Crafted on the Cape

In the spirit of International Women’s Day, the women of Cape May Brewing Co. have designed and brewed a beer to celebrate the extraordinary accomplishments of women throughout the years. There’s a promising year ahead for women in brewing and beyond, so why limit the celebration to only one day? Brewed with peaches, apricots, and the tropical, citrusy Pink Boots Society Hop Blend, there’s no better way to celebrate 2021: Year of the Woman than with this easy-drinking Belgian-style Blonde Ale: Beer of the Woman.

When our local chapter of Habitat for Humanity reached out to the breweries in Cape May County to brew a collaboration beer, all ten breweries happily signed on, eager to make a difference for a family in our own backyard. We decided upon a robust porter, perfect for a cold day spent swinging a hammer for the cause, made even more delectable by a hefty addition of the sweetest chocolate fudge donated by Laura’s Fudge in Wildwood. With a portion of the proceeds supporting Habitat for Humanity, it’s the Beer that Built the House.

Bière de Mineur is a Grisette inspired ale designed by our team of brewers. Similar to the beers made on the French and Belgian border to refresh miners after a long day, Bière du Mineur cuts through the toils of a hard days work. Using a collaborative blend of harvested yeast and bacteria, we’ve created a beautifully tart and funky beer with a nice dry finish – perfect for inspiring the next day’s adventure.

Refreshing and perfectly paired with summer gatherings with friends and family, Blueberry Lemon Crushin’ It is a brew you’re going to want to crush again and again. With Mosaic and Lemondrop hops blending together to accentuate the fresh flavors of blueberry and lemon juices, Blueberry Lemon Crushin’ It is best paired with BBQs, lazily floating in a pool, and digging your toes in the sand.

A rich and silky smooth Baltic Porter, carefully fermented with our house lager yeast, we’ve created a delectable brew for your holiday season. We cold conditioned this brew for a month before we laid it to rest in bourbon barrels, bringing forth a well-rounded body with strong notes of the vanilla, chocolate, and oaken char on the nose. A delicate sweetness that brings a depth of balance, Bourbon Barrel-Aged Boughs of Barley is our holiday treat for you.

A rich and silky smooth Baltic Porter, carefully fermented with our house lager yeast, we’ve created a delectable brew for your holiday season. We cold conditioned this brew for a month before we laid it to rest in freshly-emptied port wine barrels, bringing forth a well-rounded body with strong aromas of the port barrels’ presence on the nose. A hint of acidity creeps in to add a depth of balance, Port Barrel-Aged Boughs of Barley is our holiday treat for you.

For this year’s Boughs of Barley, we took our rich and robust Belgian-style quadrupel ale and laid it to rest for many moons in barrels previously aging a well-known orange liqueur. A carefully layered grain bill fermented with our favorite fruity Belgian yeast, we’ve created a robust brew for your holiday season. Ample conditioning time in the orange liqueur barrels yields a well-rounded body with strong notes of orange peel and toasted marshmallows, making this orange liqueur barrel-aged Boughs of Barley our holiday treat for you.

For this year’s Boughs of Barley, we took our rich and robust Belgian-style quadrupel ale and laid it to rest for many moons in the choicest 500L Portuguese sherry casks we could find. A carefully layered grain bill fermented with our favorite fruity Belgian yeast, we’ve created a robust brew for your holiday season. Ample conditioning time in the casks yields a well-rounded body with strong notes of chocolate and cherries making this Portuguese sherry barrel-aged Boughs of Barley our holiday treat for you.

Captain Henry Sawyer was shot, imprisoned, and slated for execution by the Confederacy during the Civil War. He was eventually swapped for the son of General Lee, and spent his remaining years in Cape May. In his honor, we laid our American Barleywine Ale, Sawyer’s Swap, to rest in bourbon barrels for a year.

We believe that beer is the Great Unifier, meant to bring people together. Whether you spend your weekdays working a 9 to 5 or the weekends cheering on the home team, at the end of the day, we can all come together over a cold beer. With that in mind, we brewed a beer that would make everyone’s taste buds happy: Cape May Lager.

Chocolate-Covered Pineapple Porter is just that: a smooth, chocolatey porter conditioned on the choicest pineapple puree. Sweet with a touch of tartness from the pineapple, Chocolate-Covered Pineapple Porter is a well-balanced beer that’s as delicious on its own as it is as your new favorite dessert.

Coquito is our rum barrel-aged Imperial Cream Ale inspired by the traditional Puerto Rican Christmas drink. After extended aging in freshly-dumped rum barrels, Coquito was conditioned on house-toasted coconut flakes and finely-chopped cinnamon and cloves. Its underlying sweetness is cut by the subtle oaken finish, and the vanillins extracted from the wood are complemented by a generous addition of Madagascar vanilla beans. Equally delicious around a roaring fire or on the sunny beaches of San Juan, Coquito is perfect for gathering with friends and family for holiday cheer.

Crisp and refreshing, Cutback is a classic American Pale Ale brewed with Maris Otter and a touch of low Crystal, blending new-school hopping techniques with an old-school malt bill. Hopped with Calypso and Mosaic, Cutback is balanced, aromatic, and is best paired with cleaning the beaches and taking care of our planet.

Double Crushin’ It, what more can we say? Quadruple dry-hopped with a 12% alc. by vol., and a mix of orange and grapefruit juices, Double Crushed is one dangerous glass of hop juice

Double dry-hopped with Galaxy and Mosaic, DDH Coastal has notes of papaya and mango, with a full body and an intense aroma.

Double dry-hopped with Citra and Mosaic, DDH Snag & Drop is dry-hopped at over 10 pounds per barrel with an intensely citrusy, dank, and resinous aroma.

Double dry-hopped with Galaxy and Nelson Sauvin, DDH White Caps has intense aromas and hoppy bliss.

A mixed-ferm Saison brewed with Rabbit Hill malt, wheat, and oats, and flaked Rye, fermented with a co-pitch of our favorite Belgian Saison strain and our favorite funkifier Brett Lambicus, Erosion is hopped with two of our favorite German hops: Saaz and Hallertau Blanc. Left to condition for nine months, Erosion is dry and rustic, with an earthy and effervescent finish with underlying notes of grass and hay, a peppery phenolic bite, and a brilliant aroma of fruity esters and farmhouse lore.

Active and lively, Finisher is the perfect beer to set your pace whether you’re training for your first 5k or crushing your next PR. With a soft base of premium German wheat and pilsner malts and delicately hopped with Lemondrop, this Kölsch-style Ale is with you when you’re on-the-go. Because it doesn’t matter how long it takes to cross the finish line. Finisher is a celebration of simply showing up.

Fruity, sharp, and deceptively drinkable, Fleetingly Anchored was laid to rest for 30 months in the barrels that held the first of our Barrel Aged Series, The Keel, then housed our award-winning brew, The Topsail. This royal lineage carries throughout the finish of Fleetingly Anchored, with intense flavors of over-ripened stone fruits making it firmly rooted in the succession of our Barrel Aged Series in terms of flavor and conception.

Refreshing and perfectly at home at brunch, as post-dinner enjoyment, or even as your new favorite shower beer, Grapefruit Crushin’ It is something you’re going to want to crush again and again. With Simcoe, Amarillo, and Comet hops blending together to accentuate the fresh flavors of grapefruit juice, Grapefruit Crushin’ It is dry, approachable, and perfectly balanced, reminding you of summer in a can.

A Moscow Mule-inspired version of our beloved Devil’s Reach, Golden Mule is brewed with ginger and lime, simple yet elegant, finishing crisp and fresh. Intriguing, inviting, and approachable, Golden Mule is a beer worthy of a gleaming copper mug.

Rich and malty, Honey Maibock is a pale and classic lagerbier. With 13% of the fermentables provided by Jersey Fresh-certified honey from busy South Jersey bees, this otherwise big Bock is slightly dry with a clean finish, thanks to its many months spent lagering in stainless. Hopped with old-world Czech Saaz and new-world New Zealand Rakau, Honey Maibock has a delicate hop note that’s perfectly met by its distinctive malt profile.

Irish Potato is our Irish potato candy-inspired Imperial Dessert Ale. We conditioned this decadent brew on house-toasted coconut and finely shaved cinnamon sticks, resulting in a beverage that is sweet, savory, and desserty — all in a can.

Well-balanced and enticingly sour, Irrationally Exuberant is aged for 27 months in carefully-selected red wine barrels, resulting in a nuanced finish with a layered profile. Rustic with underlying notes of oak, hints of overripened stone fruits permeate throughout, leading to a brew that requires repeat sips to unveil the full picture.

Thick and viscous, this “Shake” IPA is brewed with an abundant amount of Cashmere, Azacca, and Idaho 7 hops for a tropical bouquet of flavors that pair beautifully off the luscious body and creamy mouthfeel.

A massive and overly-indulgent Imperial Stout, Last Hurrah is meant for going out with a bang. Brewed with an immensely complex grain bill — and a massive one at that — this is our beloved over-the-top and excessive end-of-the-year send-off. Last Hurrah is conditioned on house-toasted coconut flakes, cinnamon, and Madagascar vanilla beans, and has aromas of chocolate and freshly-roasted coffee, with a smooth finish and gentle warming quality.

Welcome to our Cellarmen’s Beer, where locally sourced blue corn and premium 6-Row Barley from our friends over at Rabbit Hill make up the heart of this easy-drinking lager. Our cellarmen devised a moderately-hopped brew with Citra and noble Saaz leading the way, this lager is clean and crisp but with enough hop character to make you take notice. Maize Haze is dry-hopped with a beautiful mash-up of Azacca, Mandarina Bavaria, Hallertau Blanc, more Citra, and more Saaz, making for an American twist on this uniquely American Lager.

Refreshing and perfectly paired with being outdoors and living the good life, Mango Crushin’ It is something you’re going to want to crush again and again. With Samba, Moutere, and Azacca hops blending together to accentuate the fresh flavors of mango juice, Mango Crushin’ It is best paired with brilliant sunshine, enjoying life, and treating every day like it’s the weekend.

It’s the Year of the Woman, so the women of Cape May Brew Co. designed and brewed this beer in celebration of International Women’s Day. With New Jersey-grown and -malted grain from our friends at family-owned Rabbit Hill, this light and spritzy kettle sour allows the cherry and mango additions to shine. A special Pink Boots Society hops blend provides a tropical fruit aroma, while the natural tartness of the fruit pairs perfectly with a gentle sourness that will leave you wondering…Maybe She’s Brewed with It.

Merry & Brite is a classic, amber-leaning, red-hued West Coast-style IPA brewed for celebrating the holiday seasons. Aggressively hopped with some of our favorite classic C hops, Merry & Brite boasts a delicate malt profile of Golden Promise, Pilsner, Red X, and C65, giving this distinctive brew a profile similar to IPAs of yesteryear while celebrating the season in all its glory.

New Year, who dis? Our New Year’s Resolution this year was to brew a high-flavor Brut Pilsner, and here we have a highly-sessionable, canned offering to help you achieve that new-year-new-you mindset. Moderately hopped with the finest Czech Saaz hops, New Year’s Resolution is dry, crisp, and intensely drinkable.

It’s apple picking season, and to celebrate we’re bringing an ale with freshly-pressed apple juice to the hayride. Sweet, slightly tart, and applicious, Not from Concentrate is the perfect pairing for your autumn adventures.

Dry-hopped at four pounds-per-barrel with Motueka and Lemondrop, Possibly Maybe has a brilliant tartness that pairs perfectly off the lemony-limey nature of these hops. Possibly Maybe had a mixed primary fermentation of Brettanomyces claussenii and Lactobacillus brevis in stainless for a month before being racked to red wine barrels for 26 months to condition. Racked back to stainless just prior to packaging for a hefty dry-hop, Possibly Maybe is designed to be consumed fresh but will age gracefully for many months to come.

Clean. Crisp. Approachable. The first in our R.A.D. series — Research And Development — R.A.D. #001 (Pale Lager) craft lager brewed with premium German Pilsner and Melanoiden Malts, and a gentle touch of noble Saaz hops – lending a soft, clean bitterness to this brew. Fermented at a cool 50 degrees, #001 has the crispness you expect from a lager and the depth of flavors you crave.

Continuing our RAD journey, this American Pale Ale is marked with brilliant aromas of tropical fruits like pineapple, mango, and citrus zest. This lush hop-bomb has a medium body thanks to the addition of wheat and oats in the grain bill, R.A.D. #002 is heavily hopped with Calypso, Denali, El Dorado, Ekuanot, and Zythos.

The third release in our R.A.D. Series, we took the feedback from our previous release of our Pale Ale and came up with R.A.D. #003. This American Pale Ale is marked with brilliant aromas of tropical fruits like pineapple, mango, and citrus zest. This lush hop-bomb has a medium body thanks to the addition of wheat and oats in the grain bill, R.A.D. #003 is heavily hopped with Calypso, Denali, El Dorado, Ekuanot, and Zythos.

Brewed with 5.5 lbs of hops per barrel, R.A.D. #004 is one of our hoppiest beers to date. Coming in at 6% ABV, this brew has a soft and pillowy mouthfeel, gentle bitterness, and an intense aroma of tropical fruits such as over-ripened mangos, guava, citrus fruits — all with a hint of dank in the background. Brewed with stupid amounts of Citra, Mosaic, El Dorado, and Bravo, R.A.D. #004 is juicy and crushable.

One of our cleanest and most approachable brews yet, R.A.D. #005 is a premium craft lager with German Pilsner and Melanoidin Malts has only the slightest touch of noble Saaz hops, resulting in a soft and clean brew with a barely-perceptible bitterness. Fermented at a cool 50 degrees, #005 has the crispness you expect from a lager and the depth of flavors you crave.

A simple table Saison balanced by a gentle helping of Noble Saaz hops, R.A.D. #006 is approachable yet intriguing. The natural Stone Fruit-y esters thanks to the Saison yeast are accented with a late fermentation addition of Apricots and Mangoes, lending a hint of tartness to round things out.

Clean and crisp, R.A.D. #007 is our most approachable premium craft lager yet. With German Pilsner and Melanoidin malts and a touch of noble Saaz hops, this soft and clean brew is perfect for these dog days of summer. Fermented at a cool 50 degrees, #007 has the crispness you expect from a lager and the depth of flavors you crave.

R.A.D. #008 has a soft body with a firm, yet gentle, bitterness and a beautiful aroma of melons and over-ripened mangoes. Orange-hued and opaque, R.A.D. #008 might look like a glass of juice but is, in fact, our current favorite IPA.

Simple and clean Belgian White, brewed with malted and flaked wheat, gently hopped, and delicately spiced.

NEIPA with Nelson Suavin, Cashmere, Simcoe, and Citra – fermented with Horindal Kviek.

Pale Ale brewed with Flaked Wheat and hopped with Simcoe, Denali, and Azacca.

West Coast IPA comprised of Pilsner, Wheat, and Amber malts, and hopped with Simcoe and Denali.

A well-balanced Citrus Shandy that is snappy, super bright, and ridiculously refreshing.

Brewed with and dry-hopped at six pounds per barrel of Simcoe, Comet, and Centennial, RAD 015 has a soft yet full mouthfeel, gentle bitterness, and a lively aroma.

Stout brewed with Mexican Chiapas Coffee, cinnamon, jahilo peppers, and vanilla.

Kölsch-style ale brewed with Lemondrop.

New England Double IPA brewed with Golden Promise, wheat, and oats, fermented with our favorite Nordic beast of a yeast Hornindal Kveik, and hopped with three fun New Zealand hops – Rakau, Moutere, and Motueka.

Cold-fermented all-natural can sugar, gluten-free, and infused with freshly pressed local Apple Cider juice. With a hard seltzer base, RAD Hard Hybrid Seltzer: Apple Cider blurs the line on festival fall beverages, with a rosy glow, a light and spritzy mouthfeel, and a tart finish.

RAD Hard Grapefruit Hybrid Seltzer is a new style of refreshment: cold-fermented all-natural cane sugar, gluten-free and infused with fresh grapefruit juice. With a hard seltzer base, all-natural red grapefruit juice yields a hand-crafted beverage with a rosy glow, a light and spritzy mouthfeel, and a tart, dry finish.

When we’re both from areas known for cranberries, why not pool our resources and brew a beer? That’s the case with our friends up in Nantucket, Cisco Brewers, where the dominance of cranberries is rivaled only by South Jersey’s. Roped In is a cranberry New England IPA brewed with a generous helping of Citra and Cashmere hops, whose citrusy orange undertones pair perfectly off the natural tartness the cranberry brings to the table. Lively and aromatic, Roped In is a festive New England IPA that pairs perfectly with the holidays.

Collaborations are all about fusion, with good friends coming together to create something unexpected. For Rosé du Gosé, we brewed up a kettle sour, salted it like a gose, then added splashes of strawberry and peach juice to mimic the flavors of our favorite Rosé.

She the People, in Order to brew a more perfect Beer, establish scholarships for Women in Brewing, insure crisp Drinkability, provide for the Pink Boots Society, promote the use of Passionfruit and Mango juice to complement the naturally fruity Pink Boots Society Hop Blend, and secure the Blessings of Beer to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Well-Balanced Lager from the Women of Cape May Brewing Company.

Whenever we’ve had our beloved cranberry shandy The Bog on tap at the same time as our OG sour beer Tower 23, mixing equal parts of the two became a fan-favorite pour behind the bar. The sour and sweet combination is too delicious to pass up, and we’ve brought you The Shower: a perfect blend of two of our favorite brews. Shandy + Tower = Shower!

The aromas of traditional mulling spices are enough to welcome you home, relaxing your mind and settling your soul. A hard seltzer base blended with fruit juices and conditioned on orange peel, cinnamon, and a careful selection of spices, you can enjoy our latest release either as a cold, carbonated beverage or slowly warmed in a crockpot or over the stove. Either way, this is a beverage worth a snuggle, because, during the holidays, there’s Snowplace Like Home.

Inspired by the lore of Mardi Gras, Storm’s Brewin’ is the passphrase that gains your entry into this New Orleans staple. Aged for a few months in freshly-dumped rum barrels from our friends up the road at Nauti Spirits, Storm’s Brewin’ has a fruity and seductive flavor that sailors might enjoy out of a hurricane-shaped glass.

Cape May is home to the most beautiful sunsets in New Jersey, so, to honor that fact, we’re happy to bring you Strawberry Sunset — a Strawberry Lemonade Shandy that is sweet, tart, and ridiculously refreshing.

Strawberry Taffy is a collaboration brew with our friends from Great Notion out in Portland. Inspired by gooey boardwalk salt water taffy, Strawberry Taffy is brewed with local Cape May Sea Salt and milk sugar, and fermented with loads of strawberries and conditioned on Madagascar vanilla beans.

Summa Down Unda is a crusher of a pale ale. Brewed with an abundant amount of wheat, copious amounts of Citra and Motueka, and finished off with just a kiss of Kiwi juice, this refreshing brew will make you forget it’s the dead of winter up here and remind you that it’s Summa Down Unda.

Kettle-Soured Mango Shake IPA… that’s a lot of buzz-worthy beer terms. Juicy, soft, full-bodied and rich, Takes Two to Mango is sour and tart, sweet and luscious, hoppy and fruity, and seductively intriguing. Is it a dessert? Is it a beer? It doesn’t matter! Just drink it, and let beer be your dessert tonight.

Imperial. Bog. BOOM! You know it, we know it, we know you love it, we knew you wanted this. A tart cranberry wheat ale sweetened to perfection, this is our beloved cranberry shandy’s big brother. The same Bog you love and know, just a whole lot bigger.

Imperial. Cherry. Lime. Shandy. BOOM! A tart and zesty wheat ale sweetened to perfection, this is an Imperial version of our beloved Foreshore Shandy. The cherry lime shandy you know and love, just a whole lot bigger.

Imperial. Purple. Shandy. BOOM! A tart and zesty wheat ale sweetened to perfection with Concord grape juice, this is the imperial version of our OG purple grape shandy Thr Purp. The same alcoholic fizzy purple drink you know and love, just a whole lot bigger.

We weren’t sure we’d do this beer or not, but, since you’re holding it in your hand, it looks like we made it happen. This double berry ale brewed with raspberry and blueberry is best served with a tiny drink umbrella.

Cherry Limeade Smoothie Ale? Yes, please! Uber refreshing and best served with a Tiny Drink Umbrella, this begs the question – is this even beer?

It’s the dead of winter, so what better to warm you up than a 10% Imperial Smoothie Ale? This tart and hearty winter Smoothie Ale is brewed with Pomegranate, Black Currants, and Dark Cherries, and is best served with a tiny drink umbrella.

Hey you! Enjoy the final sips of summer with our smoothie brew. This citrusy ale brewed with passionfruit, orange, and guava is best served with a tiny drink umbrella.

Conditioned on a plentiful amount of coconut, gobs of pineapple puree, and finished with a kiss of lime, this Piña Colada-inspired Smoothie Ale is best served with a Tiny Drink Umbrella.

Ride up and smack the lip, WahPaahh! Brewed in collaboration with Iron Hill Brewery, Twin Fin is a Kettle Soured Session New England Style IPA, overflowing with juicy hop aroma and an enticing tartness. Drop into this tasty tube, oozing with flavors of pineapple, tart lemon, and tropical fruits. With a portion of each sale benefitting the Surfrider Foundation, a powerful activist network dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world’s ocean, waves, and beaches, Twin Fin is so pitted.

For our Watermelon Wheat, we chop up over a ton of fresh watermelons, giving you the sweet essence that’s only available once each year. Crisp, juicy, and fresh, we brew a small batch at peak season. Watermelon Wheat isn’t around for long, so be sure to drink up the fruits of our labor.

Yes, it’s really beer. Breathe it in. Intense amounts of oats and wheat, lactose, and vanilla are used to fluff up the body and give the viscous and luscious mouthfeel you would expect from this toasted coconut milkshake-inspired DIPA. Add a silly amount of Motueka hops…what can we say except, You’re Welcome!

Fruity up-front while reminiscent of the red wine barrel’s past life, The “Z” is Silent has aged for over 42 months in the barrel to fully develop its flavor profile which will age gracefully for years to come. This brew’s golden, copper color invites the palate to experience the luscious mouthfeel and depth of flavors. The “Z” is Silent has an upfront, harmonious blend of malt and acidity, with a touch of funk and a tannic quality tying things together on the finish.

When our Lab Team was tasked with designing their own beer, they opted for one that flies in the face of all things QA/QC by brewing a 100% Brettanomyces-fermented IPA. Normally responsible for ensuring Brett and bacteria stay out of our beers, the Lab Team threw caution to the wind – then aggressively hopped this Brett-filled IPA with Idaho 7 and Azacca. The result is Aiding and A’bretting: dry, fruity, and abundantly hoppy.

Welcome to our Packaging Team’s beer. We tasked each department to work as a team and design a beer as if they had to drink it, and the packing crew emphatically agreed on an Imperial Maple Brown Ale. Malty, rich, and smooth as silk, we conditioned this beer on top of gobs of Vermont’s finest Grade A pure maple syrup, yielding a beer Leroy Brown would be proud of.

A Baltic Porter is a rich, smooth, and classic style of beer that few breweries dare to brew. An imperial dark Lager, our Baltic Porter is a tightrope walk between the chocolate and crystal malts, a delicate hopping approach, and a clean, beautifully lagered finish. Deceptively drinkable, this brew packs a sneaky 10% ABV punch.

With the TTB shutdown, Beer Name is the only name we can give this beer. At 13% ABV and dry-hopped at 10 pounds per barrel with Cashmere and Azacca, Beer Name is a monster of an IPA. Fermented at 95° thanks to an amazingly unique Kveik yeast, you can expect notes of over-ripened mangoes and exotic fruits, with lime and lemon zest hints in the background balanced by a supple body. Ultimately, Beer Name is Eminently Drinkable.