With the success of our last blog article featuring gaming-inspired craft beers, we're featuring 7 more beers to top your video game beer list.
1. Juice Nukem
Brewery: Moonraker Brewing Company (Auburn, CA)
Beer Style: Imperial IPA
ABV: 8.0%
Flavor Profile: An intensely hopped IPA with Citra, Simcoe, Columbus, Mosaic, & Amarillo, this beer is a literal juice bomb that will blow you away with rich flavors of nectarines, peaches, bubblegum, and fresh herbs.
Game Pairing: Duke Nukem 3D
Instagram: @moonrakerbrewing
2. Ninja Curtles
Brewery: Cooperage Brewing Company (Santa Rosa, CA)
Beer Style: Pale Ale
ABV: 5.8%
Flavor Profile: A Pale Ale hopped IPA with Citra and Amarillo, Ninja Curtles is a hoppy and dry pale ale that is perfect for the free-spirited, relaxed, and goofy beer lovers (and it goes great with pizza!)
Game Pairing: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
Instagram: @cooperagebrewing
3. Call Of Brewty: Ghost Ops
Brewery: 8 Bit Brewing Company (Murrieta, CA)
Beer Style: Triple IPA
ABV: 10.2%
Flavor Profile: A triple dry-hopped triple IPA with Mosaic, Idaho 7, and El Dorado, this beer is one of the biggest, boldest, hop-forward beers out there - just like the Call of Duty game series! A flavor-packed spectacle for your mouth!
Game Pairing: Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
Instagram: @8bitbrewingcompany
4. Konkey Dong
Brewery: Hoof Hearted Brewing Company (Marengo, OH) in collaboration with Arcade Super Awesome
Beer Style: DDH Imperial IPA
ABV: 8.0%
Flavor Profile: An excessively dry-hopped IPA with Galaxy, Simcoe, and Dr. Rudi Hops from New Zealand, this beer packs a wallop as it's fermented in Donkey Kong barrels! Don’t worry, you can buy this beer with quarters, too!
Game Pairing: Donkey Kong
Instagram: @hoofheartedbrewing & @arcadesuperawesome
5. Doom Juice
Brewery: GameCraft Brewing Company (Laguna Hills, CA)
Beer Style: DDH Hazy DIPA
ABV: 8.6%
Flavor Profile: A double dry-hopped IPA with Citra-Cryo, Ekuanot, and HBC-692, this beer transports your mouth on a journey through the hop galaxy as you lay waste to hordes of enemies!
Game Pairing: DOOM Eternal
Instagram: @gamecraftbrewing
6. Kook SkyFogger
Brewery: Humble Sea Brewing Company (Santa Cruz, CA)
Beer Style: DDH Foggy IPA
ABV: 6.5%
Flavor Profile: A double dry-hopped IPA with Riwaka, Nelson, and Wakatu, Humble Sea Brewing channels the force to deliver a hop-forward, crushable IPA that makes you reach for your own lightsaber to fight the dark side!
Game Pairing: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Instagram: @humblesea
7. Prawn Solo
Brewery: Humble Sea Brewing Company (Santa Cruz, CA)
Beer Style: DDH Foggy IPA
ABV: 7.1%
Flavor Profile: A double dry-hopped IPA with Nelson, Simcoe, and Galaxy, Prawn Solo is not fazed by its force-wielding beer cousin. Arrogantly juicy and hoppy, it’s an invaluable beer to the brewers fighting for a better beer galaxy! Remember, it’s not wise to upset a Wookiee!
Game Pairing: Star Wars: Squadrons
Instagram: @humblesea