Updated 2015 Craft Beer Release Calendars

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*Updated 10/25/2015 at 11:20 A.M. EST w/ Oskar Blues

*Updated 3/15/2015 at 02:05 A.M. EST w/ Excelsior, Foothills, Pretty Things, Santa Fe, Two Brothers, Victory*

*Updated 2/27/2015 at 6:30 P.M. EST w/ Beachwood BBQ, Brewery Vivant, Boulder Beer, Cambridge Brewing Company, Coronado, Fort Collins Brewing, Laurelwood, Nebraska Brewing*

*Updated 2/15/2015 at 11:45 P.M. EST w/ MadTree, Smuttynose, Terrapin*

*Updated 2/9/2015 at 2:30 A.M. EST w/ Lagunitas, Ommegang, Pelican*

*Updated 2/3/2015 at 1:50 P.M. EST w/ Great Lakes, Sun King*

*Updated 1/30/2015 at 11:50 P.M. EST w/ Allagash, Big Boss, Great Northern, Good People, and Ninkasi, Westbrook*

*Updated 1/28/2015 at 2:30 A.M. EST w/ Devils Backbone, Fremont, Golden Road, and Shipyard*

*Updated 1/25/2015 at 1:45 A.M. EST w/ Almanac, Back Forty, New Holland and Sly Fox*

(Special thanks to all of the breweries who willingly provided these calendars for publish and to Justin Vicroy who helped assist with the research for this post! We did not publish any release calendars without expressed consent from each brewery)

This is going to be a BIG year for craft beer. Many breweries who started developing around the beginning of the craft beer resurgence have begun distributing their product more widely, and several of the country’s largest breweries are set for major expansions. With that wider distribution and those expansions, we’ll begin seeing tons of new beers hitting store shelves.

So we figured we’d do our best to try to round up as many 2015 craft beer release calendars that we could from some of the country’s biggest and most notable breweries. We’ll keep updating this list as we receive more release details. If your brewery isn’t listed and you’d like to share your release please reach out to us via our contact page and we’d love to add you to the list!

Colorado

Avery Brewing Company

If there’s one brewery who’s fans will immediately reap the benefits of expansion, it’s Avery Brewing Company. After a short hiatus, Avery has already begun churning out cans of Joe’s Pilsner once again, but the big story here is the addition of a few tap room favorites like Liliko Kepolo which will soon be available in 4 pack cans, and Coconut Porter, which looks to be a bourbon barrel-aged spin off. Fans will also see several new surprises like Vanilla Bean Stout, Rasperry Sour, a Peach Saison, a new double IPA named Raja along with their already success lineup of core beers. In the immortal words of Samuel L Jackson, “Hold on to your butts!”

Boulder Beer Company

Fort Collins Brewing Company

Great Divide Brewing Company

It’ll likely be another year or two before we start seeing anything crazy new (crossing our fingers for their Cuvee, original Grand Cru or their other host of experimental sours) being distributed from Great Divide, however they will be introducing Whitewater Ale (all indications are that this is a session pale or IPA) as a new seasonal. We are highly intrigued by this year’s 21st Anniversary Sour!

Left Hand Brewing Company

From the folks who brought milk stouts to the mainstream, it should be no surprise that we’re most excited by the upcoming release of their imperial coffee milk stout. Beer for breakfast never sounded better.

New Belgium Brewing Company

New Belgium is gathering an up-to-date calendar to share. We’ll have it back up as soon as possible! But what we do know… is that their Hop Kitchen series is going to be pretty fantastic w/ 3 new hoppy offerings arriving throughout the year. Their Lips of Faith series returns the classics (La Folie, Transatlantique Kriek, and Le Terroir) as well as a trio of new treats including their Blackberry Barley Wine, of which Vail Big Beers Belgians and Barleywine attendees got a sneak peek. Cap those off with a new August seasonal and exciting new collaboration in November which has us EXTREMELY giddy. Check back often for updates!

New Belgium is nearing the completion of their East Coast / West Coast connection and they don’t appear to have lost any focus on introducing new beers in the process. We’ve already seen strong first quarter introductions of Portage Porter and Slow Ride Session IPA (which, in my opinion will be Summer 2015’s beer anthem, as Party in the USA was to radio plays in Summer 2010). Cocoa Mole makes a strong comeback in February, and then things really start to get interesting.

Odell Brewing Company

I am constantly blown away by how solid Odell’s portfolio continues to get each and every year. There really hasn’t been a weak link in any of their new seasonal additions as of late and this year looks strong once again even with a few shake ups. Firstly, Double Pilsner, who’s artwork was perhaps the most stunning design in all of beer, will be replaced by a Gose Style, which has yet to be named (sign us up!). And while I loved Gramps Oatmeal Stout, it’ll be replaced by a Rye IPA. We’re interested to find out a bit more about this year’s cellar series, Fernet Porter is back as is Friek but they’ll be joined by Brazzle, Barrel Thief (which we did get a sneak peak of in the tap room and only remember that it was worth multiple return trips) and Pina Agria.

Oskar Blues Brewery

Still not much differing aside from the introduction of Pinner Throwback IPA, which is a well balanced, not overwhelmingly hoppy sessionable IPA that boasts great piney grapefruit notes. This will be another summer time favorite. However, we’re still waiting for the likes of Death By Coconut, Chaka, and a few other tap room and special event only beers to make it to the mainstream!

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National

We’ll hold off on the notes for the rest of the national breweries for now but we’ll just say, be sure to check out all of Boulevard’s new additions especially the new Love Child #6

21st Amendment Brewery

Abita Brewing Company

Against The Grain Brewery

2015 Against the Grain Brewing Company Release Calendar — Courtesy of LouisvilleBeer.com

Alaskan Brewing Company

Allagash Brewing Company

Alltech Lexington Beer Company

2015 Alltech Brewing Release Calendar — Courtesy of Louisvillebeer.com

Almanac Beer Company

Back Forty Beer Company

Bluegrass Brewing Company

Beechwood BBQ Brewing Company

Big Boss Brewing Company

Bear Republic Brewing Company

Seasonal IPA’s

Beer	Style	Available Packages	Available
Apex Special IPA	Double IPA	22oz. bottles / draft	January – March
Mach 10	Double IPA	22oz. bottles / draft	New – April – June
Café Racer 15	Double IPA	22oz. bottles / draft	July – September
Racer X	Double IPA	22oz. bottles / draft	October – December

Draft Only Specialties

Beer	Style	Available Packages	Available
Hop Shovel	American IPA	Draft only	New – Year Round
Olde Scoutter’s	Barley-wine	Draft only	January – February
Crazy Ivan	Belgo-American IPA	Draft only	March – April
Tripels Alley	Belgian-style Tripel	Draft only	May – June
Cher Ami	Belgian-style Single	Draft only	July – August
Black Racer	Black India Pale Ale	Draft only	September – October
Heritage	Scottish Wee Heavy	Draft only	November – December