bound beer boozing is importantly unlike from winter , summertime , and fall beer imbibing . sure enough , you may still drink all the stout , porter , and barley wines your liver and mentality can manage . But it ’s also a time when the Southern sun and high ATL temporary tell your tongue and body to consume boozy refreshments that reflect the season . Plus , when you see your mirrored reflection from all those porters , barley wines , and stouts , you ’ll concur that lighter is probably for the serious . Worry about your weight later ; start drinking these new ( or still - great ) leap beer now .
Three Taverns Sour Asylum #5
rancid , 4.5 % ABVDecaturAlso known as “ Pometheus , ” but pass on out the “ r ” because it ’s matured using fresh pomegranate ( and because thatAlienprequel was weaker than sugar water supply ) , this sour , brewed with pilsner and wheat malted , is tiptop - new and will be draft - only around town . It ’s somewhat sharp and a little sweet , and it ’s lacto - fermented . That means bacteria turn the starches and sugar into lactic acid , not sour milk beer , which is dependable .
Orpheus Brewing The Rites
IPA , 6.7 % ABVMidtownA hazier India Pale Ale than you might be used to take care , this is Orpheus ’ third yr - round release since opening a few years ago . It seems to be at least middling work by Creature Comforts ’ Tropicália IPA , with lemongrass and citrus notes that ’ll work well with the close - to - summer weather we ’re already seeing at the kickoff of spring in ATL . The story behind the name has something to do with “ Orphic religious rite ” and taking control of your destiny , which you ’ll obviously feel more comfortable doing after drinking an above - average - ABV beer .
Wild Heaven White Blackbird
Belgian - dash Saison , 6 % ABVDecaturThis Belgian - flair Saison is brew with generous amount of earthy , zesty , and zesty , thanks to the pink peppercorns used during the brew process . This is sort of a beery interracial relationship . The fact that it ’s a saison ( a fruity picket ale ) take a leak it Belgian . The fermentation , which uses Pinot Chardonnay - marinated Korean pears , make it Asian and French . And the dry and woody goal eventide out the sweetness , much like beer - influenced pickup arm lines you use around spring - fashioned ladies .
Monday Night Brewing Slap Fight
West Coast IPA , 5.8 % ABVWestsideThis brand - new IPA from Monday Night Brewing is the first beer it has ever displace . It ’s allege to have a wad of hop with uncanny name beer nerds will respect ( “ Comet ” , “ Equinox ” , “ Mosaic ” and “ Bravo ” … Jesus , beer nerds are nerdy ) , and has slight flavors of Citrus paradisi and papaya . The brewery also pronounce you should expect a “ strong herbal nose , ” so maybe , instead of a click , the Atlanta police force section will put one of these in your font if you await like a weedhead .
Eventide Brewing Citrus Grove
Hefeweizen , 5.7 % ABVGrant ParkIt ’s cloudy , like the sky has been much of this time of year so far . It ’s sweet , but balanced , with a slight rancor , just like you after getting rule out at the bar by some hottie that got you to bribe them a beer while their lover was in the lavatory . It ’s zesty , like your underarms before you chill down with leap beer ( another reason why you ’re getting refuse these day ) , thanks to veridical lemongrass and Sorachi Ace hops .
SweetWater Hash Session
American IPA , 4.20 % ABVBrookwood HillsYou’ll taste and smell SweetWater ’s hop hash in this flowery IPA . The low ABV mean you could middling much wassail it all 24-hour interval and not occupy too much about the consequences . It ’s luminance on malt and inviolable on the olfactory organ , which has grapefruit and watermelon vine eminence .
Second Self Citrus IPA
IPA , 6.2 % ABVWestsideThe lemon yellow , orangish , and Citrus paradisi peel used during brewing process make for a citrus puncher tone . The brewery say it ’s only expire to be on tipple until 2017 , but in the interim , it evoke food mating such as mussels , globe artichoke , gruyere , pan - roasted trout ( specific ! ) , and “ baseball game . ” That ’s appropriate , since many Atlantans bear the Braves to eat on it every time of year .
Red Brick Brewing Laughing Skull Lager
Red ale , 5.7 % ABVWestsideNow in bottles and available all year , Red Brick ’s light - bodied lager is a canonical beer – tasty , clean , crisp , and dry – and want you to be the same by drink tidy sum when you ’re pulling a cooler through the park . It ’s name after the dear comedy lounge , and recommend for when you ’re eating cheeseburgers and hot dog . It ’s ATL - merica in your lip . Do n’t think ; just drink .
Creature Comforts Cosmik Debris
Double IPA , 8 % ABVAthensA new seasonal release that was only on draught but is now being canned and shipped , Cosmik is crazy hoppy , using 5.5lbs of hops in every barrel brew . It ’s supposed to be really fresh , thanks to the March loss and exercise of hops source a calendar month earlier . Your palate will also enjoy the tropic flavor profile of starfruit and orange marmalade , while your sniffer will moil the melon , citrus tree zest , and pine tree .
Red Hare SPF 50/50
India Pale Radler , 4.2 % ABVMariettaRadlers are kind of like shandies , except the name help you feel sure-footed that your toenails wo n’t develop out sideways and pre - paint in teal or fuchsia . This one is a mix of Red Hare ’s Gangway IPA and a house - brew grapefruit sal soda . It ’s being called the humans ’s first India Pale Radler , or an “ IPR . ” You ’ll call it radian .
Terrapin Sound Czech
Pilsner , 5.2 % ABVAthensPreviously reveal as a retire seasonal , Sound Czech is now Terrapin ’s newest yr - round release as of this calendar month . The hop are Sapphire ( citrus , tangerine ) , Czech Saaz ( spicy , herbal ) , and German Magnum . The joke here is that German Magnums are clean , soft , and vitriolic . Maybe a small size envy from being dry pint - sized ?
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Three Taverns Craft Brewery
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Courtesy of Eventide Brewing
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