Heavy Seas Adding Lost Navigator Chill

Today I have a new cold IPA and this one is coming from Heavy Seas Beer in Baltimore, Maryland. You’re looking at Lost Navigator Chill and it will be an imperial cold IPA that will slide in at 9.5%-ABV. Look for Heavy Seas Lost Navigator Chill to be packaged in these 12-oz bottles and stay tuned for release details.

This 13 Nov 2025 update from Heavy Seas:

Label Text Heavy Seas Lost Navigator Chill:

“Born near the harbor of Baltimore and raised in the spirit of exploration, Heavy Seas has been independently brewed since 1995. We strive to craft brews that capture your sense of adventure. Fearless, Bold, Independent. Put the wind at your back, and enjoy the Heavy Seas.”

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About Heavy Seas Beer:

Heavy Seas Beer was founded by Hugh Sisson in 1995 and has grown to become one of the most respected and award-winning craft breweries on the East Coast. As the first pub brewer in Maryland, Hugh was responsible for the legislation that made brewpubs legal in the state in 1987. Now over three decades later, Heavy Seas celebrates its 28th year of brewing independent craft beer in Baltimore. The brewery continues to expand its product portfolio, now producing 22 different beer styles, and distributing to 15 states and Washington, D.C. Heavy Seas was named Beer Connoisseur Magazine’s 2017 Brewery of the Year.

It all started in 1980… Hugh Sisson, a Maryland native, theater grad school major, and all-around good guy, joins his family’s restaurant & bar, “Sisson’s” located on Cross Street in South Baltimore.
Craft beer wasn’t even on the radar back then. But Hugh quickly recognized that to run a business, you need to do something to be different.

Light bulb moment: “What if we turned Sisson’s into a brewpub and brewed our own beer?”
Solid plan, right? Problem: Brewpubs weren’t legal in Maryland at the time. 

In 1987, Hugh worked with Maryland legislators to draft a bill to legalize brewpubs in Baltimore City – the bill passed on the first attempt. Fast forward to 1989, “Sisson’s” becomes the first brewpub in the state of Maryland. 
After  the brewpub scene for a few years, Hugh felt the need for a bigger stage (theater pun intended). In 1994, he left “Sisson’s” for his next business venture… and the rest, friends, is nothing short of Maryland craft beer history.