Beers to Try in Each Season

06/03/2021

Beer, Beverages

Beer, Beverages

Tána Rulková

Beers to Try This Season

Do you consider yourself a beer connoisseur, a taste-tester, a draft-lover or a self-proclaimed admirer of ale? Do you savor the smooth sensation of a crisp lager, the aromatic zest of a hoppy pale ale, or the rich creaminess of a stout? Then you are in the right place! When it comes to fantastic flavor, nothing can satisfy you and your customers more than quality craft beer, and the best brews are the ones that are specifically created to complement respective seasons throughout the year.

A new trend is taking hold of the adult beverage world: seasonal beers styled specifically to emulate winter, spring, summer, or fall.

What is a Seasonal Beer?

A beer can be considered seasonal because of the lightness or darkness of its structure, the incorporation of seasonal flavors, or the suitability of pairing with particular foods. Looking for seasonal beers to try this year? We’ll recommend the best.

Top Seasonal Beers to Try This Fall

Fall is finally here! The changing foliage, the crisp cool air, the weekends spent watching football, carving pumpkins and apple picking! Autumn brews have flavor profiles that mimic the seasonal tastes and smells of these wonderful fall months. Whether it be pumpkin beer or a chocolatey coffee malt, there’s something for everyone. Check out the list below to see the best beers to try this season, from IPAs and Brown Ales to Porters and Stouts. Cheers!

Here are 15 of the best seasonal beers to try in Fall 2021:

IPAs

(No) Pumpkin — Sloop Brewing Co.
Double Pumpkin Spice Latte — Tired Hands Brewing Company
Wendy Coffee Pumpkin Milkshake IPA — Central Waters Brewing

Stouts

Chocolate Pumpkin Pie Stout — Broken Compass Brewery
Fall — Maine Beer Company
Dark O’ The Moon Pumpkin Stout — Elysian Brewing Company
Breakfast Stout — Founders Brewing Co.
Dragon’s Milk — New Holland Brewing

Brown Ales

Nut Brown Ale — AleSmith Brewing Company
Maduro Brown Ale — Cigar City Brewing
Katrina Brown — Scarlet Lane Brewing Co.
Palo Santo Marron — Dogfish Head Brewery

Porters

Trick or Treat — Evil Genius Beer Company
Imperial Pumpkin Pie Porter — Terrapin Beer Co.
Double Pumpkin Porter — Four Peaks Brewing Company

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Summer Seasonal Beers to Try in 2021

Summer is finally here, and the world is beginning to return to normal, just in time for those warmer months. With the transition to warmer weather, it’s also time to switch up over from those hoppy beers we enjoyed in the Spring to lighter Summer style brews! Summer beer styles are the lightest and fruitiest of all seasons. They’re the perfect accompaniment to those warm beach days and time spent outside soaking up the sun. We’ve compiled a list of the best beers to try this summer below. Cheers!

Here are 13 of the best seasonal beers to try in Summer 2021:

Sour/Gose

Key Lime Pie Gose — Westbrook Brewing Co.
Blood Orange Gose — Anderson Valley Brewing Company
Tart ‘n Juicy — Epic Brewing Co.
Rocket Pop Summer Sour — Barn Town Brewing

IPAs

Summer Street — Trillium Brewing Company
Fresh Haze IPA — Deschutes Brewery
Sip of Sunshine — Lawson’s Finest Liquids
Tropic Haze — Silver City Brewery

Wheat

Akari Shogun — Half Acre Beer Company
Sommer Fling — Smartmouth Brewing Co.
Unfiltered Wheat Beer — Boulevard Brewing Co.

Pale Ales

Stone Fruit Summer Ale — Propeller Brewing Company
Fleur de Houblon (Summer Ale) — Brewery Ommegang
Summer Ale— Fremont Brewing

Spring Seasonal Beers to Try in 2021

Spring brings new life and a new beginnings, and hopefully by the end of this Spring we will be able to go out to bars and self-pour taprooms again, but if not you can still enjoy a cold one from home! Whether you are drinking an IPA, a Hefeweizen, a Saison, or a Fruit beer, beer lovers can experiment and try out some new styles this Spring.

These are 13 Spring beers are perfect for enhancing an evening with friends and family outdoors, or for a night staying in with your trusty computer screen as you binge watch all your favorite TV shows. These beers are readily available at local stores such as Whole Foods, so we encourage you to go out, and find some of the brews on this list that are available near you. Cheers!

Here are 13 of the best seasonal beers to try in Spring 2021:

IPAs

King JJJuliusss — Tree House Brewing Company
Bye Felicia! — Evil Genius Beer Company
Torpedo Extra IPA — Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

wheat ales

Spring Wheat — Brightside Aleworks
Wheatermelon — Odd Side Ales
320 Citra Wheat — Alesatian Brewing Co.

fruit beers

Purple Haze — Abita Brewing Company
Briney Melon Gose — Anderson Valley Brewing Company
Petite Sour Passion Fruit — Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
Kentucky Rickhouse Series No. 1 — Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co.

Saisons

Tank 7 — Boulevard Brewing Co.
Sofie — Goose Island Beer Co.
Apex Predator — Off Color Brewing

Winter Seasonal Beers to Try in 2021

It’s getting colder outside and the best way to help get you through those the frigid, snowy weathered months is to find some new favorite darker, heavier-bodied beers. They are the perfect way to warm you up and are a nostalgic reminder of past holiday seasons spent sipping delicious brewskis with family and friends.

This year we have compiled a list of the top winter styled Wheats, IPAs, Stouts, and of course, Winter Ales for this holiday season. We promise you will not be disappointed!