Craft Metropolis Online Craft Beer Blog

I write this column weekly. And truthfully, I just cannot remember the last time one week’s worth of new beer releases was so damn good!

If you get hold of any of the beers mentioned in this week’s column, you’ll be a lucky, happy person.

Let’s begin this week with a new beer from one of the best breweries in existence…

This week saw the return of some much loved annual brews from both Pressure Drop and Verdant.

The big talking point, however, was the two new IPAs brewed by both Verdant and Beak in collaboration.

So let’s start with them…

This week, let’s start with a question…

What happens when 4 of the best craft breweries in existence join forces and collaborate?

Hop City ’21 DDH IPA is what!

Here, you’ll find out what it’s like. And, as usual, we cover the other best new beers released this week.

This week, we cover two new brews from world renowned Florida-based brewery J Wakefield AND Pressure Drop’s first ever Triple IPA.

Since their inception in 2014, Other Half Brewing have gained a reputation as one of the kings – if not THE King – of New York’s beer scene…

These guys squeeze so much juice from their hops most other brewers simply watch with their jaws on the floor, applauding the brilliance Other Half come out with.

And, after sourcing not 1, not 2, but 12 Other Half lines this week, I can personally testifies the hype is justified. So, kicking things off this week, I can reveal my personal favourite is…

The sun is finally with us!
So it’s time to start reaching for craft summer quenchers.
And, luckily, the country’s best craft brewers have a few gems ready and waiting.

This week, a few new brews from the wicked little Spanish craft brewery Garage Beer Co. really caught my attention. There’s a Garage TIPA, a single-hop Garage DIPA and a chewy Garage summer stout that are all outstanding to have a look at. Only one place to start this week’s list though – and that’s with Pomona Island’s 500th beer.

It’s been hop madness once again this week, with QIPAs on top of TIPAs piled on DIPAs piled on IPAs. Some beautiful new pales too – it really has been a bonkers beery bonanza!

So, let’s chat the very best of the very best. beginning with the new TIPA from Polly’s…

TIPAs, Fruit Pastry Sours, Bourbon Oaked Imperial Milk Stouts… we’ve all got a smorgasbord of wicked new stuff waiting for us this week. So let’s go!