June 2019 Featured Beers | Beer of the Month Club

Zipline Brewing Company - Oatmeal Porter

Heavy Seas Beer - AmeriCannon

Zipline Brewing Company - Nut Brown

Heavy Seas Beer - Pounder

König Brauerei - König Pilsener

Cerveceria Allende - IPA

Heavy Seas Beer - TropiCannon

Zipline Brewing Company - Alpha Modern IPA

Lambickx Private Domain - Hand Selected Lambic

The Spencer Brewery - Monk’s Reserve Ale

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Zipline Brewing Company - Oatmeal Porter
Heavy Seas Beer - AmeriCannon
Zipline Brewing Company - Nut Brown
Heavy Seas Beer - Pounder
König Brauerei - König Pilsener
Cerveceria Allende - IPA
Heavy Seas Beer - TropiCannon
Zipline Brewing Company - Alpha Modern IPA
Lambickx Private Domain - Hand Selected Lambic
The Spencer Brewery - Monk’s Reserve Ale

Zipline Brewing Company - Oatmeal Porter

Bottle Size: 12-oz
Style: Robust Porter
ABV: 6.0%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 36
Serving Temperature: 48-53° F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
Hops: Magnum, Sterling
Malts: Chocolate, Munich, Caramel, Carafa, Rolled Oats
Country: United States

Zipline's Oatmeal Porter pours a very dark brown color, almost black, capped by a sturdy head of medium brown foam. Porter is a broad style with English origins that's interpreted in a multitude of ways in the present day. This version is decidedly in the "robust porter" camp, featuring a bold profile that's right up our alley. On the nose, we picked up plenty of roasty notes with touches of dark roast coffee grounds and very dark chocolate...

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Heavy Seas Beer - AmeriCannon

Bottle Size: 12-oz
Style: American Pale Ale
ABV: 5.75%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 40
Serving Temperature: 40-45° F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
Hops: Warrior, Cascade, Centennial, Simcoe, Palisade
Malts: 2-Row Pale, Crystal, Caramalt
Country: United States

This relatively new addition to the Heavy Seas line-up presents a pretty, bright, golden hue with an ample cap of pale foam that drops to a lasting collar and laces our glasses nicely. We found it quite fruity and inviting in the aroma, with lots of citrus and tropical fruits, touches of melon and stone fruits, and hints of pine. An array of five different hop varieties are used here, including dry hop doses of Centennial as well as lupulin...

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Zipline Brewing Company - Nut Brown

Bottle Size: 12-oz
Style: English Brown Ale
ABV: 5.8%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 28
Serving Temperature: 45-50° F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
Hops: Glacier, Sterling
Malts: Caramel, Brown, Chocolate, Roasted Barley
Country: United States

Zipline's interpretation of an English-style brown ale presents an attractive, dark, ruddy brown color in the glass, with nice clarity and a cap of light brown foam. On the nose, look for a malt-forward profile offering up plenty of rich caramel and moderately roasty notes, augmented by touches of coffee and hazelnut, plus some woodsy and lightly spicy hop overtones. The flavor follows the aroma pretty closely with big notes of toasted...

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Heavy Seas Beer - Pounder

Bottle Size: 12-oz
Style: German Pilsner
ABV: 5.0%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 38
Serving Temperature: 40-45° F
Suggested Glassware: Pilsner Glass
Hops: Tettnang, Saaz, Hallertau Mittelfrüh, Strisselspalt
Malts: Pilsner
Country: United States

Pouring a bright golden color with crystal clarity and a robust head of white foam, Pounder offers up a classic pilsner aroma. Look for a central underlying note of crackery pils malt overlaid with an inviting dose of European noble hops lending grassy, herbal, and mildly spicy aromas. On the palate, that lightly bready, crackery malt forms a sturdy core that's easily balanced by the herbal and moderately bitter hop contribution , which...

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König Brauerei - König Pilsener

Bottle Size: 500-ml
Style: German Pilsner
ABV: 4.9%
Serving Temperature: 40-45° F
Suggested Glassware: Pilsner Glass
Country: Germany

König Pilsener is a truly authentic German Pilsener that was first sold by that name in 1911. It is brewed with careful attention to traditional methods, but with expert quality control through the use of modern-day technology. For over a century, beer lovers worldwide have been enjoying this approachable, easy-drinking brew which is extremely popular in Germany. We’re proud to bring you this world class example of the style. Expect a pale...

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Cerveceria Allende - IPA

Bottle Size: 330-ml
Style: India Pale Ale
ABV: 6.5%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 60
Serving Temperature: 45-50° F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass, Mug, IPA Glass
Country: Mexico

Allende's IPA presents a medium amber hue in the glass, with good clarity and a head of beige foam that drops to a persistent collar and laces the glass nicely. On the nose, we picked up plenty of herbal character backed by pine, citrus, and a bit of tropical fruit, all underpinned by a solid note of caramel. That caramel malt forms a very sturdy backbone on the palate, too, delivering a robust body and a light touch of residual sweetness to...

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Heavy Seas Beer - TropiCannon

Bottle Size: 12-oz
Style: Citrus IPA
ABV: 7.25%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 45
Serving Temperature: 45-50° F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
Hops: Amarillo, Simcoe, Citra
Malts: 2-Row Pale, Munich, Caramalt

Pouring a bright orange-copper color with a robust head of persistent foam, TropiCannon is a variant of Heavy Seas' Loose Cannon IPA which has been bolstered by the addition of real fruit including dried grapefruit, orange and lemon peel during brewing, and blood orange, mango, and grapefruit after fermentation. The aroma on this IPA is lush and beckoning, with notes of citrus peel, melon, tropical impressions of mango and passion...

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Zipline Brewing Company - Alpha Modern IPA

Bottle Size: 12-oz
Style: Session IPA
ABV: 4.9%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 62
Serving Temperature: 43-48° F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
Hops: Mosaic, Citra, El Dorado
Malts: Pilsner, Wheat, Munich, Oats
Country: United States

Zipline's Alpha Modern is a somewhat different sort of IPA than we're used to. The brewers set out to craft a low-ABV session IPA without the common pitfalls of a loss of flavor and body. To this end, they've left the beer unfiltered (which has become super popular these days with the "New England" style of IPA) so as not to rob the beer of any heft unnecessarily. They've also added more hops to this brew than any of their others...

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Lambickx Private Domain - Hand Selected Lambic

Bottle Size: 750-ml
Style: Blended Lambic
ABV: 5.75%–6.5%
Serving Temperature: 47–55° F
Suggested Glassware: Tulip, Lambic Tumbler, Chardonnay, or Champagne Glass
Country: Belgium

Both the 2016 and 2015 bottlings are drinking beautifully at the moment, but we wouldn’t be surprised if these lambic blends developed even more with some additional time in the cellar. While some lambics could go decades, we aren’t super familiar with aging the Lambickx line, which has less than a decade behind it. But these feel primed to just keep on developing. As for pairings: we’re inclined to use that refreshing acidity and CO2 against fattier fare, such as creamier cheeses, turkey, duck, etc. We’ll very likely set aside some of this for Thanksgiving.

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The Spencer Brewery - Monk’s Reserve Ale

Bottle Size: 750-ml
Style: Trappist Quadrupel
ABV: 10.2%
Serving Temperature: 47–53° F
Suggested Glassware: Chalice, Tulip, or Pinot Glass
Country: United States

The brewery suggests storing bottles of Monk’s Reserve Ale upright, and provides a best-by date about three or four years after bottling. Quadrupels can be amongst the most satisfying of styles to cellar: hefty in ABV, feisty when young, and built to develop some of those most pleasant aged aspects, like sherry notes and complex caramelization. For pairing: the Monk’s Reserve Ale’s emphasis on dark fruit has us looking to heartier pork and duck preparations.

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