Researching new Spring seasonal craft beers? We've put together a list of the best Spring seasonal craft beers with the highest search volume and ratings, broken down by how widely distributed they are.
Widely Distributed
We've tracked the most searched beers on BeerMenus each month for the past few years. Here's a list of the widely distributed beers that have historically had the highest search volume each Spring. You'll notice some of these are Summer seasonals that are released early in the Spring.
- Abita Strawberry Harvest
- Bell's Oberon
- Dogfish Head Aprihop
- 21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon
- Bell’s Smitten Golden Rye Ale
- Firestone Walker Parabola
- Founders Rubaeus
- Sam Adams Porch Rocker
- Elysian Superfuzz
- New Belgium La Folie
Regional
The Brewers Association recently asked member breweries to provide a list of their 2015 Spring seasonal craft beers. You can see a list of these beers, broken down by region of the country, in Meghan Storey's Craft Beer Spring Seasonals 2015 post.
Northeast
- Captain Lawrence Sunblock
- Heavy Seas Double Cannon
- Mayflower Spring Hop Ale
- Ommegang Glimmerglass
- Troegs Cultivator Helles Bock
- Smuttynose Durty
- Cape May Honey Porter
Central
- Bell’s Smitten Golden Rye Ale
- Black Mesa Alexander Supertramp
- Capital Maibock
- Crow Peak Redwater Ale
- Indeed Mexican Honey Imperial Lager
- MKE Weekend @ Louie’s
- Sockeye Maibock
- 3 Sheeps Hello My Name is Joe
- Ale Asylum Diablo Belga
- Atwater Mai Bock
Pacific
- Anaheim Conrad's Kolsch
- Breakside Salted Caramel Stout
- Hopworks Rise Up India Red Ale
- Maui Lorenzini Blood Orange Double IPA
- Ninkasi Spring Reign
- Tap It Continuum
- Worthy Farm Out Saison
Mountain West
- Asher Organic Ginger Bomb
- Avery Perzik Saison
- Boulder Emergent White IPA
- Joseph James Rye’d N Dirty
- Kanna Creek Crossed Irons
- Grimm Brothers Maidens Kiss
- Ska Vernal Minthe Stout
- Squatters Sociable Krystalweizen
- Uinta Tinder
- Wasatch Raspberry Wheat
- Odell Runoff
South
- Alltech Lexington Kentucky Rye Barrel IPA
- Tennessee Brew Works Walk the Lime
- Avondale Strawberry Kolsch
- Branchline 5AM to Midnight
- Front Street Henry's Helles Bock
- Service Old Guard
- Southern Star Red Cockaded Ale
- Starr Hill Reviver
- Swamp Head Day Trippin'
Rare & Obscure
Here's a list of the highest rated Spring beers on Ratebeer. These highly rated and difficult-to-get Spring beers will have beer geeks traveling from far and wide to track down. Note: these beers often have very limited distribution.
- Founders KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout)
- Three Floyds Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout
- Stone Imperial Russian Stout
- Kuhnhenn Fourth Dementia (4D) Old Ale
- Hill Farmstead E.
- Southern Tier Blackwater Series: Mokah
- Aecht Schlenkerla Fastenbier
- Southern Tier Jah-va Imperial Coffee Stout
- Hoppin Frog Hop Dam Triple IPA
- Green Flash Palate Wrecker