Light-Body and Summer Seasonal Beers Dominate Statewide

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.

Giesenbrau Town Ball Lite Lager 6pk 12oz – On a summer night under the lights at the ballfield, nothing tastes better than a Stadtball Lite. Crisp, bright, and refreshing, this bier is a locally crafted upgrade to your typical domestic light lager. Play ball! 4% ABV 

Modist Imperial Teal Label Imperial West Coast IPA 4pk 16oz – Imperial West Coast IPA brewed with Maris Otter Pale Ale malt, then hopped & dry hopped with our hand-selected Columbus Cryo, Simcoe, Strata & Citra. 8.5% ABV 

Abomination Brewing Everyday Fog African Queen DDH IPA 4pk 16oz – DDH Double IPA with Mosaic, Pacific Jade, Citra, Summit & Enigma hops. 7.1% ABV 

Revelation Dad Chaniels Session IPA 4pk 16oz – Brewed with pale, malted wheat, and oats to provide a full body; then hopped with Citra and El Dorado for ripe pineapple, citrus, and stone fruit vibes! Comedian Chad Daniels actually came up to Hallock, MN and brewed it with us! 5% ABV 

Portage Vibrance In Color Tart Beer 4pk 16oz – Few things shine brighter. Designed with an unreasonable amount of blueberry puree, blueberry rooibos tea, and dried lemons, this beer gives energy and light, to a period of frigid cold and dark times. 6.9% ABV

New beers available this week across Minnesota

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Big Axe Brewing Company

• Crypt Kicker – “The rich, aromatic, roasted malts are balanced with hints of caramel sweetness combined with barrel-aged bourbon, vanilla, and oak,” Big Axe says of its barrel-aged imperial stout that tapped at the end of July.

Birch’s On The Lake

• S’mores Stout – A summer stout with graham crackers, chocolate, lactose, and locally-sourced marshmallows. 6.5% ABV.

Blacklist Brewing Co.

• Harbor Hop – A juicy IPA with citrus notes.
• Hard Seltzer: Honeyberry, Thyme, and Lemon Peel – Made in collaboration with Farm LoLa and had Vikre Distillery.

BlackStack Brewing

• Free HBC 586 – A triple IPA made with all experimental HBC 586 (and HBC 586 Cyro) hops, for big fruity flavors. 10% ABV.

• Jurassic World – The 12% ABV quadruple IPA collaboration with Toppling Goliath returns. “We used earth-rattling quantities of our hand-selected Citra and Citra Cryo with Riwaka and Nelson Sauvin,” the brewery says.

• Microdosing: Cashmere – A new 7.2% ABV IPA that was dosed with Cashmere hops daily.

• Polar Express – “Fermented cold with a yeast strain that normally ferments hot and fast. El Dorado, Nugget, and a new one for us, Experimental HBC 1019, in a gloriously crispy package,” the Saint Paul brewery says of its 6.9% ABV cold IPA.

• Rhythmically Speaking – A 7.1% ABV mixed culture Berliner with a heavy dose of strawberry. A collaboration with the dance group of the same name.

Boathouse Brothers Brewing Co.

• Vanilla Cream Ale

Boom Island Brewing Company

They aren’t new beers, but Boom Island’s two mainstay IPAs just received new artwork.

• Bell Rock – A West Coast-style IPA.
• Fyn’s Fog – A New England-style IPA.

Bricksworth Beer Co.

• Ocean Eyes – A sour ale made with blackberry, blueberry, and strawberry. On draft at both locations, Crowlers in Burnsville. 5.1% ABV.
• Passionate Vibez – A 5% ABV fruited ale with passion fruit, guava, strawberry, and coconut.

Bucks Mill Brewing

• Dream On – A hazy IPA with passion fruit, melon, and gooseberry-like flavors. 6.1% ABV, 50 IBU.

• Kölsch – This German-style ale has fruity esters and floral hop tones, pouring at 4.9% ABV, 20 IBU.

Burning Brothers Brewing Co.

• Hard Kool-Aid – Three new flavors debuted this week at the taproom.

Canal Park Brewing Company

• Ankle Deep Pilsner – Back on tap this month.

Dangerous Man Brewing Company

• Big Citrus Sour IPA – A 6.5% sour IPA with Trident and Belma hops and conditioned on grapefruit, orange, tangerine, and soursop.

• Canna Blissed: Strawberry Dragon Fruit – A new pink-hued THC tonic made with strawberries and dragonfruit. 

• Cold IPA – Available now in 12-ounce cans (liquor stores only, not on draft).

• Straw-Peary Sour – Available now in 12-ounce cans (liquor stores only, not on draft).
• Wild Thing Strawberry Mango – The latest mixed culture beer in The Danger Zone series, “[It] was fermented on heaps of strawberries and mangos for bold funk and brett notes with bright strawberry yogurt and a mango creaminess. Finishes with notes of sweet bread and malt,” the brewery says. Tapped last week and limited.

• Watermelon Lemon Sour Shandy – A sour shandy made with lemonade, lemon juice, and watermelon. 5% ABV.

Dogfish Head Brewery

• Citrus Squall – A double golden ale meets Paloma, this 8.0% ABV hybrid has grapefruit juice, blue agave nectar, lime peels, and sea salt, delivering a base beer with agave sweetness and unique fruit and salt notes.

Eastlake Craft Brewery

• Noble Tiger Centennial Cream Ale – A fruit-forward cream ale for late summer.

Fair State Brewing Cooperative

• Union Lager – A union-made Dortmunder-style lager with a crisp body and moderately malty profile. A collaboration with Schell’s. 5.3% ABV.

Firestone Walker Brewing Company

• Oaktoberfest – This California-made, German-inspired lager is partially aged in French oak barrels and has notes of toast and biscuit. 5.2% ABV.

Foxhole Brewhouse

• Gooseberry Sour

Gambit Brewing Company

• Fly the L – A key lime tart ale, now on tap.

Half Pint Brewing Company

• French Saison
• Pa’s Porter

Imminent Brewing

• Oktoberfest – “Brewed this past Spring, our Oktoberfest has been lagering for half the year, rounding out and morphing into the perfectly smooth, malty, and satisfying beer,” Imminent explains. 6.2% ABV, 19 IBU.

Indeed Brewing Company

• Double High Fiver: Pink Burst – A bright-in-color 10mg THV, 10mh CBD drink with a pink Starburst-like flavor. Nonalcoholic.
• High Fiver: Pistachio Dream – Inspired by Pistachio Cream Ale, with vanilla added to the recipe. 5mg THC, 5mg BCD, nonalcoholic.
• Oktoberfest – On tap now and in stores soon.

Keepsake Cidery

• Off-Dry – New in the Wood & Spirits series, “This blend features 80% Connel Red apples from two regional orchards and blended with Keepsake and Liberty apples – all harvested in 2022,” the cidery notes, with a barrel from the 2021 harvest. Aged on wood staves soaked in Loon LIquor whiskey.

Kinney Creek Brewery

• Chopper IPA – A 7.0% ABV, 50 IBU old-school IPA.
• Just Kveik’n Around – A lightly fruited Norwegian pale ale.

• Med City: Orange Hard Soda – On tap now and in liquor stores soon.

• What’s the Big Dill? –On tap now.

Lakes & Legends Brewing Company

• Berliner Weisse – In the brewery’s words: “A ‘sticky,’ slightly sour Berliner Weisse with notes of banana and vanilla. Available now in our taproom with optional flavorings including strawberry, blood orange, pomegranate, and peach.” 4.40% ABV.
• Redwood – A 6.3% ABV twist on a West Coasy-style IPA with earthy and fruity flavors and a thick and sticky mouthfeel, the brewery says.

Lupulin Brewing Company

• Baggage Czech – A 4% ABV Czech-style pale lager, on tap in Big Lake now.
• Lemon Czech A 4% Czech-style pale lager with lemon, available on draft.
• Practical Smoke – A smoked Helles-style lager, available at the brewery and 5% ABV.

Similar to Big Beer Week, it’s Sour Summer Work Week at Lupulin, with many special releases, including:

Monday:

• Bottle Release: Fugacity #11 – A 10% AB  barrel-aged dark sour.

• Draft Releases: Fugacity #11, Cerise de Chance 2020, Boris v.1
• Infusion: Pineapple Cactoid

Tuesday:

• Draft Releases: Fugacity #12 – Made with air-roasted coffee beans, Low-Hanging Fruit
• Infusion: Mango Jalapeno Gurka

Wednesday:

• Draft Releases: Fugacity #8, Fragmentary Delusion 2020
• Infusion: Boris v.2 “Borgasm”

Thursday:

• Draft Releases: Rene v.1, Loïs v.1
• Infusion: Cerise de Chance Cherry Pie

New Glarus Brewery

• Enigma 23 – A Wisconsin-made sour brown ale, available across the border.

Oliphant Brewing

• Cake Baker Snake – This sour ale was made with lemon, raspberry, coffee, and almond. 5% ABV.

• Frankenstein Pot – A merging of Strata, Mosaic, Citra, and Simcoe hops in a 6% ABV West Coast-style IPA. Limited distribution.
• Lizardize Mariguanas Grapefruit – A taproom-exclusive pale ale with grapefruit. 5% ABV.

Portage Brewing Company

• Chatter Chatter – A 4.8% ABV Czech-style Pilsner.

• Lakefellow – A summer juicy IPA with notes of tangerine peels, Sauv Blanc grapes, and juicy melon, the brewery says.

• Pine Line – A West Coast-style IPA made with Simcoe, Mosaic Cryo, and Chinook hops, “Pine Line strives for balance between the malt, bitterness, and hop aroma profile,” Portage says. 6.5% ABV.

• Sauna Water – A botanical sparkling water, re-released at the start of the month.
• Wave Dimension – A hazy double IPA with big piña colada flavors, originally released in 2022 as a single IPA collaboration with Nouvelle. 8.6% ABV.

Red Wing Brewery

• Remmler’s Royal Brew – Back on tap.

Spilled Grain Brewhouse

• Pontoon Party – The hefeweizen is back on tap now. 5% ABV.

Thousand Lakes Brewing Co.

• Give ‘er the Beans – A white stout/blonde ale conditioned on coffee beans, cocoa, and vanilla. 8.2% ABV.
• Pontoon Putzin – A Kolsch-style ale, including three infusion flavors.

Utepils Brewing

• Receptional – The German-style festbier is back for 2023. The brewery is hosting Oktoberfest parties Sept. 15-16 and Sept. 22-23.

Waconia Brewing Company

• Pineapple Upside-Down Cake – A 5-gallon cask taps today.

Wild Mind Ales

• Time Gun – A hazy, thiolized, brett IPA made with Wakatu, Motueka, and Pacifica hops. 6.4% ABV.
• WLD WTR: Pineapple Orange Cherry Infusion A lightly carbonated, fruit-flavored THC beverage, back in stock. 5mg THC.

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