It’s time to queue up your favorite summertime soundtrack and start enjoying long days and hot nights because summer is officially here! Barbeques will become more frequent, parties will happen on weekdays, and clothing will become an issue of less is more. And there’s no better way to welcome the joys of summer than with a few good summerrific beers!
You could spend precious time searching for a new summer favorite, but we went ahead and put together a list of our favorites to ensure you don’t have to miss a moment of fun hunting for a beer instead of enjoying one!
1. Natural Light Naturdays
Yes, it’s a Natural Light, but it’s actually really delicious. A sessionable light lager brewed with phenomenal strawberry lemonade flavor. It tastes like bikinis and sunshine, and as an extra bonus, it has flamingos on the can.
2. Left Hand Brewing Flamingo Dreams
A neon pink blonde ale brewed with a refreshing burst of raspberry and black currants, a frisky zing, and a smooth nitro glide that will have you in the mood to mingle.
3. Stone Brewing Tropic of Thunder
A clean, crisp, refreshing lager with a nice hop bite. Brewed with mainstays Citra & Mosaic along with newcomer Cashmere hops and the juicy tropical aromas of citrus, pineapple and coconut.
4. Spindletap Brewing 5% Tint
A hazy session IPA that smells like flowers and fruit, jasmine and pineapples. Clean and bright, this IPA carries well on the tongue with just the right amount of lingering bitterness.
5. Mikkeller Raspberry Blush
A tart Berliner style Weiss beer brewed with raspberries and coffee that manage to sing in perfect harmony. A true thirst-quenching with an iced-coffee like finish.
6. Hitachino Nest Yuzu Lager
A perfect paring for days over 95 degrees, this Japanese lager showcases the bright orange and lemony flavors of yuzu over a refreshingly smooth lager base.
7. New Belgium The Hemperor
A pungent, hemp-laced IPA that will have you dripping in resiny flavor. At 7% it’s not a crushable session, but it’s a certainly a sensory experience worth experiencing.
8. Sierra Nevada Sierraveza
An easy drinking lager that just screams for a beach trip and tacos. Refreshing and crisp with a wonderful floral aroma that needs no adulteration.
9. Firestone Walker Rosalie
A lovely day-drinker, this sessionable 5%’er is a beer-wine hybrid brewed with a blend of six grape varieties for a uniquely refreshing beer that offers all the best qualities of a classic rose wine.
