Saint Arnold Brings Back Amarillo Hefe as Icon Green

The Saint Arnold Icon Series is a line of rotating beers that complement the brewery’s year-round and seasonal offerings. Saint Arnold Icon Green – Amarillo Hefe will be available on tap and in four-packs of 12-ounce bottles through July 2015.

Saint Arnold Icon Green – Amarillo Hefe is a hefeweizen that features the bright orange citrus and piney aroma of Amarillo hops, a patented varietal discovered at and exclusively grown by Washington’s Virgil Gamache farms. Saint Arnold’s brewers dry hop with a healthy dose Amarillo, which complements the banana and clove flavors of the yeast. Even though the balance gives an impression of added fruit and spice flavor, only two-row barley as well as wheat, Vienna and Cara-Munich malts, hops, yeast, and water are used.

"By loosely defining what the Saint Arnold Icon Series is, we have been able to be creative in what we brew," said Saint Arnold Founder/Brewer Brock Wagner. "It also enables us to bring back favorite releases from time to time.  Icon Green – Amarillo Hefe is a wonderfully refreshing summer beer for Texas, Louisiana and Florida, while still offering a lot of flavor. It is an artful combination of malt, hops, yeast and water."

Specifications:
    Original Gravity: 1.051
    Final Gravity: 1.0105
    Alcohol Content: 5.4% ABV
    Bitterness: 32 IBUs

Saint Arnold Icon Green – Amarillo Hefe was originally introduced in May 2013. A new Saint Arnold Icon beer is released every three months or so, depending on how quickly supplies are exhausted. As the brewery continues to experiment, some Icon styles are expected to be replaced from one year to the next while other styles may return. The beer is referred to as Icon Green because of its striking metallic green and black label.