SingleCut Beersmiths in Queens, New York has announced an augmented reality-enhanced IPA called Notes that also helps teach guitar to those looking become six-stringed rock gods. Full details are below.

NOTES  //  IPA  //  7%  //   The Apex of our love of music and beer: the IPA that will teach you to play guitar. This juice drenched IPA is built on hand selected PNW buds and some NZ love, imparting a bright aroma and flavor of ripe orange, sun sweet mango, white grape juice, and a long bright citrus finish. Grab your phone, scan the code on the can, and between sips our Notes AR Filter will show you how to play some of the key chords in Rock music, and let you "play" your can. A whole new dimension to #DrinkLoud

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Get The Most Out of Your NOTES! Download the Snapchat App and scan the code on your can of NOTES IPA. Our "SingleCut NOTES" filter will appear- our Augmented Reality How-To teaching you the basic chords that helped shape Rock N Roll.

Don't have a guitar? Don't need one! Follow along with the AR filter and you can use your NOTES can as the guitar.

It's a beer that's also a guitar. I think we're done here.

Hop Valley Brewing Co. in Eugene, Oregon has announced an expansion of its popular 19.2-ounce "stovepipe" cans with releases of Bubble Stash IPA and Cryo Stash across the U.S. Full details are below.

EUGENE, Oregon – Hop Valley Brewing this spring is expanding nationwide two of its award-winning IPAs into 19.2-ounce cans, a single-serve format that’s proving popular with a growing number of drinkers. The Eugene, Ore.-based craft brewer, which in 2021 expanded its flagship Bubble Stash IPA across North America and its Stash Pack IPA variety 12-packs nationwide in the U.S., is seeking to court new drinkers in convenience and grocery stores -as well as at fairs, festivals and events. Hop Valley will lead the push into 19.2s, or “stovepipes,” with Cryo Stash, the brewery’s 8.7% alcohol-by-volume Imperial IPA and Bubble Stash, its top-selling IPA. It also will release Stash Panda Hazy IPA in select markets.

“The opportunity with 19.2s is huge. It’s a trial-driving package, it works well in convenience stores, it works well in venue,” says Brandon Ross, chain manager for Hop Valley.

42 North Brewing Co. in East Aurora, New York has launched the new "Brewery at the End of The Universe" series with its first release, Definitely Panic. Full details are below.

East Aurora, NY- 42 North Brewing is launching a new line of premium craft beers to push the boundaries of recipe development. Under the sub-brand, “The Brewery at the End of the Universe”, 42 North will release a new speciality beer every six to eight weeks.

The first beer of the series, “Definitely Panic” will be a Double IPA featuring nectaron, mosaic, and cascade hops with an abv of 8.25%.  Focusing on ingredient quality, rather than a specific style, this line of beers will also include styles like fruited goses, pastry stouts, and experimental lagers.

According to 42 North’s head brewer, Matt Matuszewski, “The inspiration of this new line of beers came from a number of small batches we have created over the last few years.  Customers were asking when these beers would be distributed beyond our taproom.  The Brewery at the End of the Universe series is the answer.”

Definitely Panic will be unveiled at the 42 North taproom on Friday, March 25th and be available at fine craft beer retailers beginning in Buffalo and Rochester beginning the first of April.

Lawson's Finest Liquids in Waitsfield, Vermont is releasing its most in-demand beer, Double Sunshine with Ruby Red Grapefruit outside its taproom for the first time ever. Full details are below.

Waitsfield, VT. – Lawson’s Finest Liquids is welcoming spring with a first-time distribution of its most sought-after specialty beer — Double Sunshine with Ruby Red Grapefruit. The double IPA bursting with fresh ruby red grapefruit flavor and aroma will be available for a limited time at retailers across Lawson’s Finest Liquids nine-state distribution area (VT, CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA and RI) beginning this week. 

Double Sunshine with Ruby Red Grapefruit was first dreamed up during a trip to Florida where company owners, Sean and Karen Lawson, fell in love with the refreshing, citrus-infused flavors of several IPAs they sipped along the way. Since the trip, they’ve never looked back and brewed this iconic version of Double Sunshine every year. At 8% ABV, this craft beer is the perfect refreshing, fruit-forward, tropical taste to kick off spring.

Cape Beverage has announced a partnership with Full Circle Brewing Co. and vonC Brewing Co. to add New Jersey distribution. Full details are below.

Cape May, NJ -- Cape Beverage Distributing is proud to announce the addition of Pennsylvania-based brewery vonC Brewing Company and Fresno-based brewery Full Circle Brewing Company to its distribution partners. These partnerships mark the first time that vonC and Full Circle beers have reached the New Jersey market.

Both breweries have a strong history in their communities and are committed to breathing new life to the industry through new techniques and ownership. 

“Fresh on the scene, vonC Brewing Co. brings a long-standing history of brewing excellent liquid over six generations of family members,” says Cape Beverage General Manager Justin Vitti. “Their beers lead into Cape Beverage's stance of quality product first and foremost being put into our retailers' stores and their customers' hands.”