Cold beers for a cold month

Don’t let the cold weather keep you at home. Warm up at your local small brewery and try some new craft beers this winter. 

Small breweries have been busy bringing out a wide variety of new brews. Here are some of the new, typically small-batch beauties released by popular West Virginia breweries this January. While some of these will hit distribution, they are now available at their home brewery’s taprooms. Check out Untappd.com for even more new beer options at your local breweries this winter.

Weathered Ground Brewery

To The Gills Imperial Pastry Stout
Imperial Stout brewed with macadamia nuts and coconut. Aged in rye whiskey barrels for 6 months. 11.5% ABV.

Margaret English Barleywine
Brewed to style and in the tradition of British strong ales. This wintertime warmer hits the scales at 10.2% ABV

Fife Street Brewing

Cheeky Blinders English Pale Ale
Fairly mild hopping and beautiful malt, with great overall balance makes this brew most quaffable. 4.5% ABV.

High Ground Brewing

Tad Nugent Hazy IPA
A hop-forward beauty with a citrus and floral nose. Notes of large citrus, tropical fruit, coconut flesh, wood, and floral. Smooth creamy finish. Hopped with a blend of Mandarina Bavaria, Sabro, Zappa, Citra, Montueka, and Amarillo. Contains lactose. 5.7% ABV.

Abolitionist Ale Works

Hazy Got Back Hazy IPA
Double Hazy IPA hopped with Mosaic and keg conditioned with Phantasm Powder made from Sauvignon Blanc Grape skins that releases a strong tropical fruit flavor and aroma. 8% ABV.

Morgantown Brewing 

Brewpub Hard Ginger Beer
Ginger beer brewed with lemon, lime, ginger, and a hint of habanero pepper. A light, flavorful treat. 1.5% ABV.

Short Story Brewing

Neon Gardens Fruited Sour with Passion Fruit, Orange, Guava
Another version of this popular series. Very juicy, with some lactose added for smoothness. 5% ABV.

The Peddler

Y’Alternative Hazy Black IPA
The brewery says Appalachians do it a little different, like this black hazy IPA. While deceivingly dark in color, this one drinks like the hazy IPAs you’ve grown to love. 6.8% ABV.

Bad Shepherd Beer Company

Poplar Brown Ale
A brown ale that includes honey malt in its grain bill, which along with the hops imparts a feeling of sweetness and lightly floral, honey-ish touch to the beer’s taste and aroma. It’s an easy drinker at 5.6% ABV.