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Spring’s drizzle and chill is waning. The heat is on the way. With it comes a wave of crushable, easy-to-drink craft brews.

When we talk about crushable beers, we’re talking about hazy IPAs, lagers, session beers, pilsners, and a whole lot of sours. ABVs are typically low and drinkability is off the charts. Check ten of our favorites to carry you from spring into summer, below.

Karbach Viva Chela

ABV: 5.5%

Average Price: $9.46 for a six-pack

The Beer:

This Mexican-style lager with 2-Row, Vienna, Flaked Corn, and Acidulated malts, as well as Tettnanger hops, would be perfect on its own, but it’s ramped up with the addition of sea salt and lime. The result is a crisp, highly drinkable, tangy brew.

Tasting Notes:

On the nose, you’ll find aromas of sea salt, tangy lime, and sweet corn. The palate is filled with sweet, caramel malts, citrus zest, bright lime, and a perfect, saline flavor. It all ends with a nice crisp, sweet citrus and salty finish.

Bottom Line:

When it comes to crushable brews, it’s hard to top this salty and sweet brew. It’s crisp, refreshing, and well-suited for sunny day drinking.

Oskar Blues One-Y

ABV: 4%

Average Price: $10.99 for a six-pack

The Beer:

Not only is this 4% ABV hazy IPA chocked full of hops like El Dorado, Comet, Citra, Mosaic, and French Aramis hops and filled with crisp, citrus flavors, it’s also sessionable. And it’s only 100 calories!

Tasting Notes:

Take a moment to breathe in scents of ripe grapefruit, orange peels, and sweet malts. On the palate, you’ll find flavors of juicy mango, guava, lime, and orange with a nice malt backbone. It all ends with a juicy, fruity finish.

Bottom Line:

Not only is this beer low in ABV, but it’s also low in calories. It’s also high in flavor, making it one of the most crushable beers of spring.

Alesmith KICKBACKRELAX

ABV: 4.2%

Average Price: $10.99 for a six-pack

The Beer:

With a name like KICKBACKRELAX, you can bet this is an easy-drinking, warm-weather-appropriate beer. This newly launched hazy IPA 4.2% ABV is only 120-calories and loaded with juicy, hazy, fruity flavors. It’s the kind of beer you’ll want to sip as you literally kick back and put your feet up on a sunny day.

Tasting Notes:

Your nostrils will fill with the aromas of citrus zest, tropical fruits, and just a hint of floral hops. Sipping this beer reveals flavors of juicy mango, ripe grapefruit, fresh berries, and piney hops. The finish is crisp, juicy, and memorable.

Bottom Line:

This beer was created for chilling. It’s hazy, juicy, and completely lives up to its epic moniker.

Odell Good Behavior

ABV: 4%

Average Price: $10.99 for a six-pack

The Beer:

If you’ve been good, you hope to get rewarded for your efforts. For us, the treat for good behavior is sipping this delicious, sessionable, hazy IPA on a spring day. It’s brewed with HBC 586, Citra, and Amarillo hops as well as a proprietary yeast strain and a mysteriously unnamed malt content as well as water from the Cache la Poudre River in the Rocky Mountains.

Tasting Notes:

At 4% ABV, you might assume this beer is a bit bland. But one sniff reveals a bouquet of scents that include tangerine, guava, and bright citrus. The sip transports you to a world of juicy mango, ripe tangerine, and subtly resinous pine flavors. The ending is a great mixture of citrus sweetness and bitter hops.

Bottom Line:

This flavorful, low ABV beer is bursting with citrus and tropical juice flavors. Even if you weren’t on your best behavior, you can still spend all spring enjoying this brew.

Bell’s Lager of the Lakes

ABV: 5%

Average Price: $10 for a six-pack

The Beer:

A lot of these crushable beers are hazy IPAs. We can understand the appeal as these juice bombs are highly refreshing. But it’s hard to top the classic Czech-style pilsner like Bell’s Lager of the Lakes. It’s complex and well-rounded with rich, sweet malts, and subtly bitter hops.

Tasting Notes:

On the nose, you’ll find scents of sweet corn, bright orange, floral hops, and subtle wheat. On the palate, there are notes of corn malts, tangerine, subtle grapefruit, and pleasing piney hops. The finish is crisp, clean, and refreshing.

Bottom Line:

Lagers don’t get the respect they deserve in the American craft beer world. Even if you’re not a big fan, this crushable brew will definitely change your mind.

Allagash River Trip

ABV: 4.8%

Average Price: $12.99 for a four-pack of 16-ounce cans

The Beer:

This highly crushable Belgian-style session ale is brewed with locally sourced Pale malt, raw quick oats, as well as a 2-Row malt blend, and Munich malts. It gets an added hoppy zip from the use of Nugget, Cascade, Comet, and Azacca hops. The addition of coriander gives it a gently spicy kick.

Tasting Notes:

Take a few moments to breathe in the aromas of spicy coriander, orange peels, and notable yeast. When you take a sip, you’ll find flavors of cooking spices, more Belgian yeast, bright orange, and subtle, floral hops. The finish is dry, crisp, and filled with spicy hops.

Bottom Line:

A sessionable, crisp, yeasty brew like this makes us literally want to grab a tube and slowly meander down a river on a hot day.

Revolution Sun Crusher

ABV: 5.3%

Average Price: $10.99 for a six-pack

The Beer:

When it comes to highly drinkable, warm weather beers, it’s hard to top a name like Sun Crusher. Brewed with 2-Row, Red Wheat, and Carapils malts as well as flaked oats and a cacophony of Apollo and Amarillo hops, this one is rounded out by being dry-hopped with a blend of Crystal, Amarillo, and Mosaic.

Tasting Notes:

Before sipping this wheat beer, give it a proper nosing. You’ll notice aromas of lime zest, sweet malts, aromatic yeast, and subtle pine. Sipping this beer reveals hints of ripe grapefruit, sweet orange, resin, and just a hint of spicy pepper at the very end.

Bottom Line:

If you only grab one beer to ease your way into the humid summer days, make it Sun Crusher. It’s tart, refreshing, and just what you need after a long work week.

Two Roads Lil’ Heaven

ABV: 4.8%

Average Price: $10 for a six-pack

The Beer:

When it comes to thirst-quenching spring beers, the session IPA seems to be the champion. Two Roads Lil’ Heaven is one of the best. Brewed with Azacca, Mosaic and Equinox hops and sitting under 5%, this crisp hoppy brew is one you’ll come back to again and again.

Tasting Notes:

On the nose, you’ll find aromas of ripe pineapple, citrus zest, wildflowers, and spruce. Take a sip and you will be rewarded with hints of juicy mango, sweet malts, orange peels, and lime. The finish is bright, clean, crisp, and ends with a nice kick of citrusy hops.

Bottom Line:

Spring is the beginning of the grilling season and this crisp, citrus-filled, low-ABV IPA is the perfect complement to grilled meats and vegetables.

Dogfish Head SeaQuench Ale

ABV: 4.9%

Average Price: $11 for a six-pack

The Beer:

Dogfish Head SeaQuench Ale is a really complicated beer. It’s a blend of a classic, crisp Kölsch, a tart Berlinerweiss, and a salty gose that’s brewed with black limes, sea salt, and coriander. A truly unique spring flavor experience.

Tasting Notes:

On the nose you’ll find a subtle salinity, sour lemon, and tart lime. After nosing, take a sip and you’ll be treated to spicy coriander, tart lime, grapefruit, and a great hit of salt. It ends with a refreshing combination of citrus and salt.

Bottom Line:

Don’t be turned off by the thought of a salty beer. This beloved brewed is extremely thirst quenching and filled with bright citrus flavors.

Green Flash GFB

ABV: 4.8%

Average Price: $10.99 for a six-pack

The Beer:

Green Flash is well known for its super-hopped IPAs. But a few years ago, the brand decided to launch a sessionable blonde ale, so its fans could take a break from bitter, hoppy, floral brews. They didn’t remove all the hops though. It’s subtly hoppy with a ton of citrus and caramel malt notes.

Tasting Notes:

Up front, you’ll find scents of clover honey, citrus zest, sweet malts, and subtle piney hops. On the palate, you’ll be greeted with caramel malts, more honey, ripe oranges, and floral flavors. The finish is crisp, refreshing, and full of citrus and pine.

Bottom Line:

This blonde ale was designed as a respite for overly hoppy IPAs. We believe you should use it for just that reason. Sip on a Green Flash GFB to take a break from the session IPAs on this list.

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Last time the internet freaked out over Harry Styles on set, it’s because rumors that he was dating his Don’t Worry Darling co-star Olivia Wilde were running wild. Or maybe it’s simply because the idea of Harry Styles, movie star, is almost as beloved as the concept of Harry Styles, solo pop star. All that time spent in a group setting with One Direction didn’t go to waste, it simply set the stage for increased freneticism among fans whenever he does anything on his own in the future.

So when fans began to stumble onto Harry’s latest set, where he’s now filming My Policeman in Brighton, they began to excitedly share the content on social media. My Policeman is the adaptation of Bethan Roberts’ queer love story and features The Crown’s Emma Corrin (she plays young Princess Diana) as one of Harry’s co-stars. While I personally don’t find the idea of a pop star I love dressed as a cop anything but off-putting, well, I can understand the excitement of fans who saw the filming in person. Once, I saw Harry Styles leaving brunch in West Hollywood as I was walking in, and I’ve never forgotten it.

Anyway, check out the first looks from the film below, as captured by fans.

Following a year that left us indoors, masked up, and praying for the day that our freedom came back, the second half of 2021 is shaping up to be a return of the normalcy we once knew. Festivals are making their way back to the scene as a string of popular showcases, including Rolling Loud and Governor’s Ball, recently announced their 2021 dates. Now, joining that list is Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash festival who just announced the lineup for their upcoming show.

This year’s Summer Smash festival will be a three-day showcase that takes place on the weekend of August 20-22, 2021. The first day is headlined by ASAP Rocky while the second is led by Lil Baby, and for the third and final day, Lil Uzi Vert will take the stage as the headliner to end the weekend. Additional appearances from Lil Yachty, Mulatto, Swae Lee, Femdot, Kaash Paige, Yung Baby Tate, Baby Keem, City Girls, Coi Leray, Earl Sweatshirt, Gunna, Ski Mask The Slump God, Blueface, MadeInTYO, 24kGoldn, Benny The Butcher, The Kid Laroi, NLE Choppa, Pooh Shiesty, Jasiah, and many more can be expected at this year’s Summer Smash.

The festival also joins a growing list of showcases ASAP Rocky will headline later this year, including the aforementioned Rolling Loud and Governor’s Ball. This seemingly signals that the rapper’s long-awaited fourth album is much closer to arriving than some may expect.

You can check out the full lineup in the flyer above.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

After a recent chance to connect with her fans on Instagram Live turned a little awkward due to one fan’s indecent exposure, Bebe Rexha is in a much better place now. The pop star is gearing up to release her sophomore album Better Mistakes in just a few days, and it’s got a packed collaborator list featuring the likes of Lil Uzi Vert on the extremely-catchy misandrist bop “Die For A Man,” along with a whole host of who’s who in hip-hop including Rick Ross, Ty Dolla Sign, and Pink Sweats. But tonight, the singer is focused on another track off the record, teasing a clip of “Mama,” track thirteen off the record, on her Instagram.

This one sounds like it’s much more of a power ballad than a hip-hop-indebted pop song, and that’s a place where Bebe’s voice really shines, she’s got a voice that’s well-suited to vamping and belting, and even in the brief clip there’s a few key moments where she shows it off.

Oh and another notable collab on the record? Her song with Travis Barker, “Break My Heart Myself,” which is getting a music video tomorrow night to coincide with the album release. Keep your ears out for this record pop fans, it’s going to put Rexha on a new level.

The Cubs and Dodgers found themselves locked in an extra innings battle on Wednesday night at Wrigley Field, with L.A. taking a 4-3 lead in the top of the 10th inning.

In the bottom of the 10th, Chicago got men on second and third with no one out after a walk and a wild pitch advanced the runners. Stepping to the plate in poetic fashion was former Dodger Joc Pederson. With a chance to win the game against his old team, Pederson got a hold of one and drove it deep to right center field. Pederson thought he’d hit a walk-off homer, and flipped his bat with some force across home plate in celebration.

There was one problem, he did not hit a home run and instead had hit a long sacrifice fly to tie the game.

Hitting a sacrifice fly is important, of course, but the Cubs were unable to capitalize further in the inning, as the Dodgers intentionally walked the next two batters and got Wilson Contreras to ground into a double play to send it to the 11th tied at 4-4. In case that wasn’t bad enough, in the top of the 11th, with runners on first and third, the Dodgers grounded into what should have been a double play, but instead scored the go-ahead run when Javy Baez tagged the runner at second assuming Anthony Rizzo had stepped six inches to his left to step on first before throwing it down. He had not, and the runner scored.

The good news was Matt Duffy had Pederson and Rizzo’s back, picking up a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the 11th to tie it up. Fittingly, it was Rizzo who, after a walk in front of him, got to atone for his fielding gaffe and hit a two-out single to plate Duffy and give the Cubs a win.

That means Joc gets to laugh about his bat flip rather than feel the shame of a premature flip in an eventual loss, and Rizzo got to right the wrong from the top half of the inning.

With karma like Kid Rock, it’s almost surprising that a man wielding a bag of sh*t hasn’t disrupted his bar before. Yes, Kid Rock, born and raised in Romeo, Michigan (maybe this is a regional thing?), has fully cashed in on the Nashville tourism business to the point that he owns a bar and grill called — I sh*t you not — Kid Rock’s Honky Tonk Rock ‘N Roll Steakhouse.

But this story goes well beyond simply poking fun at the concept of a combined honky tonk, rock and roll, and steakhouse joint (though I imagine that it, on some level, shares DNA with a combination Taco Bell and Pizza Hut), and wanders into batsh*t territory quite fast. According to the local NBC News affiliate, News4Nashville, Kid Rock’s combination honky tonky, rock and roll and steakhouse bar was disrupted by a drunk man earlier this week. Not very newsworthy.

Keep reading though: Not only was Nicholas Newhart drunk and blocking an emergency exit door at the bar, but when he was asked to leave he refused, even to the point that the bar’s security requested police assistance in removing him from the premises. What local police didn’t know when they arrived on the scene, is that Newhart had a colostomy bag in his pants (read: a medical plastic bag that collects fecal matter), and decided to use it as a weapon, whipping it out and swinging it at officers.

Yes, a man threw his own sh*t at police officers at Kid Rock’s combination honky tonk, rock and roll, and steakhouse bar. Karma, she never misses. Newhart apparently doesn’t either — his feces landed on a pair of officers, which has earned him a charge of assault on police officers, along with disorderly conduct and public intoxication. Three, two, one for Rock to put this all in a song, and then perform it at his bar, hopefully free from disruptions this time.

Towards the end of last year, Alex Lahey released “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight),” a yuletide track that was good. Five months later the Australian singer is back with new music: “On My Way,” a track that appears on the soundtrack for the Netflix film The Mitchells Vs. The Machines. She’s one of many artists who appear on the soundtrack, including Los Campesinos!, Sigur Rós, Talking Heads, Grimes, Le Tigre, BTS.

The singer also recently shared a cover of Faith Hill’s classic 1998 song “This Kiss,” which turns the country-pop song into a modern indie effort. “For years, I’ve had this big idea of doing an indie rock cover of Faith Hill’s ‘This Kiss,’” Lahey said in a statement. “Two key changes, that iconic chorus, a million vocal harmonies — what more could you want? It was such a treat pulling this together with my mates Oscar and Jess as we navigated the depths of Melbourne’s lockdown last year.”

Lahey also planned to go on a brief tour of the United States’ West Coast in the middle of 2020, but of course, the pandemic forced her to cancel it.

You can watch the video for “On My Way” above.

Tomorrow Meek Mill celebrates his 34th birthday. While that alone makes it a special day for the Philly rapper, there’s another reason it’s important: May 6 is also the birthday of his youngest child, Czar. Ahead of his son’s big day, Meek shared the first image of his boy in a post to his Instagram page. “Happy bday Czar,” he wrote under the photo of Czar, who can be seen rocking some nice jewelry and a bucket hat. “Love you. Tomar your first big day!!!! [diamond emojis] can’t wait to see you …”

Following Czar’s birth last year, Meek celebrated the addition to his family on Twitter. “Milano dropped me off a king on my birthday! #thebestgift” he wrote in a tweet. Months later, unfortunately, the rapper revealed that he and then-girlfriend Milan Harris were no longer a couple. “Me and Milano decided to remain friends and build our child as separate parents,” he wrote in an Instagram post. “We still have mad love for each other but we both came to a understanding.”

Meek also recently joined the Dogecoin wave with a $50,000 investment and he dropped a remix to Drake and Rick Ross’ “Lemon Pepper Freestyle.”

Meek Mill is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Gavin Newsom is in trouble. The California governor may be facing a recall vote after enough signatures were collected to put the matter on a ballot. But who will replace him? So far there’s Caitlyn Jenner, athlete-turned-reality TV star-turned-trans activist. (There’s also Randy Quaid, but the fallen actor has yet to formally enter the race.) Jenner’s also an outspoken Republican, prone to, say, talk passionately about the trans community in one breath and rail against them playing sports in the next. That’s one whopper Jenner dropped in her sit-down with Sean Hannity Wednesday night.

But it was a cartoonishly classist comment that really drew the ire of social media. Jenner was talking about the big wealthy person drain happening in California, which has found people like Elon Musk threatening to leave the state over various progressive stances. But if Jenner was attempting to be relatable to the voters of her prospective state, she might have failed.

“My friends are leaving California,” Jenner told Hannity. “My hangar, the guy right across, he was packing up his hangar and I said, where are you going? And he says, ‘I’m moving to Sedona, Arizona, I can’t take it anymore. I can’t walk down the streets and see the homeless.’”

Jenner’s casually classist comments rubbed a lot of people the wrong way.

Though it does appear Newsom has lost the vote of private plane owners.

Some people pointed out that this might go against Jim Jordan’s claim that they’re the party of the working class.

And others pointed out that, should she become governor, maybe she should do something to actually help the homeless problem.

Or maybe she should just leave, too.

While Back Home, his most recent full-length album, was a big deal for Trey Songz last year, the rest of his 2020 was filled with controversies. Unfortunately the same goes this year. According to TMZ, the singer was sued by a bartender he allegedly punched during a Hollywood concert. The incident occurred at the Hollywood Palladium back on May 9, 2019, during a show for another artist — reportedly Cardi B — that he was in the audience for. In the lawsuit, the bartender is seeking unspecified damages, citing physical and psychological injury.

The bartender’s lawyer says that during the concert Trey jumped on the bar in order to sit on it. Trey was then asked to get off the bar, but he allegedly ignored the request. Then the bartender reached out to him in order to once again get his attention, but Trey turned around and punched him in the head, looked at the other bartenders at the bar, and went back to watching the concert.

Last week, it was reported that Trey would not face charges for fighting a police officer at an NFL game earlier this year. In that incident, he punched the officer in the head and placed him in a headlock during the AFC Championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills.

Trey Songz is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.