East Brother Beer Co. in Richmond, California has announced the release of Pride & Purpose, a Belgian pale ale. 20 percent of sales of this special release will benefit Richmond Rapid Response Fund. Full details on this charitable endeavor are below.

A BEER WITH A PURPOSE!

Pretty much everything about our daily lives has changed, but one thing has stayed the same: our love for the city of Richmond. The city of Pride and Purpose has always been defined by industriousness, perseverance, grit and determination, and we proudly stand with our neighbors as we navigate the road to recovery. 

As a small business, we have been affected just as much as everyone else by the COVID-19 pandemic, but we're dedicated to doing our part, and what we do best is craft great beer.

Our new release, East Brother's Pride & Purpose Beer, is a beer that celebrates and gives back to the community we call home. Doing good while drinking great beer—that's something we can all cheers to! Our goal is to give back to the community that has given us so much.

New Holland Brewing Co. in Holland, Michigan has announced the return of its popular 17-ABV barrel-aged imperial stout: Dragon's Milk Triple Mash. Full details on its release are below.

Holland, Mich. -- New Holland Brewing Company has announced the return of its beloved imperial stout, Dragon’s Milk Triple Mash. Layers of chocolate, coffee and vanilla coalesce into a stout fit for Smaug himself, and at 17 percent ABV, this is a beast best savored. Triple Mash ages for one year in New Holland Spirits oak bourbon barrels, multiplying the Dragon’s Milk flavors to truly epic proportions.

In response to the pandemic, New Holland will implement its first ever online beer release, honoring Triple Mash with a virtual “Day of the Dragon.” While social distancing measures have transformed the way we connect with our favorite breweries, Dragon's Milk Brand Manager Dominic Bergquist sees the bright side to this virtual release.  

Cape May Brewing Co. in Cape May, New Jersey has announced the release of a refreshing new beer called The Grove. Full details on this citrus shandy are below.

Cape May, NJ -- Cape May Brewing Company is excited to announce the release of their citrus shandy, The Grove, to their lineup of summer core offerings. Available in 12oz cans throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, The Grove was originally conceived as a Tasting Room-only release for the brewery in 2019.

“From the time we released The Grove in the Tasting Room last autumn,” says Cape May Brewing Company CEO Ryan Krill, “we knew we had a hit on our hands. Not only did our fans go crazy for it, but our team down in Cape May absolutely loved and rallied behind this beer. As we sketched out our release schedule for 2020, focusing on wide-release fruit beers during the summer, we knew that The Grove would have a prominent place in that lineup. With its blast of bright citrus flavors, The Grove is the perfect crushable brew for the summer.”

Brewed with orange, lime, tangerine, and lemon, The Grove is snappy, bright, and ridiculously fresh. Sweet and tart, The Grove has brilliant citrus aromas reminiscent of walking through a citrus grove at harvest.

Templeton Rye Whiskey in Templeton, Iowa has announced the release of its Single Barrel Straight Rye Whiskey. Full details on this release are below.

TEMPLETON, Iowa – Templeton Rye Whiskey is proud to release the 2020 edition of their highly anticipated Barrel Strength Straight Rye Whiskey. First introduced in 2018, this third rendition celebrates the exceptional aging stocks of straight rye whiskey in the esteemed Templeton, Iowa distillery. In the same vein as the successful 2018 and 2019 editions, this year’s special release has already received a Double Gold medal from the 2020 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.

Much like its previous beloved releases, each year a limited number of the finest American barrels are selected by Distillery Manager, Lester Brown who carefully marries and vats together the aged whiskeys. The result is a barrel strength product that showcases the Templeton Rye expression in its purest form. The whiskey is sourced from Indiana (Midwest Grain Processors) with a mash bill of 95% rye and 5% malted barley. It is later bottled and non-chilled filtered at 113.1 proof (56.55% ABV). The resulting flavor profile is an extraordinary whiskey with ripe apple aromas, followed by warm cinnamon and orange notes that dovetail marvelously, fading into creamy, raisin-infused toffee tones and intensifying rye spice that deepens into a long, robust finish.

Fountain in New York City has announced a line of CBD Sparkling Water infused with hemp extract. Full details from the company are below.

NEW YORK– Fountain will launch a line of hemp extract infused (CBD) sparkling seltzer sold through a direct-to-consumer website in April 2020 and the product will hit retail shelves by the summer.

The brand’s commitment to quality, clarity, and simplicity allows Fountain to play in two exploding categories: sparkling water, and CBD consumables. Unlike others in the CBD water category Fountain is able to boast zero calories and zero sugar without sacrificing anything in taste and refreshment. It pours crisp and crystal clear with all natural true-to-fruit flavors of Cucumber, Grapefruit, and Lime to launch, packed in traditional 12 oz. cans and sold as 6-packs of each flavor, or as a mixed 12-packs. The 20mg of full-spectrum CBD per serving is grown and processed in New York State, and produced and canned in the company’s own New York City facility, making Fountain a truly local NYC brand.

Luxardo London Dry Gin, which is known most widely for its proprietary marasca cherry products, including Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur and Luxardo Original Maraschino Cherries, has announced its first clear base spirit to the U.S. market. Full details are below.

SAN FRANCISCO – Known most widely for its proprietary marasca cherry products, including Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur and Luxardo Original Maraschino Cherries, multi-generation family-owned premier Italian liqueur producer, Luxardo, now introduces its first clear base spirit to the United States market with the launch of Luxardo London Dry Gin, a juniper-forward expression that follows a family recipe going back two centuries. Imported by San Francisco’s Hotaling & Co.,Luxardo London Dry Gin will be available for purchase through nationwide retailers for $35 beginning this summer.

Ohza, the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based mimosa in a can company, has announced new flavors just in time for the spring season. Full detail are below.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Ohza, the Boston-based startup behind the ready-to-drink mimosa in a can, is bringing new flavors to market just in time for spring and summer sipping – Classic Bellini and Mango Mimosa.

Both are available to consumers now via pre-order, and available in their distribution footprint starting in early May. After a successful launch with their Classic Mimosa cans in 2019 and a recent keg launch, Ohza is thrilled to be expanding their flavor offerings.

Redefining ready-to-drink beverages, Ohza’s gluten free mimosas have a calorie count close to a hard seltzer, but the bold flavor of a serious cocktail – all while containing no added sugar, nothing artificial, zero preservatives, and an extremely clean nutrition label. Ohza’s champagne cocktails are just like making your own with premium sparkling wine and real juice, but they have up to 80% less sugar and up to 60% less calories.

Previously only available at 850+ independent and local retailers throughout New England including Whole Foods, Shaw’s, Star Market, Roche Brothers, Kappy’s and more, Ohza is now available direct-to-consumer in 46 states.

For more information on Ohza, please visit www.ohzamimosa.com.

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Epic Brewing in Salt Lake City, Utah has announced the debut of the brewery's hard seltzer line called Pakka. Full details are below.

SALT LAKE CITY — When the hard seltzer craze started, instead of seeing it as a fad, we reviewed the seltzers in the market looking for a way to make them better. We looked for the point where sweet & dry, fruity & crisp, refreshing & flavorful meet. After 18 months of product testing & perfecting brewing techniques, we found that point, and Pakkā was born.

We focused first on how we can best use real fruit. Pakkā is one of a few hard seltzers in the market that uses real fruit as the main ingredient, instead of flavor concentrates & mass-produced tinctures.

Pakkā 12 oz. cans are launching in Utah on Friday 4/24 at the Epic Salt Lake City Brewery in four flavors; Graprfruit Tangerine, Cherry Lime, Black Cherry and Mixed Berry. They will be available as single cans, 6-pack and Mixed 12-pack. Pakkā cans are currently only available in Utah at Epic Brewery. (we submitted Pakkā to the UDABC, but were declined in favor of Bud Light Seltzer….)

Come down to our brewery and pick up a Pakkā 6-pack, taste the difference that real fruit can make in a hard seltzer.