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Yakima, Wash. — Tieton Cider Works brings you a Blueberry cider sown from Washington’s rich volcanic soils, a blast of juicy blueberries blended in this cider will surely awaken all your senses! A sweet blend of berries with tangy apples makes for a thirst-quenching combination!

Production of the 19.2oz can was intended to satisfy many of our adventure seeking consumers along with those looking for an easy-to-drink beverage on the go. It’s all about enjoying more cider in more places for us this year!

With Washington state as the nations #1 producer of both organic and conventionally grown blueberries we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to offer another fruit forward cider highlighting this antioxidant loaded berry. As Marcus Robert, our cidermaker and co-owner put’s it, “we try to be true to our roots by representing the farms that grow all this great fruit. Blueberry is just another example of the abundance of agriculture in our part of the country.”

Available now in 19.2oz cans, 1/6 bbl and 1/2 bbl kegs to distributors throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada and Arizona. To find our Blueberry can near you, head to Tieton Cider Works ‘Cider Finder’ page or get it shipped directly to your door, we currently ship to 38 states! For more information visit https://tietonciderworks.com/

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Paso Robles, Calif — Firestone Walker’s pacesetting pursuit of New Zealand hops reaches new heights with Nectaron hazy IPA—the latest single-hop release from the brewery’s Propagator Series, available exclusively in the latest “Crafted Thru Hops” IPA mixed pack.

The Crafted Thru Hops mixed pack featuring Nectaron IPA rolls out to all Firestone Walker markets starting this week. This new mixed pack—12 x 12-ounce cans—also includes three other hoppy beers from one of the nation’s foremost IPA brewers: Mind Haze, a hazy IPA done the Firestone way; the West Coast IPA legend known as Union Jack; and the latest release in the Luponic Distortion IPA series.

Nectaron IPA: Limited Single-Hop Release Nectaron is beer four years in the making, dating back to when Brewmaster Matt Brynildson first toured several family hop farms in the famed Nelson region of New Zealand. As he rubbed and smelled different hops, one experimental cultivar stole Brynildson’s attention. Known then by its code name of Hort 4337, this hop was loaded with juicy tropical flavors of passionfruit, grapefruit and pineapple.The following year, Brynildson returned to New Zealand, where hop farmer Brent McGlashen of MAC Farms remembered the brewmaster’s fondness for 4337—which McGlashen was growing on an experimental basis prior to it being given the commercial name of Nectaron. He gave Brynildson early dibs on some of the first yields, which ultimately resulted in this new single-hop release.

“My faith in the Nectaron hop was happily rewarded,” Brynildson said. “This is just a beautiful IPA loaded with tropical New Zealand style.”

Mind Haze: Let Your Mind WanderFrom the coast of California comes Mind Haze, a free-spirited beer made to elevate your perceptions—juicy, fresh and loaded with an imaginative array of tropical hop flavors. This is a hazy IPA done the Firestone way. Mind Haze is ultimately a beer that breaks the mold with explosive hop aromas, a luscious texture and enduring freshness. Union Jack: Loud & Proud Huge flavor that packs a punch. This is Union Jack—an icon of the West Coast IPA style, for those who like their beer loud and proud. Union Jack is the IPA that helped blaze the trail for the revolutionary West Coast style. Named for the British Lion who co­founded the brewery, Union Jack is intensely hoppy yet eminently drinkable from start to finish. A fad-proof IPA for any hop head.

Luponic Distortion: Flavors through HopsNo fruits. No flavorings. No shortcuts. Just the magic of 100 percent natural hops—this is the Luponic Distortion IPA Series. Each Luponic Distortion release features a new hop blend with a focus on emerging and experimental cultivars—all to showcase the insane range of flavors that can be derived from 100 percent natural hops. The latest edition showcases a blend of four New Zealand-grown hops—Nectaron, Nelson, Motueka and Riwaka—for a uniquely fruity and complex flavor profile. For more information visit https://www.firestonebeer.com/

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LONE TREE, CO — Lone Tree Brewing Company presents a fresh seasonal brewed for Spring Equinox, Pomegranate Wit.

Pomegranate Wit begins as a traditional Witbier recipe made with coriander, and fermented with a Belgian yeast strain before it gets the addition on pomegranate pureé. This pink-hued brew is a drinkable 5.3% ABV.

From the time-honored Peach Pale Ale recipe to the Strawberry Kiwi Blonde Ale released in 2020, Lone Tree has always experimented with fruit in the brewhouse. The latest of these test batches-turned-canned selections is the sweet, zesty addition of Pomegranate to a traditional Belgian-style Wheat Ale.

Pomegranate Wit joins the Lone Tree canned lineup of fruit beers this week, and it will stick around for the season. Find it in 6-packs of 12 oz. cans across Colorado and in select locations in Kansas while supplies last.

ABOUT LONE TREE BREWING CO.

Lone Tree Brewing Company was the first brewery to open in Lone Tree, Colorado in Denver’s South Metro area in 2011. Lone Tree creates community around a stylistically diverse lineup of flagship, seasonal, and limited release beers that are sold in cans and on draft across the state of Colorado, and in select locations in Kansas. For more information please visit https://www.lonetreebrewingco.com/

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Fort Collins, Colo. – Piano Keys Imperial Stout is back for an encore performance in 4-pack 16oz cans in Atlanta, Georgia this week. The chocolate and vanilla Imperial Stout is an ongoing collaboration between New Belgium Brewing and Dennis Malcolm Byron, aka Ale Sharpton, an Atlanta-based craft beer ambassador.

What started as an honest conversation about increasing the presence and participation of under-represented communities in craft beer with Ale Sharpton, has led to both an incredible beer and relationship. The Piano Keys brand is proudly co-owned by Ale and New Belgium, and the brew blossomed from Ale’s idea to make a beer in a style less common to New Belgium’s repertoire. Piano Keys is a decadent imperial stout brewed with cocoa nibs from Xocolatl.

Craft beer is a huge economic driver for many communities in America. New Belgium and Ale are taking a community-based approach to break down barriers between those facing historical and systemic inequities, especially in the craft beer industry. For every case of Piano Keys sold, $2 will benefit BrewGether, a collaborative giving project established by Ale. New Belgium will also donate $1 per beer sold through its tasting rooms to local nonprofit organizations in Fort Collins, Colorado and Asheville, North Carolina.

“While the experience of brewing and conceptualizing a beer like Piano Keys realized a dream of mine, working with New Belgium on BrewGether also fulfilled my ongoing passion of helping those in need,” said Ale Sharpton. “This collaboration makes it all happen.” Visit www.brewgether.org to learn more.

Find Piano Keys in Atlanta at select retailers, for curbside pick-up at both New Belgium tasting rooms in Fort Collins and Asheville, and via direct to consumer shipping in applicable states. For more information please visit https://www.newbelgium.com/

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CHICO, Calif. – Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is gearing up for a summer of adventure with Summer Break Hazy IPA, a new low-ABV beer perfect for long days of play. Hitting shelves mid April, this national limited-time release shatters the mold of a session IPA by delivering bold hoppy notes of mango and passion fruit, smooth malt flavor, and a low 4.6% ABV to keep the summer fun going all day. It will debut in draft, and 12oz cans in six-packs, 12-packs, and 24-packs.

“Combining these two styles–a light and easy session IPA and a juicy full-flavored hazy IPA—is no easy feat,” said Joe Whitney, Chief Commercial Officer at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. “But we were determined to brew a beer that could be enjoyed on our own adventures. So, we were really motivated to innovate in this way and develop an insanely flavorful yet crushable beer.”

Summer Break will debut as Sierra Nevada’s summer seasonal, replacing Summerfest, a Czech-style Pilsner.

“Summer Break is an ideal combo of very impactful hop character in both flavor and aroma,” explained Scott Jennings, Innovation Brewmaster at Sierra Nevada. “It really pops. We’ve worked to make sure it’s not too thin, but has the right mouthfeel that really satisfies.”

For more information visit https://sierranevada.com/

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Cincinnati, Ohio — Taft’s Brewing Co. and United Dairy Farmers (UDF) join together in a delicious mashup with their brand-new UDF Milkshake IPA. Brewed with heaps of hops, lactose, oats and flaked wheat for a refreshing and hoppy twist on a Cincinnati classic. This new beer will be available at all major and independent retailers, including your favorite local UDF and Taft’s locations, in Greater Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Northern Kentucky, and beyond beginning the week of April 5.

Taft’s will be hosting an exclusive first taste of this beer on Saturday, April 3rd at their Taft’s Brewpourium location. You must secure a ticket via the link ($6, the cost of the pint) to be one of the first to try this new collaboration brew. Tickets will be limited to only 50, so Taft’s encourages you to secure your pint quickly.

“We did not want to miss out on a fun opportunity for UDF to collaborate with Taft’s on a signature product. So, when we learned about the novelty of Milkshake IPAs, we were all in,” said Jay Scherer, Alcohol Beverages Category Manager at United Diary Farmers, Inc.

“What better way to kick off the incoming warm weather than with an ice cold UDF Milkshake IPA? We’re excited to partner with local favorite United Dairy Farmers to bring an adults-only twist to a classic Cincy beverage,” said Dave Kassling, Managing Partner at Taft’s Brewing Co.

Taft’s Ale House and Taft’s Brewpourium will be hosting a variety of events throughout the month of April to celebrate the collaboration, including a milkshake pint night, mixology class and a themed brunch.

About Taft’s Brewing Company

Taft’s Brewing Company was founded in 2015 through the creation of Taft’s Ale House. The founders of Taft’s partnered with the Cincinnati Center City Development Corp to create the brewery and restaurant located in Cincinnati’s Over-The-Rhine. The three-story Ale House resides in a renovated historic church originally built in 1850 and offers premium steak fare in a beautifully designed space. In 2017, the Taft’s team created a production brewery and tap room, Taft’s Brewpourium Cincinnati, located in Spring Grove Village. The 50,000-square- foot facility is home to high-volume brewing and beer kegging, canning and packaging. The Brewpourium Cincy tap room offers guests 12- 15 of Taft’s house-created brews and New Haven-style coal-fired pizza. Taft’s also opened a sizeable indoor/outdoor space in the Franklinton Columbus area that features homemade brews and the same New Haven-style pizza in a funky 80’s/90’s themed hotspot. Taft’s beers can also be found in bars, restaurants, grocery stores and other outlets across the region. For more informatioin please visit https://taftsbeer.com/

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 CHARLOTTE — When Catawba Brewing’s Peanut Butter Jelly Time (5.7 percent ABV) made its debut in 2012, no one could have predicted the phenomenon it would become by its 10th annual release. At the time, brewing with peanuts was virtually unheard of in a craft beer era in which brewers were less adventurous with adjuncts as compared to 2021 standards. What started as a small scale tribute to a friend’s young son has evolved into the brewery’s most anticipated Specialty Series release with growing demand for the beer every year.

The legendary “PB&J sandwich in a glass,” Peanut Butter Jelly Time (5.7 percent ABV) makes its return to the Catawba menu on Friday, April 2nd – which happens to be National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day. An online pre-sale at shop.catawbabrewing.com continues through Thursday, ending at midnight. The beer will be available for pick-up or purchase at tasting rooms when the doors open at each location on Friday. The brewery has planned Covid-responsible festivities in accordance with CDC and North Carolina guidelines.

Peanut Butter Jelly Time starts as a light brown ale with a touch of wheat in its malt bill, providing the bready base for the star ingredients – real raspberry puree and whole roasted North Carolina peanuts. The beer will be available on draft and in 4-pack 16oz cans. Find it at all five Catawba tasting rooms, the Palmetto Brewing tasting room in Charleston, and in 5-state distribution.

Continuing a tradition started in 2018, the release party for Peanut Butter Jelly Time will include three specialty variations of the beer. PB&J flavors for 2021, in addition to the original Raspberry, will include Strawberry-Rhubarb, Grape, and the debut of Orange Marmalade. PB&J Strawberry-Rhubarb is available in 4-packs for its third consecutive year with limited distribution. Small Batch draft-only PB&J Grape and Orange Marmalade were brewed in Catawba’s Asheville and Charlotte brewhouses, and will be sold exclusively in their tasting rooms. A special PB&J flight will be offered while supplies last, and new PB&J merch items and glassware will be available for purchase starting on Friday.

About Catawba Brewing Company:

Catawba Brewing Co. has been an industry leader in Western North Carolina’s craft beer scene for two decades. The company was founded in 1999 by WNC natives, the Pyatt family, who were inspired by their weekend homebrew hobby. From humble beginnings, the business has grown exponentially to become a major craft beer supplier across five states. Catawba now operates breweries and tasting rooms in four NC cities – Morganton, Asheville, Charlotte, and Wilmington – embracing a hybrid wholesale/retail strategy. With the 2018 acquisition of Palmetto Brewing Co. in Charleston, SC, the Pyatt family hobby has spawned one of the Southeast’s largest and most diverse craft brewing entities.

For more information please visit https://catawbabrewing.com/

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KEY WEST, FLa. — Kimpton Key West, a just-completed collection of five boutique hotels centrally located in and around Old Town and world-famous Duval Street, is welcoming guests with its own brand of brew, Cayo Hueso (Spanish for Key West), specially created by the destination’s own, Waterfront Brewery, and exclusively available at Kimpton Key West.

The new guest offering comes on the heels of the hotel’s official completion celebrated earlier this month with the opening of Ridley House, the fifth and final boutique in the collection that ranges from luxe to laid-back bungalows, villas, cottages and estate-style guest-home accommodations – each with its own rich history and an unmistakable vibe that is uniquely Key West.

From cruiser bikes and snorkel kits that encourage guests to explore, to artwork throughout the lobbies and guestrooms that celebrates the local scenery, Kimpton Key West’s Cayo Hueso is another way the hotel helps bring the Conch Republic experience to life for guests with whimsy and authenticity.

“Things are decidedly more relaxed here, its why travelers love to visit,” said Cheryl Martin, General Manager, Kimpton Key West. “To invite them to kick-back and enjoy this off-the-beaten path, tropical escape like a true local, what could be better than a nice, cold brew to start your vacation off right.”

About Cayo Hueso, a Passion Fruit Shandy

Kimpton Key West teamed with Waterfront Brewery, the destination’s first, original micro-brewery, to come up with Cayo Hueso, a crisp and fruity refreshing brew full of tropical character. With its slight haze, pale-yellow and orange hues, and sweet citrus aroma derived from a combination of passion fruit puree and juice, Cayo Hueso has quickly become a guest favorite. For more information please visit https://www.kimptonkeywest.com/

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DENVER — It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Super Epic Lager and it’s here to save the day. The latest of Epic Brewing Company’s lagers is intended to be the cold, crispy hero that will satisfy you when you need the most refreshing of beers. Super Epic Lager isn’t the beer you deserve, it’s the beer you’ve earned.

The best thing about Super Epic lager is that it gets to come home with you in a convenient 12-pack with its pals. Each sip of Super Epic Lager is like biting into a crispy apple, peeling the smudge protector off of your new phone, or closing all the tabs in your browser after a long day of work. Face it, you earned this beer.

We know what you’re thinking, what makes Super Epic Lager so super? Epic’s Lead Brewer, Matt Thompson, says “It’s just a dang lager: no gimmicks.” Matts got a great point. He also mentions several key takeaways about the beer, “It’s not a New England IPA or a pastry stout, it doesn’t flaunt sour or fruit or hops”. The simplicity of this beer is what makes it super.

Josh Patton, Denver Tap Room General Manager, uses an equation to explain why this beer is super. “This is the ultimate halftime beer,” Josh said, “Play a half of your favorite sport, drink one of these, play the next half better. Guaranteed.” Josh can’t wait to crush these during half-times all year long.

Super Epic Lager will start saving the day at our Denver Taproom in April. Be a hero by rescuing a 12-pack of Super Epic Lager from a grocery store near you.

For more information: https://www.epicbrewing.com/super-epic-lager

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