The East Coast edition of Beer Notes!

Pennsylvania-area beer fans could be surprised when Southern Tier Brewing releases its Cherry Saison early. The beer should be made available late this week according to a representative from Shangy’s in Enmaus. No word yet on distribution to other states but it should roll out elsewhere soon thereafter. Southern Tier Creme Brulee shouldn’t be far off either.

Terrapin Beer Company announced a little over a week ago that RoggenRauchbier, #2 in the Side Project Series, would be available in early June. Meanwhile, the brewery will also be releasing Terrapin India Brown Ale in bottles for the first time.

Mayflower Brewing is a fairly new operation based in Massachusetts. The brewery recently started shipping out bottles for the first time in and around the Boston area. The brewery may not see much respect on Ratebeer but Director of Brewing Operations, Matt Steinberg, has successfully got what appears to be a mini-cult following at Beer Advocate. The beers available in bottles now are Mayflower Golden Ale and Mayflower Pale Ale. Mayflower Porter will be available next month while Mayflower IPA, the most popular beer, has been sporadically available around Boston bars on tap.

Lastly, Smuttynose Brewing apparently stopped brewing its Portsmouth Lager and is replacing it with a Belgian-style ale of some kind. Portsmouth Lager has been around for years so this is quite a change for the brewery. [And it’s nice to see folks getting riled up about a lager going offline.]