Welcome to Summer Brew Review.

Introducing 182 current new seasonal summer beers, including wheats,  pale ales, kölschs, witbiers, farmhouse ales, hefeweizens, cream ales, pale wheat ales, lagers, berliner weisses, blonde ales, ipas, pilsners, fruit beers. Also featured are 11 Caribbean beers, 10 Mexican beers, and 1 Costa Rican beer. Use this summer beer list to make new discoveries this summer season.

Summer Beer List

21st Amendment: Hell or High Watermelon Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Abita: Lemon Wheat Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Abita: Seersucker Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Alaskan: Summer Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Allagash: Allagash White

Anchor: Anchor Summer Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Anderson Valley: Summer Solstice Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Angel City: West Coast Wheat

Anheuser-Busch: Bud Light Lime

Anheuser-Busch: Shock Top Belgian White

Anheuser-Busch: Shock Top Raspberry Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Arcadia: Whitsun Ale Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Atwater: Whango Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Avery: White Rascal

Ballast Point: Grapefruit Sculpin Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Ballast Point: Yellowtail Pale Ale

Ballast Point: Wahoo Wheat

Bavik: Pils

Baxter: Summer Swelter Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Bell’s: Oberon Ale Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Berghoff: Solstice Wit Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Big Bay: Boatilla

Big Bay: Wavehopper

Big Sky: Summer Honey Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Blue Point: Summer Ale Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Boston: Sam Adams Porch Rocker Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Boston: Samuel Adams Summer Ale Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Boulder: Pulp Fusion

Boulevard: ZON Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Breckenridge: Orange Cream Ale Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Breckenridge: Summerbright Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Breckenridge: Summer Pils Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Bridgeport: Tiny Horse

Bristol: Yellow Kite Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Brooklyn: 1/2 Ale

Brooklyn: Greenmarket Wheat

Brooklyn: Sorachi Ace

Brooklyn: Summer Ale Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Buffalo Bill’s: Blood Orange Imperial Ale Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Buffalo Bill’s: Orange Blossom Cream Ale Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Caledonian: Newcastle Summer Ale Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Cisco: Summer of Lager Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Coastal Empire: Tybee Island

Coney Island: Mermaid Pilsner

Coors: Blue Moon Belgian White

Coors: Blue Moon Summer Honey Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Coronado: Stingray IPA

D.L. Geary: Geary’s Summer Ale Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Deschutes: Fresh Squeezed

Deschutes: Hop Slice Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Deschutes: Pinedrops

Dogfish Head: Festina Peche

Dundee: Summer Shandy Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Dundee: Summer Wheat Beer Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Einstök: Icelandic White Ale

Empyrean: Imperial Mango IPA Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Empyrean: Super Nova Summer Fest Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Finnegans: Blonde Ale

Firemans Brew: Blonde

Fish: Fish Tale Blonde Ale Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Fish: Leavenworth Whistling Pig

Flat12: Cucumber Kölsch Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Florida Beer: Key West Sunset Ale

Flying Dog: Dead Rise Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Flying Dog: Numero Uno Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Forgotten Boardwalk: Funnel Cake

Fort Collins: Major Tom’s

Founders: Rubaeus Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Free State: Stormchaser Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Fremont: Summer Ale Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Full Sail: Blood Orange Wheat Ale Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Full Sail: Session Lager

Full Sail: Session Watermelon Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Full Sail: Session Wheat

Golden Road: 329 Lager

Golden Road: Heal the Bay Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Goose Island: Summertime Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Gordon Biersch: SommerBrau Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Grand Teton: Howling Wolf

Great Divide: Roadie Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Green Bay: Hinderland Cherry Wheat Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Green Bay: Hinderland Saison Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Hopworks: Ferocious Citrus IPA Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Hopworks: Pilsner

Horny Goat: Blonde

Horny Goat: Hopped Up

Horny Goat: Laka Laka Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Horny Goat: Tango Delta

Horny Goat: Watermelon Wheat Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Islamorada: Islamorada Ale

Islamorada: Sandbar Sunday

Josephs Brau: Summer Brew Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Kona: Castaway

Kona: Longboard

Kona: Wailua Wheat

Lagunitas: Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ Ale

Left Hand: Good Juju Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Leinenkugel: Berry Weiss

Leinenkugel: Summer Shandy Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Leinenkugel: Sunset Wheat

Lost Coast: Tangerine Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Madtree: Lift

Madtree: Shade Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Madtree: Sol Drifter Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Magic Hat: #9 Not Quite Pale Ale

Magic Hat: Dream Machine

Magic Hat: Stealin’ Time Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Malibu: Malibu Coconut Beer

Margaritaville: Landshark Lager

Maui: Bikini Blonde Lager

Mendocino: Rock Point Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Michelob: Beach Bum Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Minhas: Lazy Mutt

Monday Night: Fu Manbrew

Narragansett: Summer Ale Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

New Belgium: Sunshine

New Glarus: Totally Naked Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

New Holland: Lost Dune Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

New Holland: Monkey King

New Holland: White Hatter Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Newburyport: Green Head

Newburyport: Melt Away

Newburyport: Pale Ale

Newburyport: Plum Island

North Coast: Scrimshaw

O’Fallon: Kite Tail Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

O’Fallon: Wheach

Odell: St. Lupulin Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Ommegang: Hennepin

Oskar Blues: Dale’s Pale Ale

Point: Nude Beach Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Point: Siesta Key Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Prairie Artisan Ales: Birra Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Pyramid: Apricot Ale

Rahr & Sons: Summertime Wheat Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Red Hare: SPF 50/50 Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Red Hare: Whabbit Wheat

Redhook: ESB

Redhook: Long Hammer

Rivertown: Jenneke Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

RJ Rockers: Son Of A Peach Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Saint Arnold: Summer Pils Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Santa Fe: Freestyle Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

SanTan: Mr. Pineapple Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Schell’s: Goosetown Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Schlafly: Summer Lager Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Sebago: Simmer Down Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Shipyard: Melon Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Shipyard: Summer Ale Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Shmaltz: Slingshot

Shorts: Melt My Brain Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Shorts: Nicie Spicie Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Sierra Nevada: Summerfest Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Silver City: Ziggy Zoggy Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

SKA: Estival Cream Stout Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

SKA: Mexican Logger Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Smuttynose: Hayseed Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Southampton: Keller Pils Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Southern Tier: Hop Sun Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Spoetzl: Shiner Ruby Redbird Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Stiegl: Radler – Lemon/Grapefruit

Summit: Summer Ale Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Sun King: Pachanga Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Sun King: Sunlight Cream Ale

SweetWater: Road Trip Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Tallgrass: Halcyon Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Tallgrass: Key Lime Pie Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Terrapin: HI-5

Third Street: Hunny Do Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Traveler: Curious Traveler

Traveler: Illusive Traveler

Two Brothers: Dog Days Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Two Roads: Road Jam Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Uinta: Skipping Stone Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Uinta: Sum’r Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Uinta: West Coast-Style Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Upland: Campside Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Upslope: Thai Style Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Urban Chestnut: Pierre’s Wit

Victory: Summer Love Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Wachusett: Summer Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Weston: O’Malley’s SunRyes Ale Sunny day for drinking summer beer.

Weyerbacher: Merry Monks

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While we try to provide guidance with this summer beer list to select for your next gathering, we urge you to try them for yourself. We have been surprised by some of these summer beers, and you may as well.

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Comments

  1. August 2, 2017

    Al

    I’ve taken a liking to Sam Adams Summer Ale this summer. Didn’t see it on the list. You might want to check it out.

  2. March 30, 2018

    Kyle Crouse

    Shinerbock strawberry blonde is a delight!

  3. May 23, 2018

    John

    New Belgium Citradelic is mighty tasty. I’m bummed they now longer brew their Juicy Watermelon Watermelon Lime Ale. That was (IMO) a great summer brew.

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