Hazy IPA Image from Rogue

Photo via Insight Brewing Co.

Welcome to Beer Dabbler’s Freshies, our weekly rundown on the newest beers hitting the store shelves and taproom coolers in Minnesota from your favorite local and national breweries. 

T

he Halloween decorations are up and Darkness Day is upon us. It’s fall in Minnesota which certainly means big beers like Surly’s Imperial Stout are on their way, but first, we transition from crisp summer slammers to mid-body sippers. Dessert flavors, spiced beers, and notes of yams and caramel apples define some of this week’s Freshies flavors.

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.

Dangerous Man Cherry Vanilla Tart 6pk 12oz – This sour ale was brewed with wheat and oats for a smooth fluffy base and conditioned on tart cherries, sweet cherries, and vanilla for a smooth yet tart seasonal sour. 5.2% ABV 

Phase Three Affy Tapple A Bushel Of Apples Ale 4pk 16oz – A delicious collab between Affy Tapple and Phase Three Brewing, A Bushel of Apples Ale is an ale with apple juice as well as notes of caramel, and peanuts. 6% ABV  

Barrel Theory No More Games Hazy IPA 4pk 16oz – No More Games is an accurately named hazy IPA with Citra T90, Mosaic, Simcoe, and Simcoe Cryo hops. 7% ABV 

Hacienda Tiny Shaka Small Pale Ale 4pk 16oz – Tiny Shaka is a small yet juicy pale ale dry hopped with Southern Hemisphere hops. 4.5% ABV 

Ursa Minor Pterodactyl Screams Hazy IPA 4pk 16oz – As bold and hoppy as we imagine the screams from a high-flying pterodactyl would be as it hunted prey over the vast jungles of the Jurassic world. 7.3% ABV

Shop for the newest beer at Dabbler Depot

The beers in this gallery are now available for purchase at Dabbler Depot, 1545 7th St W, St. Paul, MN 55102

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.

22 Northmen Brewing Company

  • Kölsch – The German-style ale is bready and smooth with subtle fruit and hop influence, the brewery notes. 5.1% ABV.

Bald Man Brewing Co.

  • Spirit is the Sky – A strawberry and rhubarb blonde ale, on tap and also sold in 4-packs. A portion of the profits will benefit BCEA.

Bear Cave Brewing

  • Marzen

BeerClub Brewing

  • Bohemian Pils

Bent Paddle Brewing Co.

  • Kokua: Maui Strong – A session IPA fundraiser. 4.2% ABV, 20 IBU. Taproom only.
  • Sai Less – A 5.25 ABV, 20 IBU pilot system saison on tap at the brewery.
  • Snowmaker Pale Ale – Tapped in time for Halloween, this robust porter offers notes of pine, caramel, and grapefruit and pours at 5.5% ABV. On draft now and to be sold in 6- and 12-packs soon.
  • Swear Jar – A 6.0% ABV, 14 IBU Helles lager available at the taproom.

Bucks Mill Brewing

The brewery focused on German-style lagers for their recent Oktoberfest event.

  • Festbier – A smooth German-style lager for fall.
  • Hefeweizen – “A light and hazy German wheat ale brewed with a distinctive German yeast that produces flavor and aroma undertones of clove and banana,” the brewery says.
  • Dunkel – A dark and malt-forward German-style lager with rich and toasty flavors.
  • Kolsch – Based on the beers of Cologne.
  • Pink Warrior – “The Breast Dam Seltzer,” says the brewery. “We collaborated with our friends at Essentia Health to create this beautifully delicious raspberry seltzer to benefit breast cancer awareness throughout the month of October.”

Drekker Brewing

A series of new beers last Friday in Fargo:

  • Bobbin’ for PRRRTs – Described as a caramel apple sour, this beer is made with apple, pear, coconut, caramel sauce, vanilla soft serve, and sour apple slushy mix.

  • Braaaaaaaains! It’s The Berries – A smoothie-style ale with strawberry, blueberry, sea salt, vanilla, and lactose.

  • Make It Spooky – “Make It Spooky is brewed with spelt and oats and hopped with the scary delicious combo of Hallertau Blanc, Belma, and Citra for some big notes of melon, ripe cantaloupe, stone fruit, and candied lemon,” Drekker explains.

  • Slang Du Jour: Cherry Cobbler – Cherry, granola, cinnamon, lactose, and vanilla beans in the form of a beer.

  • Super Mega Funk Department – A foeder-fermented saison with funky lemon, peach, oak, banana, and clove flavors, and a crisp finish.

  • Tickle Monster – A double IPA with a pillowy body and flavors of citrus, melon, and a touch of strawberry.

Dual Citizen Brewing Company

  • WAZZUP! – A new American pale ale collaboration between Black Brewers Podcast, Infinite Ingredient, and Dual Citizen

Fair State Brewing Cooperative

  • Mutant Mammal – Tapped on Thursday at the Minneapolis brewery, “Mutant Mammal is crisp, fruity, [and] balanced,” Fair State Says. 5.5% ABV.

Foxhole Brewhouse

  • Gatewood Electric IPA – A 7% ABV fresh-hopped beer, now on tap.

Hackamore Brewing Company

  • Hope Amber Ale with Graham Cracker and Honey – A 6.9% ABV amber ale with wildflower honey, helping to raise funds and awareness for Feed My Starving Children.
  • Pillow Pants – A new hazy IPA with tropical fruit notes from a blend of Sabro and Nelson Sauvin hops. 7.1% ABV.

Hoch Orchard Hard Cider

  • Apple Rose – “A smooth base cider blended with Marachel Foch red wine. A light carbonated refreshing drink,” the orchard says. Released for AppleFest last month.

Hoops Brewing

  • No. 67 Oktoberfest Wiesn Bier – “Brewed strictly according to the Bavarian beer purity law of 1516, only from the best natural ingredients. It has the character of a typically light bottom-fermented festival beer – a deep golden yellow, with a balanced harmonious taste and the pleasant fragrance of hops. Full-bodied, wonderfully light, and slightly sweet beer,” says the Duluth brewery.

Imminent Brewing

  • Chili Pepper Gateway – A cream ale with hot but not-too-hot chile peppers.

Ineffable Brewing Co.

  • Banana Bread Hefeweizen – A hefeweizen base with added cinnamon and vanilla, inspired by banana bread. 4.2% ABV, 15 IBU.
  • Marzen Oktoberfest – A German-style lager with a traditional grain bill plus a dose of wildflower honey. 6.7% ABV.

Insight Brewing

  • Sad Trombone – A sour ale made with blackberry, raspberry, and vanilla. It’s bright, tart, sweet, and weighs in at a mellow, Insight says. 6.1% ABV and available at the brewery.

  • Festbier – On tap at Sort-Of-Toberfest this weekend.

  • Flavor Pixels – Blackberry Lemon flavor is now sold in 12-packs and Orange Creamsicle is also back, with 10 mh THC, 10 mg CBD, and 20 mg CBG options.

  • Game Night – A 6.7% ABV New Zealand-style IPA featuring Nelson Sauvin, Wakatu, and Citra hops, named for the brewery’s weekly Wednesday event at the taproom.

  • Hazy Jay – An Ales for ALS release, the hazy is brewed in honor of Hadley (Dadley) Jay Bakker.

  • Marzen – On tap at Sort-of-Toberfest this weekend.
  • Turtle Sandbox – A tart and sweet-sour ale made with blood orange and grapefruit. 5.3% ABV.

Invictus Brewing Co.

  • Smoked Pineapple Dream – A limited anniversary beer brewed for Smokey’s, tapped last weekend.

Iron Exchange Tavern & Brewery

A run of German styles tapped for Oktoberfest at Iron Range:

  • Festbier
  • Hefeweizen
  • Munich Helles

Island City Brewing Co.

  • Marzen

  • Wizard Water – A new line of THC-infused seltzers, available in Tropical POG and Black Cherry Key Lime flavors.

Jack Pine Brewery

  • Bonfire – The 5.5% ABV stout with chocolate, marshmallow, and graham cracker is back.

Kinney Creek Brewery

  • Sicilian-Style Granita – A new option in the limited hard iced seltzer product line.

Lift Bridge Brewing Co.

  • Fireside Flannel – A fall seasonal brown ale with flavors of roasted hazelnut, coffee, and light chocolate, the brewery says. Sold in 6-packs. The brewery hosts its annual pumpkin carving night on Oct. 18.

Modist Brewing Co.

  • Breffix – Available Saturday on draft (in stores next week), this is a breakfast stout made with coffee, maple syrup, brown sugar, vanilla bean, and oat milk. 8% ABV.
  • Marble Rye – “A rye lager with pilsner, pale rye, caramel rye, dark rye malts, and Loral hops, aged in our American oak foeders,” explains Modist. 5.2% ABV.
  • Yummerz – A blueberry and guava fruited sour. 5.4% ABV and draft only beginning Saturday.

Nordic Brewpub

  • The Ultimate Fest – An old ale fall seasonal made with pumpkin, cinnamon, and spice.

Nouvelle Brewing

  • Festbier – One of two Oktoberfest beers for Geilfest on Saturday.
  • Märzen

Outstate Brewing Co.

  • Plaid Shacket Lady – A fall seltzer with a sweet base and flavors of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and clove.

Stone Brewing

  • Enjoy By 10.31.23 – Hazy IPA

Surly Brewing Co.

  • Darkness – Available at Darkness Day at Surly on Saturday in advance of hitting the full market on Oct. 31.

Thesis Beer Project

  • Blood Mary Seltzer Cocktails – Available on Sundays during football season.
  • Blue Light District – Now available at the taproom.
  • Punktoberfest

Venn Brewing Company

  • Creature of Habit – This cold IPA features Citra Cryo hops plus grapefruit. 6.0% ABV.

Waconia Brewing Company

  • Apple Crisp Ale – On tap today.
  • Caramel Apple Kölsch – A limited cask to pour on Sunday.
  • Tangerine Sour – On tap Saturday.

Wooden Hill Brewing Company

  • Pacific Coast Pils – The debut beer from their new head brewer is a West Coast-style Pilsner made with Amarillo, Centennial, and Citra hops.

Wooden Ship Brewing Co.

It’s Oktoberfest at Wooden Ship this Saturday. Taps include:

  • Dolly Parton Collab – A 4.6% ABV session pale ale featuring Citra and El Dorado hops.
  • Hey Mr. Belvedere – A low ABV (3.0%) English-style dark mild with malt and biscuit flavors.

Yammit Gary – “A cream ale made with yams, vanilla, and fall spices,” the brewery explains. 7.5% ABV.

Have a new beer we should know about? Send the details to newbeer@beerdabbler.com for inclusion in Freshies.