the session begins...

Hi all,

Today was a gorgeous, sunshine filled, 60 degree day and that means SPRING is just around the corner.  (Yes, I know it was a sad winter but seriously, spring will [hopefully] be awesome.)  And with spring around the corner comes lighter beers and easier drinking, i.e. session beers!

What's a session beer, you ask?  Jeff Baker aka El Jefe answers it with aplomb in his "Hops & Barley" column in the Burlington Free Press here:

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20120217/COLUMNISTS10/120216030/Hops-Barley-Seeking-middle-ground-crafts-alcohol-content-

In a nutshell, a session beer is as advertised - beers that are low enough in alcohol that you can have multiple of in one session and not get schnokered.  I'm a big session guy and I like to function the next day.  So, to that end, thought I'd crank through three classics at the tail end of this beautiful day:

You're Not Worthy!

Stone Levitation - we all know Stone for their aggressive beers but Levitation is up there in the pantheon of their many excellent offerings.  At 4.4% abv, it's a true and proper session beer for a hop junky - low in alcohol, good bitterness and a slightly sweet malt bill befitting of an amber.

That hop cone looks like Audrey II.

*BRIEF NOTE - really, a session beer should be below 4%, but in this day of the DIPA, keeping it at 6% or below is good enough for me. 

Victory Headwaters Pale Ale - super light and floral, this has a clean bite, an easy breadiness owing to the German malts, and at 5.1% abv is both easy drinking and won't get ya wasted. 

Dogfish 60 Minutes - of the three DFH IPA's, 60 Min is the most citrusy and the one with the least punch at 6 % abv and my favorite. 

That fish sure loves hops.

All three are available year 'round at the Beverage Warehouse!

Until next time, be on the look out for more Sierra Hoptimum 4-packs, Dogfish 75 Minute 750ml and Saison du Buff 4-packs, and Stone/Bear Republic/Fat Head TBA (Texas Brown Ale)!  And please check out our new arrivals from our former rulers to the east, England - we have Old Speckled Hen's old ale "Old Crafty Hen," Fischer, Ruddles, Wexford and Abbot Ale pub cans, and Tetley's! 

-Evan G.