Pyramid Discord Dark IPA

Discord Dark IPA celebrates the marriage of two distinct styles, the Dark Ale and the IPA. The traditional bitterness of an IPA is juxtaposed against a black malt canvas, creating an ale that keeps your taste buds working to discover all the unique flavors imparted by the 5 differed hops and 5 different malts. 6.5% ABV (bottle only)    

Due South Island Hopper Double IPA

This double IPA is for the hophead at heart. They use an insane amount of 6 different varieties of hops in this beer. It is then dry hopped ever more afterward. The outcome is a very hoppy double IPA that is fresh, citrusy and resiny. Think West Coast style brought over to the East Coast of Florida. 8.5% ABV (draft only).    

Dogfish Head / Sierra Nevada Rhizing Bines

Deeping their bond with Sierra Nevada Brewing Company forged with the 2009 collaboration Life and Limb, Dogfish Head has brewed an East-meets-West Imperial IPA. On the hot side, Rhizing Bines went through Dogfish's signature continual-hopping process with floral and citrusy Bravo hops. On the cold side, it was dry-hopped with an experimental varietal so new it doesn't have a name yet, just a number. Hop 644. A component of Sierra Nevada's aroma-boosting Torpedo system made a pit-stop in Delaware for dry-hopping duty before it headed to Sierra's new North Carolina brewery. To celebrate Sierra Nevada planting East Coast roots, Dogfish Head tracked down a Carolina heirloom wheat grown and milled at Anson Mills. The soft red winter wheat contributes subtle sweet and nutty notes to this hop-forward ale. It has two hop varietals, two yeast strains (Chico and Doggie), two unique hopping processes and two family-owned breweries. These bonds start at the root - or rhizome - and stretch throughout the mature bines. 8% ABV (bottle and draft)   

Cigar City / B. Nektar Camp Braggot Ghost Stories

This collaboration between CigarCity and B. Nektar Meadery is a Braggot (fermented from both barley and from honey) that was brewed with lager yeast, making it a truly unique experience. The honey used for the mead portion is Meadowfoam, which is most notable for its huge marshmallow flavors. They also added some chocolate, coconut, Chinese black smoked tea, and a touch of white oak as well. 10% ABV (bottle only) 

Ballast Point Sea Monster

From the deep, dark depths of the Brewmaster's imagination comes this rich and monstrous oatmeal stout. The Sea Monster embodies all that the true dark beer aficionado will appreciate: roasted coffee notes, with hints of bittersweet chocolate and currant flavors all brought together by a perfect hop balance. Don't fear the Monster! 8% ABV  (bottle and draft)   

Ballast Point Victory at Sea

Two of the world's oldest beverages join forces to conquer your palate. Victory at Sea embodies the art of masterful brewing by infusing a velvety Imperial Porter with pure vanilla flavor and specially-selected, hand roasted coffee. The addition of cold brewed coffee to the beer lends a subtle roasted flavor to this robust imperial porter, blending perfectly with rich vanilla and caramel undertones. By uniting two San Diego brewing traditions, Caffe Calabrian freshly brewed coffee and Ballast Point beer, they have successfully created an artisanal masterpiece. 10% ABV (bottle and draft) 

Pyramid Weiss Cream Ale

Brewed with orange peel and vanilla, then nitrogenated to provide an extra smooth mouth-feel, Weiss Cream serves up a creamsicle like flavor worth sharing with friends. 5.2% ABV (draft only) 

In the USA there have been several unique and distinctive beer styles that have emerged over the past 70 years. American-style light lager with their low calorie and colored derivations has been the most copied and popularized throughout the world. These beers are defined by their high corn, rice, sugar adjunct content, and low malt and hop taste profiles along with "refreshing" higher carbonation. Their presence has been both dominating and ubiquitous. But times are changing.

Over the past 30 years innovative craft brewers in the United States have created many beer types that at the time defied categorization as European styles. The popularity of these "America-style" beers has grown both in the USA and internationally. What has defined these styles and why did they emerge? Here are a few select examples of how both culture and access to ingredients helped to define new directions in beer character.

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We've seen our fair share of beards behind the bar at craft breweries, but we never realized how intrinsic they are to beard culture, at least according to CraftBeer.com.

The website recently asked Brewers Association members to submit pictures of their "righteous stache, goatee, dali, old dutch, soul patch or just a simple beard" for a Facebook contest in which fans were given a week to "like" their favorite. The list has been whittled down to a glorious 20 individuals, all of whom have made a final case as to why they've earned bearded supremacy.

Our favorite facial hair includes the 'stache rocked by Jonathan Mervine of Roc Brewing Co. in Rochester, N.Y., because it reminds us a bit of Snidely Whiplash, and the Dali-esque one worn by Miles Anfinson of Lewis & Clark Brewing Company in Helena, Mont.

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By: Joshua M. Bernstein

In a simpler era of brewing, beer was composed of just four core ingredients. Armed with water, hops, grain, and yeast, brewers created a range of unique ales and lagers, from bitter India pale ales to chocolaty stouts as dark as December night. But as the craft beer movement continues to grow and evolve in America, madcap brewers have begun to explore the far fringe of flavor.