At Royal Docks, we simply adore intellectually challenging brews that beckon one to explore their depths and parse each nuanced sip, but this ain't one of those beers. See, there's thinkin' beer and there's drinkin' beer - and Backyard Crusher is a drinkin' beer. Sure, we could tell you all about the Egyptian black lime, Mediterranean sea-salt and Citra hops that make this tangy golden quencher so easy on the tongue, but that would defeat the purpose. Read Less

A classic IPA made with Ohio-grown and malted Pilsner Malt from our friends at West Branch Maltings, a bunch of Simcoe hops from the Pacific Northwest and about a gallon of Georgia-grown peach juice per barrel of beer. Oh, you can never forget that we use what is, in our estimation, the finest brewing ingredient on earth; cool, balanced and ever so prized water from the glacial kame buried valley aquifer 300 ft. below the brewery in Stark County, Ohio. Read Less

Our holiday seasonal is a big, sweet, spiced ale with a pleasant spicy flavour and aroma that is at once present but not overwhelming. The deep copper hue and fluffy white head is perfectly presented garnished with a spring of freshly cut rosemary, which imbues the nose with a fleeting whiff of pine before the richness of the beer reaches your palate. Read Less

Most beers need a bit of age and some polishing before being kicked from the nest. Other beers are born to run; daring, thundering, people-pleasing hop bombs that should be allowed to roam immediately.

Dare IPA is one of those beers; a young, unfiltered, unprocessed, aggressively hopped West-Coast-meets-New-England IPA bursting with floral and citrus flavours and aroma straight from the tanks into the can [to the taps] [to the keg].

6.6% ABV | 45 IBU

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in that grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. Read Less

An Imperial Stout to be reckoned with, Vlad is a coal-black, high-gravity, high-alcohol ale with tremendous, complex flavours and aromas that hint at caramel, coffee, roasted nuts and a perhaps a wee bit of smoke with a monster mouthfeel and a warming finish. Read Less

Since about 2015, the IBU arms race that dominated the IPA style in the 2000s has waned with a sea-change towards low-bitterness "juicy" IPA's and now their ubiquity has born yet another style. In champaign speak, "brut" means extra dry; likewise, brut IPA's are bone-dry, very aromatic, maybe a bit hazy, maybe not, highly effervescent and nearly devoid of hop bitterness. In short, these are truly the champaign of beers. Read Less

We start with an IPA, then we use skill and magic to ferment it really dry, then we dry hop the hell out of it with highly-sought-after Mosaic hops, then we add a whole lot of hand squeezed and zested Valencia oranges. Get it? Champagne + Oranges = Mimosa + Mosaic = Mimosaic? And did we mention it’s made with a lager yeast? So technically there shouldn’t be an A on the IPA, but since we’re all friends here… Read Less

Someone once said that brewing an IPA with fruit was a crime. Well, call the cops. An obscene amount of passionfruit coupled with about an acre of Citra and Simcoe hops produces an IPA loaded with juicy, peachy-passion flavour and aromatics that are simply steaming with tropical hop character.

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Conceived among the rows at Second Sons' Hopyards & raised in the steamy halls of our brewhouse, the source of Hoptopod IPA's monster hop flavour lurks in the deepest fathoms of the Seven Cs: Ohio-grown Cascade, Columbus, Centennial, Crystal, Celeia, Cluster and Citra hops. Locally sourced malt from West Branch Malts is the base of this brew.

IBU:77
ALC: 7.6%
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CAKtus Double IPA is a collaboration between Ohio brewers R. Shea Brewing in Akron and Royal Docks in Canton originally released at the First Annual North Canton Craft Brewer’s Festival held in may 2019 at the MAPS museum on the campus of the Akron-Canton Airport, otherwise known as CAK. Built on a foundation of Ohio-grown pilsner malt, the soul of CAKtus DIPA lies in the enormous quantity of Calypso hops and Blue Agave Cactus Syrup used in the brew. It’s a robust beer that packs a creamy white head and lingers just a bit with the flavours of stone fruit and pine.

THE STORY:
R. Shea and Royal Docks have followed a weird parallel arc for the four years the breweries have been around. First, Ron and Dave lived only a few houses away from each other for many years but never knew each other. Then, when they met a few months before their respective breweries opened, they discovered they had chosen nearly identical brewing equipment. In September 2015, the breweries opened within a week of each other. When the breweries realised they needed more space, each announced expansion plans within a week of each other. The brewers have been talking about a collaboration since their first meeting, and since the inaugural North Canton Craft Beer Festival event offered the ability to meet halfway - literally - and launch a beer, it seemed like the natural opportunity to do an Akron-Canton Double IPA. Read Less

Dark ruby in colour, attractively built and brewed with seven varieties of imported malts. Complex in flavour with a malty richness and a right hook of warming alcohol in the finish to make the most of the long Scottish Highlands / Northeast Ohio winter evenings. Read Less