Kawauso (Otter) label
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Kawauso (Otter)

Varietal Beer CompanySunnyside, WA
  • Hazy IPA
  • 6.3% ABV
  • Label approved May 27

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90 seek it out · 80 would buy again · 70 fine, wouldn't seek it · 60 disappointing · 40 flawed or drain pour

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About this beer

This is the 2nd of 12 labels we have from Varietal Beer Company. It is one of 39 hazy ipa labels approved in May 2026. Its label was approved 5 days after it was submitted. The label names 6 hops — Citra, Citra Cryo, El Dorado, Krush Lupomax, Loral and Motueka, and carries ddh, hazy on the front. The label carries the Brewers Association independent seal.

The artwork

A pen-and-ink engraving of an otter floats across the centre of the bright green label, rendered in dark green linework with fine crosshatching and flowing water lines beneath. The beer name appears in two weights below the illustration — hand-lettered kana characters above bold sans-serif capitals — with the style descriptor and regulatory text set in clean left and right panels. The label is dominated by the luminous lime ground, which extends edge to edge, against which the otter's detailed fur texture and whiskers read with sharp contrast.

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From the label

“UNFILTERED BEER. KEEP COLD. DRINK FRESH. OR ELSE.”

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Brew it

The label names its hops (Citra, Citra Cryo, El Dorado…), which is enough for a real starting point.

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Style: IPABrewery: Varietal Beer Company