SUMMER FLAVORS LEAD THE RACE TO MN STATE FAIR AND OKTOBERFEST

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.

Revelation 100 Watt Blackout Black IPA 4pk 16oz – Check out Revelation Brewing Co.’s latest version of their Black IPA with Simcoe and Centennial hops! 100 Watt Blackout Black IPA is a dark, roasty brew that has just the right amount of hops for a well-balanced IPA. 7% ABV

Indeed Brightside Lager 6pk 12oz – A squeeze of lemon and a wisp of sea salt puts a surprising twist on this crispy lager. Brightside Sea Salt & Lemon Lager makes the day golden, expertly balancing tart notes of lemon within a subtly sweet honey lager. Looking on the bright side is easier with one in hand. 5.2% ABV

Hop Butcher Blazed Orange Milkshake Double IPA 4pk 16oz – A delicious Citra & Strata-hopped Milkshake Double India Pale Ale Brewed with orange and vanilla that’s perfect to beat the summer heat with. 7.5% ABV

Blacklist Lake Walk Pilsner 4pk 16oz – Inspired by the beautiful walk up and down the lake shoreline in Duluth this German-style Pilsner brewed with Cascade hops is the perfect lake essential. 4.5% ABV 

Portage Summer’s Light Lager 4pk 16oz – Made with Minnesota pilsner malt, flaked corn, and German Hallertau Mittlefruh hops. Portage Summer’s Light Lager is a friend to any boat cruise, barbecue, or golf match. 4.6% ABV 

New beers available this week across Minnesota

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.

Badger Hill Brewing Company

• Walleye Hunter – Shakopee’s “fishing IPA” is back now.

Bald Man Brewing Company

• Eye of the Tiger – Now available at Bald Man and at the MN Zoo, Eye of the Tiger is an IPA with a West Coast-style hop profile but the juiciness and smooth finish of a New England-style IPA. 5.3% ABV.

Bang Brewing Company

• Bang Brewing Company x Patagonia Provisions Perennial Test Beer Kernza Lager – aka Kerza Lager, this 5% ABV lager features Regenerative Organic Certified Kernza grown in Madison, MN, and is part of a series of Patagonia-sponsored beers to raise awareness.

Disgruntled Brewing

• Otter Ale Bounty – A brown ale, on draft and sold in cans.

Earth Rider Brewery

• Hefeweizen – A traditional German-style wheat ale with yeast-derived banana and clove character. Tapped last Friday.

Falling Knife Brewing Co.

• Hypebeast – A double dry-hopped double IPA collaboration with BlackStack, this 8.5% ABV DIPA returned in June, with a profile of tropical fruit, bright citrus, resinous, and floral notes.

• Kaiju Smash – Previously a taproom exclusive, this beer made with flavors of peach, pineapple, Cara Cara, and Calamansi – tropical and tart flavors – is now in cans too.

• Let’s Pitch – Now in cans, Falling Knife describes Let’s Pitch as “Lightly hazed, eminently drinkable, and going deep with El Dorado, Simcoe and Citra hops to catch all the tropical, dank and citrus you could want.”

• Tropical Mayhem – A hazy pale ale with big flavors of passion fruit, on tap at Pizza Lucé in Eden Prairie. Made with Mosaic, El Dorado, and Sabro hops.

Fergus Brewing Co.

• Pothole Surfer – “Brewed with traditional German craftsmanship, Pothole Surfer is the perfect fusion of crispness and smoothness. Its golden hue and delicate balance of malt and hops make for an all-day beer for any occasion,” the brewery says.

Garphish Brewing Company

• I Dress My Dog – “Fruity, fluffy, and just enough bitterness,” the brewery says of this hazy IPA made with Citra and Mosaic hops.
  Ringneck Bowler – A smooth ESB brewed with English malts. 6.0% ABV.

HeadFlyer Brewing

• No Funny Stuff – A light American lager with a rich body and crisp finish, made with Pilsner malt and corn.

• Orange Dreamshake – Dreamshake milkshake-style IPA, this batch is made with milk sugars, orange zest, and vanilla beans. On draft and sold in liquor stores too.
• S’more Stout – On tap Saturday for Summer Camp Festival, with live music onsite from 2-10 pm, plus fire pits for cooking real s’mores.

• Strawberry Whip – A cream ale with strawberries, back for the summer. On draft and sold in liquor stores in cans.

Jack Pine Brewery

• Beer Flavored Beer – “It’s crisp, dry, and perfectly balances with its malty, floral, and herbal profile,” says Jack Pine.

• Untapped Badge – A limited “cookie ale,” sold with a box of Caramel DeLites at the brewery.

• Watermelon Lemon Shandy – A shandy where zesty lemon meets juicy watermelon, tapped prior to July 4.

Junkyard Brewing Co.

• Berry Me Terminal Delight – Raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, blueberries, and vanilla all go into this “cream soda sour.”

• Double Barrel Aged Midnight Spider – A limited bottle release on Saturday, this double barrel-aged stout was conditioned on cocoa nibs, toasted black walnuts, and marshmallows, drawing inspiration from rocky road ice cream. 11.5% ABV and on sale at the Rare Beer Picnic.

• Flip Flops and Wheelies – A juicy and tropical beer offering additional notes of pine and citrus. Made with exclusively Mosaic hops.

• Florida Squeeze – A beermosa-inspired offering, made with orange juice.

• Junkyard Brewing Co. Saskatooner Packed with blueberry jam notes, this Berliner Weisse sour ale is tart and fruity and sold in 4-packs.

• Summer Special – A crisp blonde ale with lime juice.

Lift Bridge Brewing Co.

• House Pilsner – On tap at both taproom locations (via side pull), this slow-poured Pilsner is 4.0% ABV.

LocAle Brewing

• Hypercube – A hazy IPA made with Citra Incognito, Nelson Sauvin, Cashmere, Cryo Pop Blend, and Civil Sass Hops’ Cascade, plus Phantasm powder, giving an extra aromatic kick to the 7% ABV IPA.

Oliphant Brewing

• Ruin – A nonalcoholic lemonade with THC 10mg/CBD 5mg.
• Rusket Pils – A German-style Pilsner, poured at 5% ABV.

Sociable Cider Werks

• Hefeweizen – Tapped a month ago at the cidery + brewery.

• IPA – “Nectaron hops from New Zealand give this IPA its profile of hoppy, dank, medium body flavor with a bit of bitterness,” Sociable says.

• Watermelon Basil Cider – On tap now.

Thesis Beer Project

• Daydream – Mosaic and Nelson hops offer citrus tones in this hazy IPA from Thesis.

• Fruit Frenzy – A sour ale with strawberry, mango, and lemon, served on nitro.

Third Street Brewhouse

• Hunny Do – A 4.8% ABV wheat ale available in 12-ounce cans.
• Sun Seeker – A 4.2% ABV shandy, available in 12-ounce cans.

Thor’s Hard Cider

• Thunder Punch – A summer seasonal with strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries. 

Thousand Lakes Brewing Co.

• Evil Stepsister – A fruity and crisp sour ale sibling to Sassy Redhead, but with blueberries as the central fruit instead.
• Hefelump – Light banana and clove flavors atop a bready and tart base.
• Hot Pink Pie – A strawberry and rhubarb sour ale.

• Pontoon Putzin’ Kolsch – “This easy drinker is light and crisp with just a touch of fruity fermentation character,” the brewery says

• Tiny Bubbles: Mojito – A cocktail-inspired hard seltzer with lime and mint.

• Tiny Bubbles: Pink Lemonade – A 4.5% ABV hard seltzer.

Three Twenty Brewing Company

• Cubicle Fugitive – A 6.5% ABV, 75 IBU American IPA with a juicy citrus finish. 
• Wild Berry Sandbar Seltzer – Back on tap.

Tiliion Brewing Company

• Cannon Valley Trail – A smooth-bodied cold IPA with bright notes of citrus, stone fruit, and lime from a New Zealand hop cocktail of Wakatu, Cashmere, and Motueka.

Torg Brewery

• Far Far Away? – An IPA featuring local malt paired with New Zealand-grown Galaxy and Pacifica hops.

• Kilted Yoga – Irish-style red ale

Waconia Brewing Company

• Air Quality Alert – Besides a fitting name for the summer of ’23, this hazy IPA has candied fruit and cherry notes and features Idaho Gem hops. 7.4% ABV, 41 IBU.

Wooden Hill Brewing Co.

• Batch 420 – A dank and juicy IPA, pouring 5.7% ABV and made with a blend of Mosaic, Sabro, Vic Secret, and Bru-1 hops, tapped in recognition of Minnesota’s new cannabis laws. Does not contain THC or CBD.
• Caramel Frap A malty coffee ale brewed with milk sugar and conditioned on vanilla beans, the brewery says. 5.2% ABV and freshly tapped on Thursday Released

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