Northeast-style IPA invasion, 2017 craft beer releases and vegetables paired with beer

founders-brewing-2017-barrel-aged-series — *Founders Brewing, which will hit the Washington state market in January, announced a new barrel-aged series for 2017.*

MORNING FOAM FOR SATURDAY, DEC. 20 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom recipe. …

The Motley Fool has a breakdown on how the stock market treated the big boys in the beer world in 2016. Craft Brew Alliance — owners of Redhook Ale, Widmer Brothers and Kona Brewing, among others — had a bullish year with stocks increasing 86%. Meanwhile, A-B InBev, despite the merger with SABMiller, saw stocks decrease by almost 15%. Boston Beer wasn’t far behind.

The Northeast-style IPA has begun gobbling up turf on the coast that’s synonymous with the most coveted India pale ale style in the world.

Three of the country’s top craft breweries unveiled their 2017 beer release schedules this week, sharing plans to introduce a host of new products and packages over the course of next year. Michigan’s Founders Brewing said it would launch a new barrel-aged series that would include longtime favorites such as Kentucky Breakfast Stout and Backwoods Bastard, as well as four new offerings. New Belgium Brewing will introduce four new year-round releases while simultaneously creating a new line of hop-forward beers under the “Voodoo Ranger” trademark. Dogfish Head said it would sell nine year-round offerings, including flagship 60 Minute IPA in 12-pack cans, as well as seasonals Beer to Drink Music To ’17, Romantic Chemistry, Punkin Ale and Post-Boil IPA, a new winter offering.

When the FloTrack Beer Mile World Championships go down in Austin Dec. 17 it’s safe to bet that last year’s winner and record-holder, Corey Bellemore, will be running in some new kicks. The Canadian athlete recently signed an endorsement deal with Adidas.

John Schlimm, award-winning author of “The Ultimate Beer Lover’s Happy Hour” and great-great-grandson of Peter Straub (founder of the country’s third-oldest brewery, Straub Brewery) put together a handy infographic to make it easy to pair beer with vegetarian and vegan foods.

Andre Maciel, an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, recently published a study examining one aspect of craft beer growth: the way in which former brand-name beer drinkers teach themselves to become craft beer aficionados.

Ah, yes. The Pokémon Cookbook shows you how to make your own Pokémon-shaped dishes. We have no words.