California Wild Ales in San Diego, California has announced its second annual tap takeover with Comic-Con International, the largest annual comic and pop culture festival in the world. Full details on this wide-ranging event are below.

SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON – California Wild Ales, San Diego’s Sour House, and the city’s only all-barrel-aged American sour brewery, today announced its second annual Comic-Con beer release commemorating Comic-Con International, the largest annual comic and pop culture festival in the world. The brewery is calling all Superheroes, Zombies, Trekkies, Hufflepuffs, Anime characters and more to stop by its tasting room from July 22-26th for a Comic-Con-themed beer release and costume contest. Some of the beers this year are crowd favorites from last year’s event, and some are brand new.

Because of COVID-19, the brewery is making its beer available in 16oz crowlers and 500ml bottles to-go. As part of the release, the brewery is offering 13 sour ales including:“Cherry Potter,” “Pickle Rick,” “Daenerys Tar-Berry-an,” “Mr. Tea,” “Rosemary Poppins,” and “SpongeBob Sour Pants,” for on-site pick-up. 

Flying Dog Brewery in Frederick, Maryland has announced a new partnership with DC Central Kitchen to create a craft beer cookbook, proceeds of which will benefit COVID-19 response efforts. Full details from the brewery are below.

 Frederick, Md. – DC Central Kitchen (DCCK) and Flying Dog Brewery today announced that the two organizations have teamed up to create Dog Chow - a digital cookbook featuring unique Flying Dog-themed recipes developed by top chefs in the D.C. region - to support DCCK’s ongoing COVID-19 response efforts.

Dog Chow, a joint effort between D.C.’s iconic nonprofit that combats hunger and poverty and Maryland’s largest brewery, consists of 13 recipes that feature Flying Dog beers developed by some of the top chefs in the D.C. metropolitan region including Chef Spike Mendelsohn of Good Stuff Eatery, Chef Adam Greenberg of the Coconut Club, Chef Kyle Bailey of The Salt Line and Daniela Moreira of Call Your Mother.

“We have a ton of respect for the chefs who work with DC Central Kitchen, so we are pumped to combine our organizations’ passions to support those in our community who are struggling with food insecurity,” said James Maravetz, VP of Marketing for Flying Dog. “Life looks really different for everyone, we have to remember there are families out there in need of help, and we hope you’ll have fun cooking with your family while helping your neighbors in need.”

StillFire Brewing in Suwanee, Georgia has announced the release of its newest beer: Blue Bandito Mexican Lager. This easy-drinking lager featuring an interesting addition: blue corn! Full details are below.

There is a long history of European craftsmen moving to Mexico, including brewers who originally made amber lagers when they arrived. Rather than travel a well-worn path, the brewers of StillFire decided to make a smooth amber lager that features the toasty Munich malt flavor those pioneers treasured, but we added our own special ingredient: Blue Corn. That little touch is what makes this beer a unique summer treat, perfect on a hot summer day while hitting the snacks.  Blue Bandito is our Cerveza Azul for all seasons! 5.3% ABV. On tap starting FRIDAY! 

Surreal Brewing Co. in Campbell, California has added a new non-alcoholic brew to its portfolio, this one brewed with Kveik yeast, called Creatives IPA. Full details are below.

CAMPBELL, CALIF - Surreal Brewing Company adds a new thirst-quenching non-alcoholic beer to its lineup! Introducing “Creatives IPA”, an unconventional beverage of tropical aromas and flavors punctuated by a restrained piney West Coast hop finish. One of the latest additions to its growing line of all-natural, innovative, health-conscious craft beers, Creatives IPA was brewed with the ancient Norwegian Kveik yeast strain and a new variety of hop. “We were intrigued by Kveik yeast as soon as we heard of it a couple of years ago. We have a deep appreciation for every ingredient we use, especially the yeast, which as the old axiom goes: the brewer makes the wort and the yeast makes the beer,“ said Tammer Zein-El-Abedein.

As in all its carefully crafted brews, the new beer consists of a complex blend that captivates a growing number of craft beer enthusiasts as well as those who drink non-alcoholic beverages.

Cape May Brewing Co. in Cape May, New Jersey has announced the return of its popular collaboration beer with DC Brau in Washington DC: Rosé du Gosé. Full details on this release are below.

Cape May, NJ -- Cape May Brewing Company is pleased to announce the third collaboration with Washington DC-based brewery DC Brau on Rosé du Gosé, a rosé wine-inspired gose with strawberry and peach juices. The result of their first collaboration in 2018, this is the second time DC Brau has brewed Rosé du Gosé and Cape May Brewing Company’s first.

“We loved working with the folks at DC Brau back in 2018,” says Cape May Brewing Company CEO and co-founder Ryan Krill, “so when they asked if we’d mind if they brewed it again -- a classy move, by the way --, we were quick to agree to a second collaboration. They’re great people over at DC Brau. We share the same values, they’re really creative, they’re not too-cool-for-school. They’re like us in a lot of ways.”

There is mutual respect between the two breweries, with Krill and Brandon Skall, the CEO and co-founder of DC Brau, having crossed paths several times throughout the years.

“I have such a fun time with Krill whenever I see him,” Skall says. “Usually, it's at big industry events, but he always brings this big, open-heart feeling of warmth, acceptance, and a little spicy wit. Basically, I just like being around the guy!” 

Wild Leap Brew Co. in LaGrange, Georgia has announced the release of its Three Harvest Double IPA Summer 2020 version. Full details from the brewery are below.

Three Harvest Double IPA is back with a new summer crop of hydroponically grown Cascade hops. In collaboration with hydroponic hop farm Extreme Hops AL, Wild Leap’s Three Harvest Double IPA uses wet hops directly off the hop bines. The summer release of Three Harvest hits shelves today.

Wild Leap stepped into the world of hydroponic hops a little over a year ago when approached by Head Hop Farmer at Extreme Hops AL, Ralf DuToit. “When Ralf approached us with his hop project, asking us to test the first harvest of his hydroponic hops, we couldn’t believe it,” says Wild Leap Co-Founder and CEO, Anthony Rodriguez. “Hydroponic hop farms in the U.S. are far and few between and generally produce a limited amount of hops. After we tested a small batch, we knew this was the start of something truly unique.”

Three Harvest is a well-balanced double IPA brewed with wet, unkilned whole cone Cascade hops. Harvested for immediate introduction into the kettle, the use of traditional Cascade hops gives Three Harvest notes of pine and grapefruit flavors. Thick in body similar to other Wild Leap Double IPAs, Three Harvest clocks in at 8.2% ABV.