Candy, Sour, And Wild Ales Flourish After Valentine’s Day

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.

Lupulin Brewing Dortmunder  –  A classic, easy drinking German style Dortmunder lager. 5.5% ABV 

Toppling Goliath Brewing Co. Mornin’ Latte Imperial Coffee Milk Stout – Imperial Coffee Milk Stout brewed with lactose and a careful blend of cacao nibs. Dark chocolate, toasty, sweet coffee taste. 8.9% ABV

Pryes Dark Preserves Smoothie Sour –  Blackberry, blueberry & raspberry, along a swirl of vanilla, come together in this ode to hearty northern winter preserves. Out of the cellar & into your glass. 7.5% ABV

Bald Man Juice Box Hero DDH Hazy Pale Ale – BHazy Pale Ale made with Cashmere, Idaho 7 and El Dorado Hops. 5.7% ABV

Headflyer Wicked Jump Shot Cryo Pale Ale – This soft, hazy pale features loads of late addition Mosaic and Amarillo hops to produce plenty of juicy flavor in a more sessionable package. ABV 5.4%

New beers available this week across Minnesota

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AEGIR Brewing Co.

• AEGIR will be at Hayes Public House this Saturday for Winter Firkin Féile, pouring, “either Athelstan Doppelbock (poked to carmelize) or a new version of Mama Juanabe with Orange.”

Badger Hill Brewing Company

• Death Star Disco Ball – A triple IPA with flavors of pineapple, citrus, and pine, described as “dank and resinous” and named for an ever present fixture in the Shakopee taproom.

Bear Cave Brewing

• Heart Hands – A cherry pale ale tapped on Thursday for MN Beer Day. “Soft floral hops and juicy cherry flavors make this beer a perfect choice for the waning winter weather, it gives us hope that spring is around the corner,” the Hopkins brewery says.

Bent Paddle Brewing Co.

• 218 Days Haze – The new hazy IPA with citrus fruit flavors and a piney finish, available only at the brewery, which opened its own Cann-A-Lounge (THC lounge) this week.
• Blueberry Lemonade CBD Seltzer – New in Duluth.

Chaotic Good Brewing Company

• Seltzer –  Now available in eight flavors, served in full or half pints: Coconut, Cucumber Mint, Dragonfruit, Lavender, Mango, Raspberry, Strawberry, Watermelon.

Clyde Brewing

Clyde Iron Works, in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Duluth, has added a brewery with the following beers on draft now:

• Cream Ale
• Empire Kolsch
• Mcgiffert Logger
• Steam Skidder Stout
• Stiff Leg IPA
• Whirley Wheat

Dual Citizen Brewing Company

• Herb Ertlinger Chocolate Cherry Stout – A dark, fruited stout, offering flavors of dark chocolate, dark stone fruit, and coffee, plus a tart cherry finish. 6.8% ABV, 25 IBU.

Fair State Brewing Cooperative

Two new beverages debuted on Thursday at the taproom, each served with Lemon LaCroix and intended as a cocktail-inspired spritz:

• Cano – “A cocktail-inspired beer blended with grapes and house brewed Aperitivo,” Fair State explains. 6.5% ABV.
• Vibe Alignment – “With locally-made bitters and Wisconsin-grown grapes, this light and fruity vermouth-inspired beer has light flavors of citrus and baking spices layered over a tart saison,” the brewery notes. 6.5% ABV.

Foxhole Brewhouse

• Perkins Lumber PB Porter – Back on tap in Willmar.

Fulton Brewing

• Cherry Sour – A 5.5% ABV sour ale with cherry, sold in cans and on draft.
• Lemonade Seltzer – A 5.0% ABV hard seltzer, currently only at the taproom.

Gambit Brewing Company

• Strawberry Blonde – A limited release for Valentine’s Day from Saint Paul’s newest brewery.

Hacienda Beer Co.

• It Just Does Weird Things – This hazy IPA, out tomorrow, was made with Citra, Mosaic, and El Dorado hops. 6.5% ABV.

Imminent Brewing

• Raven’s Nest Stout w/ Banana & Nutella – Inspired by a menu item at Raven’s Nest Cafe, this is a crepe-y collaboration stout with added chocolate, hazelnut, and banana. 5.4% ABV, 23 IBU.

Lake Monster Brewing

• Margarita Gose – A tart wheat ale brewed with agave nectar and lime in addition to the coriander and sea salt which are typical of the gose style. Taproom exclusive.

Lakes & Legends Brewing Company

• Hii: Orange – A new flavor of Lakes & Legends’ non-alcoholic THC-infused drink.

Lakeside Tavern & Brewery

• Brute Fruit – A hazy IPA with tropical fruit flavors, courtesy of Citra and El Dorado hops.
• Burly Bean – A cold press espresso-infused robust stout.

• Sweater Weather Winter Warmer – “Think glass of cognac spun with a gingerbread cookie,” Lakeside says of this 6% ABV sweet and malt-forward beer.

Lakeville Brewing Co.

• Cholaca Porter – A porter with added liquor cacao, pouring at 6% ABV with flavors of cocoa powder, black coffee, and a note of dark stone fruits. Three variants tapped for Valentine’s Day: Raspberry Cholaca, Peanut Butter Cholaca, and Mint Cholaca.

Lift Bridge Brewing Co.

• Ales for ALS – Available this Saturday, this charitable hazy IPA helps raise funds for ALS research.

Little Thistle Brewing

• Stouty McStoutface – An oatmeal stout with flavors of roasted malt, dark baker’s chocolate, and floral but sweet vanilla notes. 5.3% ABV.
• Swipe Right – A Valentine’s seasonal hard seltzer with strawberry Jolly Rancher flavors, available only at the taproom.

LocAle Brewing Company

• Chocolate Raspberry Distant Dawn – A limited beer that tapped on Super Bowl Sunday.
• Hypercube – A 7% ABV hazy IPA: “We used MN and WI grown Triumph & Saaz hops in the mash, the Cryo Pop blend in the whirlpool and dry hopped it with Cryo Pop and New Zealand Nelson Sauvin. We also added Phantasm, a powdered version of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc grape skins that adds even more tropical fruit notes,” the brewery explains.
• Schwarzwald – A light-to-medium body dark lager with roast malts for smooth, toasted malt, coffee, and chocolate-like flavors.

Lupulin Brewing Company

• 8 Count – “This tropical Hazy IPA brewed in collaboration with Caleb Truax punches you right in the face with bursts of juicy citrus and tropical flavors, Lupulin boasts.” Limited supply and out now.
• Sticky Bubbles – “This refreshingly fruity imperial hard seltzer was packed to the brim with the perfect combination of blackberry, lemon, basil, and bubbles, so many bubbles! Perfect for those who want all the flavor without the fuss of peeling and de-seeding,” Lupulin says of its Valentine’s Day 9.0% ABV imperial sour ale.
• Tropical House IPA – Part of the House IPA series at the taproom, this is a version of 8 Count fermented with thiol-boosting yeast.

Mankato Brewery

• Crooked Rook – An American porter with bittersweet chocolate, coffee, and caramel notes. Sold in Mankato’s variety pack.
• Dead Or Alive – A thick, rich stout.

North 20 Brewing

• Red Pine – A new amber ale, on tap as of Thursday.

Portage Brewing Co.

• As Old As Time – Oak Vienna lager, available at the taproom.
• Chatter Chatter – The Pilsner is back now, on draft and in cans.
• Everything You Wanted – A 7.5% ABV double dry-hopped double New England-style IPA made with Nelson, Citra Cryo, Sabro, and Cashmere hops for aromatic notes of grapes, pineapple, and tangerine.

• Pine Line – The West Coast-style IPA is back at the taproom now.

Pryes Brewing Co.

• Forêt De Impression – Released on Valentine’s Day, this Idyll Forest series beer is described as a tropical fruit and vanilla wild sour ale, made with dragon fruit, passionfruit, and vanilla beans.

River Siren Brewing Company

• She’s a Peach – A dry-hopped blonde ale with added peach.

Shakopee Brewhall

• Across the River – A white stout that tapped on Tuesday. The brewery also shares that its Girl Scout Cookie Infusion Series returns on Saturdays, beginning this weekend.

Sunken Ship Brewing Company

Two limited pours at Winter Firkin Féile at Hayes Public House on Saturday:

• Chocolate Covered Cherry Stout
• Marshmallow Coconut Stout

Take 16 Beer

• Thumbs Up – The IPA is back on tap now.

The Freehouse

• No. 60 Cedar Wood Rice Lager – A Japanese-inspired pale lager brewed with rice and Sorachi Ace hops and aged on cedar. 4.3% ABV. Available today.

The Nordic Brewpub

Two casks will be pouring exclusive at Winter Firkin Féile at Hayes Public House on Saturday:

• AJ Burlington – English-style honey pub ale. 
• Sharpen Your Boot – Dry Irish-style stout

Thesis Beer Project

• Doodle – An 8% ABV Belgian-style dubbel with a toasty and sweet malt base, plus fruit and spicy esters.

• Fruit Drip – Blueberries, strawberries, and lemon come together in a new 5.5% ABV fruited wheat beer.
• Snow Day – This light body American wheat ale pours at 6.5% ABV with cracker flavors.
• Somebody Stop Me – A sweet and tart sour ale made with kiwi, strawberry, and pineapple. 4.2% ABV.

Third Street Brewhouse

• Cold Spring Bock – Available now, o draft and in 12-ounce cans.

Three Twenty Brewing Co.

• Prickly Pear Sandbar Seltzer
• Super Day IPA – A session IPA made with Cascade, Citra, and Mandarina hops for citrus and tropical flavors. 5% ABV, 60 IBU.

Town Hall Brewery

The first half of Barrel Aged 2023 is underway, with  more barrel-aged beers to come next week. Tapped this week:

• Cherry Orchard MC – A barrel-fermented Brett mixed culture ale with tart cherries. 6.7% ABV and the first in a series of fruited sours.
• Czar Jack – Ol’ Jack Frost imperial stout aged in white oak American whiskey barrels. 12.9% ABV and tapped just yesterday.
• Kentucky Truffle – A returning beer, this milk stout was aged in bourbon barrels with unsweetened dark chocolate and was inspired by Kentucky truffles. 13.49% ABV. Tapped on Tuesday.
• Manhattan Reserve – The annual favorite returned on Tuesday. It’s a Belgian-style Grand Cru aged in bourbon barrels with cocktail-like flavors. 
• Mole Barrel – A 10.66% ABV mole-inspired barrel-aged sweet stout with added chocolate, baking spice, and chili peppers. Debuted on Monday Fab. 13.
• Pre-Pan Single Barrel Tripel – Tapped on Monday, this tripel was brewed pre-pandemic and aged in bourbon barrels. The finished beer is described as flory with notes of honey butter, cherry, maple, and thick chocolate butter cream. 16.3% ABV.
• Twisted Trace – Twisted Reality barleywine, aged in fresh bourbon barrels and pouring 13.86% ABV. A previous GABF medal winner.
• W.L. Bourbon ButterBall – A Belgian-style strong golden ale aged in wheated bourbon barrels, this one “Oozes sweet fruit, butter-pecan, toffee, vanilla, caramel, oak,” Town Hall says. 14.56% ABV. Tapped on Wednesday.
• Wine Barrel Bruin – “Belgian style dark ale featuring plum, fig, dark toasted chocolate, and mild oak,” Town Hall notes. 9.92% ABV.

Wooden Hill Brewing Co.

• HoneyComb – A cream ale with added local wildflower honey for “light flavor with a touch of sweetness,” the brewery says. 6% ABV.

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