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Allagash Brewing Company is bringing something new to the table. For the first time since 2014, the Portland, Maine-based brewery has added a new four-pack to its year-round roster: Hoppy Table Beer. This dry hopped Belgian-style ale features a hop-forward aroma with notes of grapefruit, while flavors of pine, citrus, and stone fruit round out its finish.

Folks make all sorts of resolutions around this time of year. Here at Summit, ours is to enjoy more delicious, high-quality IPAs. Care to join us? Your first chance comes this week with our just-released Summit Double IPA. Blending a number of New Zealand hops with new and experimental varieties from the U.S. and Germany, Double IPA is supported by a heritage barley variety and offers up a toasted malt background.

J. Wakefield Brewing has announced expanded distribution plans, partnering with Cavalier Distributing as their distributor for Orlando and Tampa. Beginning immediately, Cavalier will distribute draught versions of J. Wakefield’s flagship beers including El Jefe Hefeweizen, Hops 4 Teacher IPA, Amber Waves, 24th Street Brown Ale, and UJP Porter, as well as seasonal and limited releases as they are available.

With six hop varieties, 6% ABV, and 60 IBUs, Highland’s new seasonal, Southern Sixer IPA, will have hop fiends grabbing another six-pack. Great hops and a deep dive into sensory panels and dry hop trials led this complex IPA to its final form.

Carton Brewing’s next small batch beers, Regular Coffee, Café Y’ Churro, and Caffé Corretto will be released in the Tasting Room Sunday, January 1st 12-5. Regular Coffee will be available in 4pk cans (four 4pks per person), Café Y’ Churro and Caffé Corretto will be available in mixed 4pk cans, 2 of each per 4pk (one case per person). Regular Coffee will be available for 64oz and 32oz growler fills, Café Y’ Churro and Caffé Corretto will be available for 32oz growler fills (one per person of each).

The waves can reach 50 feet high, sometimes higher. Competitors enter the waves under their own strength and face down one of natures most dangerous forces. One mistake and they’re in the biggest washing machine imaginable.

Catawba has big plans for their Small Batch Program, with 52 new beers destined for release in 2017. Every Thursday throughout the year, all Catawba tasting rooms will tap a new Small Batch beer brewed in their Asheville South Slope 7-barrel brewhouse. And now the brewery has a new rewards program for regular customers who want to go the extra mile toward Catawba beer enlightenment.

Our series of New-England saisons continues with Lineage Oat, a wild ale featuring Valley Malt Oats. This grain provides a subtle and balancing backbone to compliment the complex characteristics derived from aging in oak barrels with our wild yeast blend.

Dogfish Head is kicking off the New Year with a throwback release of one of its most popular seasonal beers. Olde School Barleywine, a classic, ageable ale, will be reintroduced into the world starting January 3, 2017, bringing unfiltered depth and fruity righteousness to worthy beer lovers across the universe, aka the clever 31 states + D.C. that sell delicious Dogfish Head Craft Brewery beers.

Bell’s Oatsmobile is heading to the canning line in 2017. Beginning in the spring, Bell’s hop-forward American Pale Ale will transition away from bottles as existing packaging materials are used up.

Fremont Brewing of Seattle, Washington will launch a new Spring Seasonal called Lush IPA on January 2, 2017 from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Fremont’s Urban Beer Garden. Lush IPA will be on draft and there will also be a Citra hop infusion, a Mosaic hop infusion, and a Lush IPA cask.

Red Hare Brewing Company’s new Gem City Classic Craft Light Lager – or “Classic” for short – is brewed to drink easy and finish clean. The use of Citra hops in a light beer is very unique; and by adding Hallertauer Mittelfrüh hops the crisp quality of this beer is complemented by fragrant aromas with no overpowering bitterness. At just 4.2% ABV and only 140 calories per can, Classic is the perfect beer for sports fans to drink while enjoying a game. “Inspired by Marietta’s reputation as the Gem City of the south, we set out to create a beer that reaffirmed the heritage of our Gem City,” says Roger Davis, Red Hare Founder and Managing Partner.

If the walls could talk at the historic Riverbend Mill, they would tell a whole lot of stories about the variety of industries that have worked there: timber, cotton, wool, linen, flax yarn and much more. Now, the 209-year-old mill site welcomes another historic trade that dates back thousands of years, as far as the Mesopotamians — brewing.

Charlottesville-based Champion Brewing Company is celebrating its fourth anniversary while looking ahead to an ambitious 2017. The company will begin the year by opening a taproom in downtown Richmond, Virginia. In February, Champion will open a combination brewery and restaurant on Charlottesville’s historic downtown mall.