Summer is almost here, and with it beaches, pools, barbecues, pollen, nature, humidity, and most importantly beer. Yes, summer, like every other season, is prime beer drinking season. There are fruit beers, wheat beers, IPAs, pale ales, session IPAs, steam beers, and a bunch of stuff we’ve never even heard of before.
There are endless brew choices for the vacationer, beachbum, or grillmaster, and we of beer-drinking fandom at For The Win have attempted to make it a little bit easier (or maybe harder) by offering up 48 of our most favorite beers to drink during the summer.
This list is in no particular order. Again, this list is in no particular order. It’s a totally random list compiled by a bunch of people who enjoy drinking copious amounts of craft beer (in a responsible manner). Cheers.
48. Budweiser
Style: Lager? Lager.
ABV: 5%
47. Miller High Life
Style: Light Lager
ABV: 4.5%
46. Coronado’s Sock Knocker
Style: American Double
ABV: 8.5%
45. Lagunitas’ Sumpin’ Sumpin’ Ale
Style: American Pale Wheat Ale
ABV: 7.5%
44. Mayflower’s Summer Rye
Style: Rye Beer
ABV: 3.8%
43. Allagash’s White
Style: Witbier
ABV: 5%
42. Sam Adams’ Summer Ale
Style: American Pale Wheat Ale
ABV: 5.3%
41. Bell’s Oberon
Style: Wheat Ale
ABV: 5.8%
40. 21st Amendment’s Hell or High Watermelon
Style: Wheat Beer
ABV: 4.9%
39. Odell’s St. Lupulin Extra Pale Ale
Style: American Pale Ale
ABV: 6.5%
38. New Belgium’s Summer Helles
Style: Dortmunder
ABV: 5%
37. Victory’s Whirlwind Witbier
Style: Wheat Beer
ABV: 5%
36. Dogfish Head’s Festina Peche
Style: Berliner Weisse
ABV: 4.5%
35. Deschutes’ Twighlight
Style: American Pale Ale
ABV: 5%
34. Southern Tier’s Compass
Style: Belgian Strong
ABV: 9%
33. Founders’ Rubaeus
Style: Fruit Beer
ABV: 5.7%
32. Firestone Walker’s Easy Jack
Style: Session IPA
ABV: 4.5%
31. Highland’s Razor Wit
Style: Witbier
ABV: 4.5%
30. Oskar Blues’ Pinner Throwback IPA
Style: American IPA
ABV: 4.9%
29. Flying Dog’s Woody Creek White
Style: Witbier
ABV: 4.8%
28. Anchor’s Summer Beer
Style: American Pale Wheat Ale
ABV: 4.6%
27. Great South Bay’s Field 5 Golden IPA
Style: American IPA
ABV: 7%
26. Port City’s Derecho Common
Style: Steam Beer
ABV: 4.8%
25. Starr Hill’s Grateful Pale Ale
Style: American Pale Ale
ABV: 4.7%
24. Brooklyn’s Summer Ale
Style: English Pale Ale
ABV: 5%
23. Flying Dog’s Dead Rise Summer Ale
Style: Spiced Beer
ABV: 5.6%
22. Victory’s Summer Love
Style: American Blonde Ale
ABV: 5.2%
21. Anderson Valley’s Summer Solstice
Style: Cream Ale
ABV: 5%
20. Sierra Nevada’s Summerfest
Style: Czech Pilsner
ABV: 5%
19. Spencer’s Trappist Ale
Style: Belgian Pale Ale
ABV: 6.5%
18. Sweetwater’s Road Trip
Style: German Pilsner
ABV: 5.2%
17. DC Brau’s Solidarity Summer
Style: English Pale Ale
ABV: 5%
16. AleSmith’s San Diego Pale Ale .394
Style: American Pale Ale
ABV: 6%
15. Troegs’ Sunshine Pils
Style: German Pilsner
ABV: 4.5%
14. Starr Hill’s The Love
Style: Wheat Beer
ABV: 4.6%
13. Shiner’s Ruby Redbird
Style: Fruit Beer
ABV: 4%
12. Schell’s Hefeweizen
Style: Wheat Beer
ABV: 4.75%
11. Lagunitas’ DayTime IPA
Style: American IPA
ABV: 4.65%
10. The Alchemist’s Heady Topper
Style: American Double
ABV: 8%
9. Left Hand’s Good Juju
Style: Spiced Beer
ABV: 4.5%
8. Kona’s Wailua Wheat
Style: American Pale Wheat Ale
ABV: 5.4%
7. Southern Tier’s Hop Sun
Style: American Pale Wheat Ale
ABV: 5.1%
6.Blue Point’s Blueberry Ale
Style: Fruit Beer
ABV: 4.6%
5. Goose Island’s Summer Ale
Style: American Pale Ale
ABV: 5.9%
4. Widmer Brothers’ Citra Blonde Summer Brew
Style: American Blonde Ale
ABV: 4.3%
3. Pretty Things’ Beer & Ale Project’s American Darling
Style: American Pale Lager
ABV: 5.8%
2. Lawson’s Finest Liquids’ Double Sunshine IPA
ABV: American Double
ABV: 8%
1. The Bruery’s Sour in the Rye with Kumquats
Style: American Wild Ale
ABV: 7.6%
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