21st Amendment, Bitter American 6P - Regularly $9.99

If you'd been rocketed into space against your will, you might be a little bitter too. Bitter American is our long-overdue tribute to unsung, unwitting heroes everywhere. This American session ale packs a lot of hop and malt flavor into a refreshingly lower-alcohol brew, making it the perfect beer to have on hand when you have a little history to make. Bitter American is our late winter seasonal beer available from January through March. This extra pale session ale has lower alcohol but all the flavor and hop aroma you expect from a much bigger beer. Give one, or three, a try. - The brewery

Duck Rabbit Baltic Porter 6P - Regularly $13.99

Is it a rabbit? A duck? Such is the visual conundrum in the logo of Farmville, NC’s Duck Rabbit Craft Brewery. Their Baltic Porter is also a puzzle. It’s got the body of a Baltic Porter but it’s got the chocolate and roast notes of a stout. There’s the Baltic sourness on the finish but all this complexity before. Is it fish or fur? Dunno. It is fine, though.

Left Hand Milk Stout 6P - Regularly $10.99

You don’t add milk to milk stouts. You add lactose. Beer yeasts won’t digest it, you see. So you can make your stout sweet. Left Hand’s Milk Stout has Pale, 2-row, Crystal, Munich, Roast Barley, Flaked Oats, Flaked Barley and Chocolate malts to give it a roasty chocolate taste, lightly hopped with Magnum and US Goldings. It ends with a slighty sweet, creamy finish.

New Holland Cabin Fever Brown Ale 6P - Regularly $10.49

Holland, Michigan is right off the lake, just south of state center, so they know about being snowed in. The Cabin Fever Brown Ale features roasted malts most prominantly, but there’s so much more going on. Rye, caramel, raisin, even vanilla notes float around the edges all sitting on a bed of spicy hops. It’s the tastiest “lake effect” you could wish for.

Ya’ Got Me Copper!

Lagunitas’ “The Kronik **CENSORED** Rich Copper Ale” has a name that they’re not allowed to use but a taste that makes you pause for the cause. This is one the few malt-prominent beers made by the hop heads from Petaluma. Bready, dark, crystal malts are rolled up in a colorful wrapper of hops. This beer is what amber ales dream about growing up to be.

On Sale for $7.96 through 12/19/11

Regularly $9.99

California Wintering

The archetypical winter ale, the Winter Solstice from Boonville, CA’s Anderson Valley Brewing Company is one of the joys of the season. Anderson Valley uses Crystal and Caramel malts to give this medium bodied ale just a hint of sweetness. They then spice the brew with their own “private blend of holiday spice.” The result leaves one in search of a fire place and an easy chair.

On Sale $9.96 through 12/12/11

Regularly $11.99

Robustin’ Out

Smuttynose Brewing Company in Portsmouth, NH puts out some good beers. Their Robust Porter is one of their tastiest. It aims itself at the traditional London porter style - a coffee/chocolaty taste from a handful of five malts. Then right at the finish there’s a flash of America in a small kick of Cascade hops. This brew was a gold medal winner at the 2010 Mondial de la Beire.

On Sale for $7.96 through 11/27/11

Regularly $9.99

Saving the Best for Now

Where many brewers have brown ales in their regular line up, Bell’s Brewing Company in Kalamazoo, MI saves this great brew for release as a fall/winter seasonal. With hints of caramel and cocoa, the bready malt body is strong enough to stand up to cold weather, but a healthy dose of American hops balances out the taste keeping it from being heavy on the palate. Spring can keep its robins. Here’s the sign of fall!

On Sale for $8.96 through 10/16/11

Regularly $9.99

Making Book on Beer

Escondido, CA’s Stone Brewing Company started up in 1996. Though not a pioneer, today they’re one of craft beer’s old guard. Well, now if you say, “Stone wrote the book on craft brewing,” you can mean it literally! This fall they release The Craft of Stone Brewing Co. - stories for each beer and some recipes. The Stone IPA defines the West Coast hophead goto brew - full of Chinnook, Columbus, and Centennial hops and attitude.

On Sale for $9.96 through 10/02/11

Regularly $10.99

In Dem Haus!

Sept. 17 marks the start of Oktoberfest 2011 -- not only is the two week Munich event the biggest beer holiday ever, it’s also the world’s largest popular festival. Among the official festhalles there, you’ll find Hofbräuhaus. This lager is the beer they brew for that special occasion. It’s full richness is a match for Bavarian cuisine. Can’t get to Bavaria? Try it with VA BBQ!

On sale for $7.96 through 9/19/11
Regularly $9.99