Bayside Launch Their Own IPA Craft Beer

Bayside have launched their own limited edition IPA craft beer to celebrate the upcoming release of their new album "Vacancy," which is set to hit stores on August 19th.

The band teamed up with craft-beer-in-a-can brewery Oskar Blues for the new beer which they call "Bayside Black." Guitarist Jack O'Shea had this to say in the announcement, "I've been a big fan of Oskar Blues for a long time and it's amazing that we get to collaborate with them. It's one of my favorite styles of beer and one of my favorite breweries. I can't wait to try some!"

The new beer will be limited to 100 barrels and will be available at Total Wine & More, as well as select venues on the band's upcoming North American tour, as well as part of a pre-order bundle for the new album via Craftshack (in participating states).

Oskar Blues' Head Brewer at Oskar Blues Brewery Lyons Juice Drapeau had this to say about the special brew, "The challenges of creating a Black IPA is that when creating a recipe, one has to be very careful to balance the hop bitterness and malt bitterness.

"Dark malts can have astringent characteristics to them so the key is to really achieve a clean hop bitterness to compliment the potential malt bitterness. Also, another important aspect of Black IPAs is to layer a variety of crystal malts and dark malts so that the malt character in the beer has a lot of depth and complexity."

Bayside will be supported by The Menzingers and Sorority Noise on their North American tour which is set to kick off on August 11th in Ft. Lauderdale, FL at Revolution and conclude on September 18th in Nashville, TN at Exit/In.

Bayside North American Tour Dates:
August 11 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution
August 12 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live
August 13 Atlanta, GA Wrecking Ball Festival
August 14 Charlotte, NC Amos Southend
August 15 Norfolk, VA NorVa
August 17 Baltimore, MD Rams Head
August 18 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
August 19 New York, NY PlayStation Theater
August 20 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
August 21 Boston, MA House of Blues
August 23 Pittsburgh, PA Spirit Hall
August 24 Cleveland, OH Agora
August 25 Toronto, ON Opera House
August 26 Detroit, MI The Majestic
August 27 Chicago, IL 350 Fest
August 28 Minneapolis, MN Mill City Nights
August 30 Denver, CO Gothic Theatre
August 31 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
September 2 Seattle, WA The Showbox
September 3 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
September 4 San Francisco Regency
September 6 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
September 7 Los Angeles, CA Regent Theater
September 8 San Diego, CA The Observatory North Park
September 9 Las Vegas, NV Brooklyn Bowl
September 10 Phoenix, AZ The Pressroom
September 11 Albuquerque, NM The Sunshine Theater
September 13 San Antonio, TX Alamo City Music Hall
September 14 Houston, TX House of Blues
September 15 Dallas, TX Gas Monkey Live
September 16 Lawrence, KS Granada Theater
September 17 St. Louis, MO The Ready Room
September 18 Nashville, TN Exit/In

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