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Pretzel-Crusted Beer Caramels

A little salty, a little sweet, you might want to make an extra batch of these luscious, Scotch ale-infused caramels to stash away for yourself.

Glazed Cranberry-Orange Witbier Bread

Nothing says Christmas like cranberry, and nothing pairs better with cranberry than the flavors of orange, walnut and citrusy witbier in this holiday bread.

Frozen Pumpkin Pie Spiced Latte

Level up a perennial fall favorite, the pumpkin latte, with a decadent twist.

Honey-Ale Dijonnaise

This tangy, no-cook sauce goes great with ham, beef, turkey, fish, pork loin or chicken, so it’s as welcome in your lunch bag as it is on the holiday table.

Black Forest Sundaes

Sour beer and cherries team up to make a delectable sauce for these sinful sundaes.

Hoppy South Carolina-Style Mustard BBQ Sauce

In South Carolina, mustard-based barbecue sauce reigns supreme; ours gets a sophisticated twist with whole-grain mustard and an IPA splash.

Mojito Glaze

Brush this Southwestern glaze over chicken, fish, seafood or pork.

Spicy Coffee Porter Mop

Use this mop sauce to moisten Texas-style brisket—then swipe it over everything else on your grill.

Smoky Wet Rub

Rauchbier and smoked paprika team up to inject this rub with delicious smoky swirls.

Hot Beer Flip

The stovetop version of the 18th century classic (hot!) beer cocktail.

Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Drizzle

Pie reigns supreme, but this fluffy, supermoist cake (loaded with pumpkin ale, pumpkin spice and pumpkin puree) challenges the throne.

The Billyburg

A less-boozy version of a Long Island iced tea, this bright cocktail has touches of juniper sweet lemon.

Rain Delay

This zippy cocktail's peppery kick wakes up your taste buds, but the drink goes down easy.

Small Hands

You’ll never make margaritas again. A bit of honey and mezcal’s complex smokiness snake through this sour lime/hefe/tequila blend.

Smokin' Bols

Hops, juniper and mint conspire for bitterness that’s bright and dewy.

Hopfruit

American IPA hops get a super-boost from real grapefruit juice and grapefruit bitters.

Peach Blanket

A dead ringer for peach flesh and a perfect companion to barbecue pulled pork sandwich, this drink’s secret is a crisp pilsner base and maple syrup.

Mead Mule

This spin on a Moscow Mule replaces vodka with a dry mead to add flavor and flower.

Love Me Sweetly

Gin’s juniper tones harmonize with sweet mead’s fruit flavors.

Stouthearted Cocktail

This bourbon-beer cocktail rounds off stout and coffee roast with almond-strawberry sweetness.

 

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We said we'd sell our souls for a rerelease of @lostabbey's Track 11 from the brewery's 2012 Ultimate Box Set ... and we got our wish. Lost Abbey brought back the bourbon barrel-aged barleywine with peaches and black tea, renaming it The Devil Went Down to Georgia and letting it loose across its distribution territory in late August. Charlie Daniels himself would be proud.
IPA lovers, you've heard people freaking out over @oldnationbrewing's New Orthodox series, right? The stampede has been led by the NEIPA M-43, but don't miss out on Boss Tweed double IPA, Boxer NEIPA or Green Stone pale ale, either. For some back story on the surprising way Old Nation started making these, tap the link in our profile.
You'd loved @madtreebrewing's Dreamsicle kölsch at the taproom. Then, behold, the brewery announced the cult favorite would be released in cans ... except it was an April Fool's joke. That's not the kind of thing you joke about, so following calls, emails and even a petition, MadTree finally made good and canned this bad boy. With flavors of vanilla bean and orange peel to mimic the ice cream pop we all love, Dreamsicle tastes like sweet, sweet victory for all its loyal fans.
It's an unwritten rule: Before you drink a can of @soprobrewco Selfie Destruct, you take a selfie. THEN you can enjoy the Cashmere-, Mosaic- and Simcoe-hopped IPA's flavors of strawberries and cream mixed with pineapple, grapefruit and donut holes.
Give this collab between @boulevard_beer, @azwilderness and @creaturecomfortsbeer a whiff and you might be fooled into thinking it's your everyday lager; crackery grain, whiffs of sulfur and just a little peach fuzz are all you get. But its additions of peach, lemon zest and Riesling grape juice reveal themselves on the tongue, while the swallow is all oak, gently toasted, with a lemon-custard-and-rose-petal finish.
I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine, thanks to @starcutciders (the cider division of @shortsbrewing). Michigan cherries give the semi-sweet cider a flavor like cherry cobbler: baked sweet stone fruit, buttery vanilla, apples with brown sugar. The sugary apples temper the tart cherries, though there's still a mild acidic sting that needles the tongue through the long finish. Knock it off, Squishy!
Summer can't stick around forever, and this @benchmarkbrewing Blond is the perfect companion to wind down porch season. Just a touch of characterful brioche sweetness from the malts combined with a quiet but concise hop bitterness and a mellow 4.5% ABV makes for one easy-drinking late summer beer.
You could say that sake and beer are cousins; while beer's made with sugar from malted barley, sake gets its sugar from specially treated rice. In few beers is that link more clear than @lagunitasbeer's Sakitumi. Brewed with rice and fermented with sake yeast, the 9% ABV double IPA jabs the tongue with flavors of sticky sushi rice, honeysuckle and Mandarin orange slices, while sake yeast imparts a little banana peel and green apple. With bold but clean bitterness, it's the (sake) bomb.

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