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FEATURES
The Beers of Summer
Beaches, BBQ, Blues, Baseball
by Gregg Glaser
What's with Summer and Beer?
| Summer Beers List
| Baseball and Beer | BBQ and Beer
| Beaches and Beer | Blues and Beer
Abita: Abita Wheat
Anderson Valley: High Rollers Wheat Beer
August Schell: Zommerfest (kölsch)
Bert Grant's: Lazy Days (pale ale)
Boston Beer: Sam Adams Summer Ale (wheat beer w/lemon zest & grains of paradise)
Boulevard: Unfiltered Wheat
Breckenridge: Ballpark Brown (brown ale)
Brooklyn: Blanche de Brooklyn (Belgian style white beer)
Capital: Summer Fest (golden ale)
Catamount: American Wheat
Crooked River: Island Hops (crystal weizen)
Deschutes: Quail Springs IPA
Flying Dog/Broadway: Tire Biter (kölsch)
Frederick: Blue Ridge Wheat (American wheat)
Full Sail: Full Sail Pilsner
Geary: Geary's Summer Ale (kolsch-inspired)
Goose Island: Summertime Kölsch
Great Lakes: Commodore Perry IPA, Moondog Ale (best bitter), Holy Moses (Belgian-style wit)
Hale's Ale: Drawbridge Blonde (American wheat ale)
Kalamazoo: Bell Oberon Ale (American wheat ale)
Kemper: Thomas Kemper Viking Fest Summer Ale (wheat beer)
Lagunitas: Maximus (IPA), Imperial Stout
Leinenkugel: Berry Weiss (lager with wheat malt & blend of three berries)
Long Trail: Blackbeary Wheat Summer Brew (American wheat ale w/ blackberry)
Magic Hat: Hocus Pocus (wheat beer)
Mass Bay/Harpoon: Harpoon Summer Beer (kölsch-style)
Odell: Colorado Stream Lager (amber lager)
Old Dominion: Dominion Summer Wheat
Otter Creek: Summer Wheat Ale
Penn Brewery: All Star Lager (Munich-style lager)
Pete's: Pete's Summer Brew (golden ale with lemon)
Pittsburgh: I.C. Light Twist (light lager with lime or cherry)
Portland: Kornhauser's Oast Ale (pale ale with distilled hop oil)
Rockies: Cliff Hanger (amber ale)
Rogue: Buckwheat Ale (pale ale with roasted buckwheat)
Sprecher: IPA
Spoetzl/Shiner: Shiner Summer Stock (kölsch-style)
Redhook: Redhook Blonde Ale (pale ale)
Widmer: Sommerbräu (kölsch)
Pyramid Pyramid Sun Fest (pils)
Shipyard: Sirius Summer Wheat Ale (American wheat ale)
Sierra Nevada: Summerfest (wheat beer)
Summit: Hefeweizen
Uinta: Dunkel Lager
Wasatch (Schirf): Summer Brau (Munich-style lager)
This story originally appeared in All About Beer Magazine in July 2000.