Dill Pickle Sour 4pk 12oz – The tart, citrusy flavors of a DESTIHL gose ale combine with the unmistak- able zesty, garlicky flavor of a Suckerpunch dill pickle to create a uniquely delicious, knockout flavor experience. Cheers! ABV 5.2%

Looking for a taste of these great new beers? The icon  indicates beers available at Dabbler Depot. Keep in mind—stock is limited! Check dabblerdepot.com or text (651)-802-2112 for availability.

Bad Weather Brewing Company

• Bavarian Hefeweizen – Just tapped yesterday.

Boom Island Brewing Co.

• Tonka Weiss – A German-inspired summer wheat beer, full-bodied with notes of nuts and banana. On draft now and in cans next month.
• Witness – A Belgian-style ale with coriander, orange peel, and chamomile, back on tap now.

Castle Danger Brewery

• Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate George Hunter Stout – On tap in Two Harbors.

Drekker Brewing

• Braaaaaaaains! Picnic Punch – This smoothie-style ale is made with peach, apricot, raspberry, sea salt, lactose, and vanilla beans.

• Cherry Cheesecake Slang Du Jour – Cherries, granola, cream cheese, lactose, and brown sugar are all part of this beer from Fargo’s Drekker.

• Mind Bullets – “[A] sour IPA brewed with oats, spelt, and a little bit of lactose and then hopped with Magnum, Huell Melon, Mosaic, and Hallertau Blanc for an explosion of super fruity and juicy flavor,” the brewery explains.

• Prince of the Place – A “single” version of Kind of the Thing Double IPA, this 6% ABV Citra-hopped beer has fruity, floral, and citrus flavors.

• Wayward Cargo – A smoothie-style sour ale, tiki-style, with pineapple, banana, cacao, and coffee.

Fair State Brewing Cooperative

• Sunset Destroyer – A pale ale with citrus, stone fruit, and pine flavors, brewed in memory of Sean Lipinski. 5.5% ABV.

Hop & Barrel Brewing Company

• Be Prepared – A sweet stout, brownie-inspired sweet stout with chocolate and caramel, like some popular cookies. 6.5% ABV. Taproom only.
• Hazy Valley – A hazy IPA beginning with passion fruit and pineapple notes, and finished with dank, citrus, and herbal elements. 6% ABV. On draft and in liquor stores.

Imminent Brewing

• Fred the Beer – A hazy IPA with tropical fruit, pineapple, and citrusy flavors. 6.7% ABV, 30 IBU.

Insight Brewing

• Hotel Bar Golden Ale with Berry & Lime – 4.7% ABV 
• Sour Curious – Strawberry and lemon, together in a 5.5% ABV sour ale collaboration with Outfront MN.
• Spritz Mango – A 5.3% ABV hard seltzer with mango.
• Team Building Exercise – A triple IPA clocking at 10.1% ABV.

Invictus Brewing Co.

• Adjust Your Focus – This hazy IPA is 5.5% ABV.

Lift Bridge Brewing Co.

• Cub Peach Hard Tea – In Cub Liquor stores now.

LocAle Brewing

• Scarletta – “Our 6% ABV strawberry hibiscus sour ale is loaded with hundreds of pounds of real strawberry pureé and infused with heaps of real dried hibiscus flowers,” the Mankato brewery says. “Scarletta is lightly tart, berry-filled and refreshing.

• Orange Dream – A slushie made with real orange zest, orange juice, vegan orange-flavored soft serve mix, vanilla, and a hard seltzer base. Gluten-free.

Lost Sanity Brewing

• Dragon Chaser – The latest batch features a hop blend of Galaxy, El Dorado, and Vic Secret.

Lupulin Brewing Company

• Sticky Puddles – The newest imperial sour ale from Lupulin is inspired by the pina colada cocktail, with large amounts of pineapple and coconut. 9% ABV.

Mankato Brewery

• Jalapeño Cream Ale – A small-batch, brewery-made version of a homebrew recipe. Tapped on Thursday.

The brewery also just released a limited Berry Edition of The Collector mixed pack:

• Dark Sector
• Sector Berry
• Zero Sector

Modist Brewing Co.

• Double False Pattern – “A double New England pale ale brewed with malted oats, hopped with our hand-selected Mosaic and Simcoe then double dry hopped with more Mosaic, Simcoe, Cryo Mosaic, and Cryo Simcoe,” Modist notes. On tap and in stores now.
• Pride In Brewing – This collaborative golden ale is on tap at the brewery, made in collaboration with BSG, Beer Dabbler, Nine Mile, and Bald Man Brewing to benefit Dabbler & Friends.

Nine Mile Brewing

• A Tale Of Two Grizzies – An annual grisette collaboration with Nouvelle, the beer offers subtle minerality, grassiness, and rose, with citrusy yuzu and ginger leading the experience. Nouvelle’s version uses a similar but different, recipe. 4.0% ABV.

• Desert Dwelling Dragon – A sweet and sour ale made with red prickly pear and dragon fruit. It’s colorful with tropical and citrus fruit flavors, with watermelon-like juiciness, the brewery says. 4.7% ABV.

• Fresh Pot Vibes – A balanced blonde ale base, moderately dry, with light roast coffee. 5.5% ABV.

Northbound Smokehouse + Brewpub

• Line Drive IPA – A hop-forward IPA with big citrus and tropical fruit flavors. 7.3% ABV, 85 IBU.

Nouvelle Brewing

• A Tale of Two Grizzies – A grisette collaboration with Nine Mile (see their entry above), this variant uses a Lithuanian Farmhouse yeast strain for fruity esters, also adding mago and Calamansi juice. 3.8% ABV.
• Heckin’ Shreddit – A hazy, silky IPA with pineapple cotton candy, tropical fruit gummy bears, and peach smoothie-like hop flavors.
• L’Orange Blanche – A 4.8% ABV Belgian-style witbier.

Number 12 Cider

• Cider Saison – A dry cider/beer hybrid featuring apples, plus traditional Belgian saison beer yeast and wheat with notes of citrus, white pepper, tropical fruit, and coriander. 6.8% ABV.
• Kiwiana – Pronounced “kiwi•onna,” the Minneapolis cidery says: “A dry-hopped cider using two New Zealand hop varieties. ABV 6.2%. Notes: hopped, vinous, grassy lemon and peach skin.”

Oliphant Brewing

• Oh! Rangee? – A 5% ABV creamsicle sour ale.
• Pickle Beer – Oliphant finally released a beer with a to-the-point name, Pickle Beer is a pickle-brined light lager. 4% ABV.
• Prom On The Prairie – A sour ale with a trio of fruit flavors: guava, pineapple, and raspberry. 5% ABV.

OMNI Brewing Co.

• Pick Up Limes – A summer hard seltzer.

Outstate Brewing Co.

• Blue Hawaiian – A hard seltzer with cocktail-like flavors of pineapple, mango, and coconut.

• Grandma’s Garden Rhubarb Sour – On tap and sold in cans.

• Last Slice – A seltzer with cherry pie-like flavors.
• Socks & Sandals – Flavors of peach, berry, and white sangria.

Tallgrass Cider

• Afterglow – A dry cider with berry notes, purple in color, and 6.3% ABV.

Urban Growler Brewing Company

• Summer Hours Hefeweizen – Hazy, golden, and classic.

WeldWerks Brewing Co.

• Strawberry Cheesecake – A new pastry sour from WeldWerks, “The supremely drinkable, and delectable, sour ale is brewed with strawberry puree, cream cheese, milk sugar, and graham cracker to produce your favorite summertime dessert in a can,” the Colorado brewery says. 4.5% ABV.
• Vacay Everyday – Sabro, Citra, and Lotus hops deliver flavors of coconut, tangerine, grapefruit, and a hint of vanilla and cedar in a new 8.8% ABV hazy IPA sold in 4-packs beginning this week.

Wild Mind Ales

• Balance Of Time – This canned Kolsch-style ale is out now: “Brewed with German pilsner malt and a touch of red wheat. It’s spunded for natural carbonation and lagered for four weeks, resulting in a lightly fruity aroma and taste with a pleasant hoppy bitterness,” the brewery says.
• Infinite Crisis – A new hazy IPA double dry-hopped with Citra, Citra Cryo, Mosaic, and Mosaic Cryo. Sold in liquor stores.
• Nebulae – A quadruple mashed imperial stout with notes of cherry cordial, rum-soaked tobacco, molasses, and baker’s chocolate, the brewery explains. 13.4% ABV.
• Pink Lemonade – A 7.5% ABV hard seltzer with summer flavors of strawberry and lemon. Available today.
• Ultra Wires – “This aggressive and bracing West Coast Double IPA is loaded with Columbus, Cascade, and Ekuanot hops, making it a hophead’s dream come true,” the brewery says. 7.8% ABV and available today.

Wooden Ship Brewing

• Abyss – A strawberry and kiwi-flavored THC seltzer collaboration with Black Brewers Podcast. 0% ABV, 5mg THC.