Travel back in time a couple decades, and you’d likely find your parents sipping the same beer every time they had a drink. Until the recent craft boom, beer fans were very brand loyal.
Now, we’re in an age of brewing creativity — it’s common for beer aficionados to pick out a new brew every time they shop.
Finding new summer beers this year has been a lot more difficult thanks to COVID-19. Data shows, due to social-distancing restrictions, breweries are registering nearly 50% less new beers in 2020 than last year.
In a nutshell, this means fewer beer options, and many breweries are sticking to tried-and-true flagships and old favorites. Adaptation has been the key for breweries to stay afloat during the pandemic — and those that are prospering noticed the ways people shop for beer has changed, so they quickly moved with the times.
App-based craft beer delivery sites like Tavour have helped keep breweries’ doors open and allowed them to continue to churn out a variety of new beers. So, even though it might feel like we’re in a serious new summer-beer drought, there’s a wide selection of new summer-beer releases coming to Tavour. Here are a few to look forward to:
North Carolina’s Wise Man Brewing – Tropical Shirts Berliner Weisse — made with 1.3 lbs of blackberry and raspberry purée per gallon — packs a taste of summer in every sip
![Wise Man Tropical Shirts](https://beerselfie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tropical-Shirts.jpg)
Wisconsin’s The Brewing Projekt – Resist Piña Colada Milkshake IPA is so creamy and full of tropical fruit, you’ll happily trade your favorite summer cocktail for a sip.
![Resist](https://beerselfie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/creamsicle.jpg)
Texas’ 903 Brewers – Dreamsicle Slushy Gose tastes just like those orange creamsicles you munched on as a kid, only better because the brewers use real vanilla and tangerines.
![Dreamsicle](https://beerselfie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/slushy.jpg)
North Carolina’s Wilmington Brewing Company – Jorts Party IPA is so zesty, it’ll have you day-drinking outside in your favorite cutt-off jean shorts!
![Jorts Party](https://beerselfie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/jorts-party.jpg)
California’s Mikkeller Brewing – Double Blush Berliner Weisse takes java notes to the next level with real roasted coffee and raspberries for a spritzy brew.
![Double Blush](https://beerselfie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/double-bush.jpg)
Georgia’s Wild Leap Brew Co. – Truck Chaser Lemon Ice Milkshake IPA will transport you back to the days of running after the ice cream man!
![Truck Chaser](https://beerselfie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/truck-chaser.jpg)
Wisconsin’s Humble Forager Brewery – Coastal Sunshine Fruited Sour Ale is conditioned atop tangerine, passionfruit, mango, and soursop. The brewers recommend enjoying this refreshing fruit smoothie while walking along your favorite river.
![Coastal Sunshine](https://beerselfie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Coastal-Sunshine.jpg)
Texas’ Jester King Brewery partnered with the women-in-brewing collaborative The Pink Boots Society to craft L’Aradia Summer Lager. They dry-hopped it with a blend of Azacca, El Dorado, Idaho Gem, and Loral Hops for crushable red berry and floral notes.
![L'Aradia](https://beerselfie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/LAradia.jpg)
To make Ice Cream Paint Job Berliner Weisse, North Carolina’s Divine Barrel Brewing combined vanilla and lactose with over 500 lbs of raspberries, sweet cherries, and blueberries. Imagine licking a triple berry gelato right off the cone.
![Ice Cream Paint Job](https://beerselfie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ice-Cream-Paint-Job.jpg)
Utah’s Saltfire Brewing – Mobius Trip – Peaches Sour Ale is aged in rum barrels. We can’t think of a more summery drink than a peach tiki beer-cocktail.
![Mobius Trip](https://beerselfie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Mobius-Trip.jpg)
And, those are just a few brews that beer lovers can find on Tavour in the next few weeks. Keep an eye on the app for new summer releases through August, and new seasonal beers — from fall’s Pumpkin Ales and Oktoberfests to springtime Maibocks — all year long.
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