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4worldlovers: A Modernized Yorkshire-Style Pale Ale brewed w/ Whole Cone Citra on Nitro

We’ve got some Hard Lemonade for sale! And look at that color! That beautiful, natural color comes from the use of an insane amount of lavender pods that we use to brew a ginormous, fresh batch of lavender tea, that then gets blended with our lemonade-style seltzer. It drinks pretty balanced, with the acidity and sweetness hitting at just the right level, and then a soft tannic hit of dryness from the lavender. Enjoy straight out of the can, or pour over ice. Also legit with a dram of Old Tom Gin.

We’ve been pretending to make Kölsch style beers for a while now, but it wasn’t until recently that my wife and I took a train to Cologne and got to experience those 0.2L rippers one glass at a time. Words and style guidelines fail to articulate the crispness and crushability factor that make these beers so different than others. So, here’s us going back to the drawing board on how we make these beers. A reversed engineered version of what I feel like I experienced in Cologne, aka a Kölschier Kölsch :)

Using all German ingredients, except for the water, each batch is another baby step towards recreating what we’ve experienced in Munich. Straw in color, with a subtly and nuance that is hard to describe and instead needs to be experienced! Notes of fresh baked bread, herbal tea, and puffed rice, create a beer style that is praised for it’s liter-worthy drinkability.

Our in-house German-American transplant (Ryan Barry) dug deep into some old German brewing books and found some inspiration from the yummy lagers made in Franconia. This one is Amber in color, and utilizes a wide range of the lovely @weyermann_speciatly_malts to create a malt profile of graham cracker, toffee, toasted biscuits, and multigrain pancakes. The finish is clean, balanced and infinitely quaffable.

Brewed with Pilsner malt and some of our favorite German hops, the result is medium-bodied with a soft malt presence and enough structured bitterness to create that snappiness that you hope for in a Pils. Tasting notes? The aromatics and flavor are full of herbal notes, with some fresh sage and white bread character that carries into the dry finish. Our most Italian version to date ?

Using raw wheat, pilsner malt, old fashioned oats, noble hops, and then fermented with a super yummo Belgian yeast. We finished it off with fresh ground coriander and some dried orange peel that we made ourselves by zesting and drying locally grown oranges. The result is a thirst quencher and definitely a reminder to us of how much we love this beer style! The spice and zest are present, but without trampling all over the expressive yeast.

Our West Coast IPA that celebrates the love that we have for our beloved mascot, Cheeky! Layered with the holy trinity of hops; Citra, Mosaic, and Simcoe for a radiantly clear IPA. We’ve been lucky enough to win a Silver at the 2018 World Beer Cup and a Silver at the 2019 Great American Beer Festival for this one.

Sniff & Sip. Burp. Repeat. This modern West Coast, with its lean body, its snappy bitterness, that dab of hoppy resin in the linger, and all those hoppy aromatics is all we need!! Well…that, and a good pally to enjoy it with! Flavor profile? Think Ruby Red grapefruit, navel oranges, and the Devil’s Lettuce in the linger.

4worldlovers: LOCATED IN COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, IN THE ALL NEW “CAMPOUT” WE ARE INFUSING CALIFORNIA SOUL INTO EACH AND EVERY BEER WE CREATE.

The Salty Bear story is based on its two loves. A love of what we create, craft beer and a love for where we reside, California. We take that intangible California soul and infuse it in to each and every beer we produce. We are creative, we don’t take short cuts and we are uncompromising in our effort to produce the highest quality craft beers. We honor the industry and of course the home that we love.

We know we aren’t the only craft beer in California, Orange County or even Costa Mesa, so we want to thank you in advance for being a part of the Salty Bear journey that is about to begin.