Bottoms Up

If you read my most recent column in the newspaper, Fruit in Beer, it was about all of the different kinds of fruit that brewers are putting in their beer. Below is a list of beers made with at least twenty-six different fruits. It’s not intended to be a shopping list. Unfortunately, many of the beers are not available in California and some are not even imported to the U.S. But it does show just how creative brewers around the world are being with the use of different ingredients to make their beer. See how many you can find.

Apple

Applebocq
Floris Pommes
Hopworks Sour Apple Pie
Lindemans Apple
Newton
Unibroue Ephemere (Apple)

Apricot

Cantillon Fou ‘Foune
Cascade Apricot Ale
Chapeau Apricot Lambic
Dogfish Head Aprihop
Ithaca Apricot Wheat
Odell Friek
Pyramid Audacious Apricot Ale
Russian River Compunction (brewed with Pluots, an apricot/plum hybrid)
Sea Dog Apricot Wheat Ale

Banana

Chapeau Banana Lambic
Mongozo Fair Trade Banana Beer
Wells Banana Bread Beer

Black Currant

Cassis De Hill
Ducassis
Ephemere (Cassis)
Hair of the Dog Rose Cassis
Kuhnhenn Extraneous Ale
Lindemans Cassis
Mort-Subite Cassis
Saint-Louis Cassis
Storm Insane 12 Year Black Current Lambic
Timmermans Cassis-Lambic

Blackberry

Almanac Beer Blackberry Ale
BluCreek Wild Blueberry Ale
Long Trail Blackberry Wheat Beer
Samuel Adams Blackberry Witbier
Upland Blackberry Lambic

Blueberry

Blue Point Blueberry Ale
Caulier Bon Secours Myrtille
Marin Blueberry Ale
Sea Dog Plue Paw Wild Blueberry Wheat Ale
Upland Blueberry Lambic

Cherry

Belle-Vue Kriek
Belle-Vue Kriek Extra
Bell’s Cherry Stout
Boon Kriek
Boon Kriek Mariage Parfait
Bruery Kriek
Brussels Kriek
Cantillon Kriek 100% Lambic
Cantillon Kriek Lou Pepe
De Cam Kriek
De Neve Kriek
De Ranke Kriek
De Troch Kriek
Drie Fonteinen Kriek
Floris Kriek
Girardin Kriek
Hanssens Oude Kriek
Jacobins Kriek
Kriek De Hill
Lakefront Rosie
Liefmans Kriek
Lindemans Kriek
Mikkeller Cherry Alive
Mort-Subite Kriek
New Belgium Lips Of Faith Transatlantique Kriek
New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red
O’Fallon Cherry Chocolate Beer
Redbach
Saint-Louis Kriek
Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat
Samuel Smith Organic Cherry Fruit Ale
Sprecher Kriek Lambic
Strubbe Kriekenbier
Ter Dolen Kriek
Timmermans Kriek
Timmermans Tradition Kriek
Unibroue Quelque Chose
Upland Cherry Lambic
Vieux Bruxelles Kriek Lambic

Cranberry

Bethlehem Brew Works Imperial Cranberry Lambic
Harpoon Grateful Harvest Cranberry Ale
New Glarus Unplugged Cranbic Ale
Samuel Adams Cranberry Lambic

Coconut

Kona Coffee Macadamia Coconut Porter Aged in Bourbon Barrels
Kona Coconut Beer
Maui CoCoNut Porter
Mongozo Coconut Beer

Elderberry

St. Peter’s Elderberry Beer
Williams Brothers Ebulum Elderberry Black Ale

Grape

Cantillon Saint-Lamvinus
Cantillon Vigneronne
Concord Grape Ale
Samuel Adams Longshot Grape Pale Ale

Grapefruit

Binding Grapefruit Hefeweizen
Brasserie de Silly Pink Killer
Groslch 2.5 Pink Grapefruit
St. Peter’s Grapefruit Beer
Sun King Grapefruit Jungle
TripHop Grapefruit IPA
Whistler Brewing Paradise Valley Grapefruit Ale

Juniper

Rogue Juniper Pale Ale
Sierra Nevada Juniper Black Ale

Lemon

Chapeau Lemon Lambic
Magic Hat Hocus Pocus
Stiegl Radler Lemon Beer
Zipfer Lemon Beer

Lime

Bud Light Lime
Labatt Blue Light Lime
Lakeport Brewing Brava Lime
Miller Chill
Shorts Key Lime Pie
Uncommon Brewers Siamese Twin Ale (uses only the kaffir lime leaf, but it’s local and yummy, so I kept it on the list)
Viking Lime Twist

Mango

Floris Mango
Laughing Buddha Mango Weizen
Laurelwood Mango Mint Pale Ale
St. John’s Brewers Tropical Mango Ale

Orange

Ale Industries Orange Kush
Buckbean Orange Blossom Ale
Buffalo Bill Orange Blossom Cream Ale
Craftsman Orange Grove Ale
Dogfish Head Blood Orange Hefeweizen
Papago Orange Blossom Wheat Beer

White beers generally use orange peel (along with coriander)

Peach

Bar Harbor Peach Ale
Chapeau Pêche Lambic
Dogfish Head Festina Peche
Grumpy Troll Grumpy Peach
Lindemans Pêcheresse
Marin Stinson Beach Peach
Mort-Subite Pêche
Odell Avant Peche
O’Fallon Wheach
Saint-Louis Pêche
Timmermans Pêche-Lambic

Pear

Fullsteam Sparkling Pear Saison
Hopper’s Pear Lambic
Idaho Brewing Pear
Kopparberg Pear Beer
Malvern Hills Black Pear

Pineapple

Blue Diamond Pineapple Beer
Chapeau Pineapple Lambic
Maui Brewing Manna Wheat

Plum

Bethlehem Brew Works Mirabella (Plum Lambic)
Brussels Perzik
Chapeau Mirabelle Lambic
J.W. Lee’s Plum Pudding
Russian River Compunction (brewed with Pluots, an apricot/plum hybrid)
Short’s Plum Rye Bock
Three Boys Wild Plum Ale
Watch City Jack Horner’s Plum Wit

Pomegranate

Fort Collins Brewing Major Tom’s Pomegranate Wheat
He’Brew Origin Pomegranate Ale
Moylan’s Pomegranate Wheat
Peak Organic Brewing Pomegranate Wheat Ale
Saranac Pomegranate Wheat

Raspberry

Abita Purple Haze
Alaskan Raspberry Wheat
Ampounette
Belle-Vue Framboise
Boon Framboise
Brussels Framboos
Cantillon Rosé de Gambrinus
De Neve Framboise
Floris Framboises
Framboise De Hill
Great Divide Wild Raspberry Ale
Harpoon UFO Raspberry Hefeweizen
Jacobins Framboise
Liefmans Framboise
Lindemans Framboise
Marin Raspberry Trail Ale
Mort-Subite Framboise
New Belgium Frambozen Raspberry Brown Ale
New Glarus Raspberry Tart
Rose des Remparts
Saint-Louis Framboise
Samuel Smith Organic Raspberry Fruit Beer
Six Rivers Raspberry Lambic
Southern Tier Raspberry Wheat Ale
Timmermans Framboise-Lambic
Upland Raspberry Lambic
Wittekerke Rosé

Strawberry

Abita Strawberry Harvest Lager
BridgePort Brewing Stumptown Tart
Floris Fraises
Fruili
Liefmans Fruitesse
Samuel Smith Organic Strawberry Fruit Ale
Upland Strawberry Lambic

Tangerine

Lost Coast Tangerine Wheat
Kuhnhenn Play in the Hay
Potosi Tangerine IPA

Watermelon

21st Amendment Hell of High Watermelon Wheat
Blue Hills Watermelon Wheat
Roy Pitz Brewing Lovitz Lager
Salem Beer Works Watermelon Ale

Miscellaneous

Floris Passion
Grisette Fruits des Bois
Upland Kiwi Lambic
Upland Persimmon Lambic

P.S. This is list is not intended to be complete, either. If you know of a fruit beer you think should be on this list — especially one brewed or sold locally — please leave a comment and I’ll add it.