Weekly Beer Update: Thursday August 27, 2015

Wondering where your pumpkin spiced latte's are? I think brewer's used all the pumpkins. This week brings another flood of gourd-style liquids along with some sour life-preservers! Check this list out!

Avery Brewing Co. (CO) - [The Dictator Series] The Kaiser - Batch 12, 2015 (Seasonal/Limited)

Single 22oz Bottle  9.30%  Imperial Oktoberfest

RateBeer: 95  Doppelbock

Cascade Brewing Co. (OR) - Apricot Ale - 2014 (Limited)

Single 750ml Bottle  7.60%  Barrel-Aged Sour Ale w/Apricot

RateBeer: 99  Sour/Wild Ale

Cascade Brewing Co. (OR) - Blackcap Raspberry - 2015 (Limited)

Single 750ml Bottle  7.63%  Barrel-Aged Sour Ale w/Raspberry

RateBeer: 98  Sour/Wild Ale

Cascade Brewing Co. (OR) - Kriek - 2014 (Limited)

Single 750ml Bottle  8.50%  Barrel-Aged Belgian-Style Sour Ale w/Cherries

RateBeer: 98  Sour Red/Brown Ale

Crooked Stave Artisan Artisan Beer Project (CO) - Petite Sour Pure Guava (New/Limited)

Single 375ml Bottle  5.50%  Sour Ale w/Tropical Fruit

RateBeer: requires more ratings

Crux Fermentation Project (OR) - [Banished Series] Better Off Dead - 2015 (New/Limited)

Single 375ml Bottle  7.00%  Barrel-Aged Flanders-Style Red Ale

RateBeer: 93  Sour Red/Brown Ale

Crux Fermentation Project (OR) - Half Hitch Imperial Mosaic IPA (Limited)

Single 375ml Bottle  10.00%  Mosaic Single Hopped Imperial India Pale Ale

RateBeer: 98  Imperial IPA

Notes: This Imperial IPA is full of tropical mosaic hops and one of the easiest drinking IIPA's I have come to find. A must try for any fans of the style!

Epic Brewing Co. (UT/CO) - The Gourdian Pumpkin Ale (New/Limited)

Six-Pack 12oz Cans  ???%  Pumpkin Ale w/Pumpkin, Orange Peel, Star Anise, 

Cinnamon and Cacao Nibs

RateBeer: not listed

Shipyard Brewing Co. (ME) - [Signature Series] Smashed Pumpkin (Seasonal/Limited)

Single 22oz Bottle  9.00%  Imperial Pumpkin Ale w/Pumpkin and Spices

RateBeer: 87  Spice/Herb/Vegetable

Southern Tier Brewing Co. (NY) - Imperial Pumking (Seasonal)

Four-Pack 12oz Bottles/Single 22oz Bottles/5 Gal Keg  8.60%  Imperial Pumpkin Ale w/Pumpkin and Natural Flavor

RateBeer: 98  Spice/Herb/Vegetable

Southern Tier Brewing Co. (NY) - [Blackwater Series] Warlock (Seasonal/Limited)

Single 22oz Bottle  10.00%  Imperial Stout w/Pumpkin and Natural Flavor

RateBeer: 96  Imperial Stout

Victory Brewing Co. (PA) - Festbier (Seasonal)

Six-Pack 12oz Bottles  5.60%  Oktoberfest 

RateBeer: 60  Oktoberfest/Marzen

[Utah Brewers Cooperative] Wasatch Brewing Co. (UT) - Black O'Lantern Pumpkin Stout (Seasonal)

Six-Pack 12oz Bottles  6.50%  Stout w/Pumpkin

RateBeer: 91  Spice/Herb/Vegetable

Westbrook Brewing Co. (SC) - Gose (Limited)

Six-Pack 12oz Cans  4.00%  Gose

RateBeer: 97  Grodziskie/Gose/Lichtenhainer

Please Ask Beer Department for six-pack. Not on shelves.

Notes: While we don't see much of this white ghost it sets the bar for the Gose style in the U.S. Salty, Mellow and you just can't get enough of it. We sure try but it seems to vanish before Instagram can process.

Westbrook Brewing Co. (SC) - One Claw (Limited)

Six-Pack 12oz Cans 5.50%  Rye Pale Ale

RateBeer: 96  American Pale Ale