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After revising its guidelines for what constitutes a craft brewery in 2014, the Brewers Association has announced that under its definition craft beer has grown to a double-digit volume share (11 percent) of the U.S. beer market. Following the addition of small, independent breweries using traditional ingredients such as corn, the BA-defined category of craft beer reached a double digits share of the over-all beer market. Here is the BA release:
Despite recent jabs at beer with multiple flavors in its “Brewed the Hard Way” TV ad, Anheuser-Busch has debuted its newest beer directed at the craft segment, Oculto. The six percent ABV lager is a blend including beer aged on tequila barrel staves, and features packaging designed to react to cold. Here is the release from A-B:
Smuttynose Brewing Company Imperial Stout comes with the instructions “Drink it fresh for the hops or cellar it for a refined malty experience.” The ever-generous New Hampshire brewers shipped us three, so we’ll be doing both and keeping one as a backup, because you never know what life is going to throw your way.
The taste of this Russian Imp is surprising, with hops coming through far more than expected for a balanced bitterness on both ends of the spectrum.
Toasted Lager by Blue Point Brewing Co. was originally named for the “toasted” characteristic of our original direct-fire brick kettle. Our World Beer Cup gold medal winning flagship brew is brewed with a blend of six specialty malts for a flavor as rich and unique as the town it’s from. Toasted Lager’s balanced flavor of malt and hops makes for easy drinking and our special proprietary lager yeast produces an exceptional, long-lasting smooth finish.
Agave complements the refreshingly light quality of our wheat and adds a subtle note of flavor that expands this beer’s uplifting taste profile. It is familiar, yet creative.
Paradise is stumbling upon our whole flower hop room and inhaling. Inversion IPA is as close as you can get without knowing somebody.
Enter, if you will, all the glorious aromatic complexity of the hop. This big, bold IPA’s intense multi-hop kick gets a subtle dose of restraint from select Munich and Caramel malts. For discriminating hop heads.
The beer you’ve been waiting for. Keeps your taste satisfied while keeping your senses sharp. An all-day IPA naturally brewed with a complex array of malts, grains and hops. Balanced for optimal aromatics and a clean finish. The perfect reward for an honest day’s work and the ultimate companion to celebrate life’s simple pleasures.
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The grassy hop notes combine with bready malt flavors. DPA is a world-renowned, classic pale ale with a malty middle and an equally hearty complement of hop aroma, flavor and bitterness.
