Check Out The Spring Beers On The Bucks Co. Ale Trail

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — As beer lovers know, spring is the time for fresh, new flavors. The 20 (and counting) breweries on the Bucks County Ale Trail know that, too.

The local breweries are rolling out new releases and pouring seasonal favorites to celebrate the warmer weather.

Some of the tightest COVID-19 restrictions on bars and restaurants in Pennsylvania were lifted on Sunday. Gov. Tom Wolf ordered the resumption of bar service and seating, increased indoor dining capacity to 75 percent and removed the 11 p.m. last-call curfew. Mask-wearing and social distancing requirements still apply.

That said, you'll no doubt still want to call ahead and see what your favorite Bucks brewery is doing in terms of indoor service. Most continue to offer curb service, too.

Here's a look at what Bucks County's breweries are offering up as seasonal fare for spring and summer 2021, courtesy of Visit Bucks County:

• Broken Goblet Brewing, Bensalem. Their Steinbeiser's Buried Treasure Nitro Watermelon Cream Ale is 4.6 percent and a Goblet flagship cream ale that has been conditioned on a treasure trove of watermelon. It was canned with liquid nitrogen to create a rich and creamy floral ale with a subtle sweetness.
• Bucks County Brewery, Pipersville. Tart Chuicy is the brewery's Chuicy Chowey Wowie with cranberry and tart cherry added.
• Free Will Brewing Company, Perkasie and Peddler's Village. Helles Lager is brewed with a base of pilsner malt and a variety of specialty grains. Sun Servants is hopped with Loral, then cold-conditioned for weeks leading up to spring. You'll taste notes of fresh honeysuckle, white grape, lemon, fresh bread and even hay.
• Geronimo Brewing, Doylestown. The traditional Pub Ale is easy drinking to let you savor the end of winter and start of spring. Hints of caramel and toffee with a perfectly balanced bitterness.
• Great Barn Farm to Glass Tap Room, New Hope. Kintnerweizen is brewed with equal parts wheat and the brewery's own farm-grown barley craft malts. Kintnerweizen Hefeweizen is malt-forward and full bodied with a smooth, crisp taste. This golden-yellow wheat beer has a meringue-like head.
• Iron Hill Brewery, Newtown. The Rising Sun IPA may be an American-IPA in style, but its feel and flavor come from its Japanese Sorachi Ace single-hop recipe. Bursting with notes of lemon and coconut, every sip is light and well-balanced with a hop kick.
• Langhorne Brewing Company, Langhorne. Can't go wrong for spring or summer with their Raspberry Wheat beer.
• Mad Princes Brewing Co., Doylestown. The Peaches-N-Cream is light in color, light in body, fruity but not sweet with not a bit of bitterness to be found. Finished with Australian Galaxy hops and “dry-hopped” with tangerine peels for a fruit-bomb nose.
• Moss Mill Brewing Co., Huntingdon Valley. An easy drinking, slightly salty, refreshing 3.3-percent brew that fits this weather perfectly sound good? Go for the Guava Tears.
• Naked Brewing Co., Huntingdon Valley and Bristol. The Birthday Cat is a celebration of Naked Brewing Company’s 11th birthday. With hazy IPAs and DDH with Citiva and Zamba, this brew certainly lives up to its name.
• Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co., Croydon and New Hope. Neshaminy Creek Brewing brewed up a classic, Belgian-style wheat ale with white wheat and flaked oats, called Beach Fuzz, for the warm weather months. It's hopped in the kettle with Saaz hops, then conditioned on peach purée. The result is a bright and zesty Belgian wheat ale, with a soft malt character, hints of spice and loaded with stone fruit flavors.
• Newtown Brewing Co., Newtown. Using all Czech floor-malted pilsner and Czech Saaz hops, Check Ya Later is a light-bodied, refreshing lager sure to quench that thirst.
• Odd Logic Brewing Company, Bristol. Clairvoyance is a 4.5-percent Belgian Saison that is light, bright and perfectly refreshing for this beautiful spring weather.
• Red Lion Brewery, Quakertown. Lion Bines IPA brew utilizes Cascade, Chinook, and Centennial hop and they are super aromatic. Reminiscent of lemon verbena, lime juice and peach gummy rings.
• Second Sin Brewing Company, Bristol. Second Sin has several spring brews: Home Phield Advantage & Lil' Slugger Release, a DDH NEIPA brewed with Citra and Centennial is perfect for watching the start of another baseball season. Paid Advertisement Release is a kettle-soured beer brewed with lactose and refermented with hundreds of pounds of mangoes and peaches, before a period conditioning on Madagascar vanilla beans. Tons of flaked oats and wheat in the mash contribute to a silky smooth bodied beer that is tart, sweet and fruity. The Pink One is a kettle-soured beer with Hibiscus and dry hopped with Citra Cryo. The beer pours with a bright pink color from the hibiscus and the flavor is tart with floral and berry notes, finishing with underlying citrus from the dry hop.
• The Proper Brewing Co., Quakertown. Try Blondie Bree, a proper easy-drinking staple ale with a nice subtle sweetness, yet dry, refreshing and finished with a Kolsch yeast that really brings great flavor.
• Tower Hill Brewery, Chalfont. The Special Bitter is a traditional English pub ale with a smooth caramel flavor balanced with Noble hops.
• Two Rivers Brewing Co., Quakertown. Blood Orange/Mango Dutchtown Smoothie is a soft and hazy DIPA brewed with copious amounts of lactose, mango and blood orange puree and a touch of vanilla. Double dry-hopped with Citra and El Dorado. Flavors of tropical smoothie, marshmallows and Orange Julius.
• Vault Brewing Co., Yardley. Get your vitamin C fix with Orange Drips, a new seasonal brew that is a citra-orange and tangerine puree with Madagascar vanilla.
• Warwick Farm Brewing, Jamison. The Lemon Shandy is finally back. Look no further for the perfect summer beer. This is a clean German lager mixed with Warwick Farm Brewing’s favorite lemonade.