What it is

Blue Agate is an IPA from Lolev in Pittsburgh, PA. It runs 6.92% ABV, and its label was approved Sep 28, 2026.

If you're searching for Lolev Blue Agate, that's the short version. A label approval often comes before a beer is announced, so this is an early look.

What the label tells us

The package is a can. The hop list has seven entries: Eggers Riwaka, Eggers ESHcapade, Freestyle Limequat, Freestyle NZ Cascade, Freestyle Nelson Sauvin, Freestyle Nectaron Hop Klef and Nelson Cold-Pressed Hop Juice.

Four of them carry the Freestyle name. Nelson shows up twice, once as Freestyle Nelson Sauvin and again as the cold-pressed juice, and that's the part I'd circle.

The label's own copy is as brief as copy gets. It says "STORE COLD." That's the whole pitch.

No art description came with this label, so I'll say nothing about the artwork.

When you might see it

There's no firm timing yet. No sighting has turned up, and no release date has been announced.

For a rough sense of pace: Lolev's past beers were spotted a median of 11 days after their labels were approved, a figure drawn from 20 beers. Counting from Sep 28, 2026, that's a yardstick and not a promise.

What we don't know yet

  • Release date
  • Price
  • Where it will be sold
  • Can size and pack format
  • How it tastes. Nobody at Hop Grail has tried it.

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