Hop Grail
Heart Shaped Box Salted Chocolate Stout
- Pastry Stout
- 7.5% ABV
- Label approved May 28
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Crooked Stave's Pastry Stout. Label approved 28 May 2026.
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This is the 5th of 18 labels we have from Crooked Stave Brewing Co. It is one of 7 pastry stout labels approved in May 2026. Its label was approved 1 day after it was submitted.
Two anthropomorphic characters—a red heart and a pink rose with leaf details—hold hands and dance across the centre of the label against a checkerboard background of cream and pale pink. The heart character has a smiling face with small hands and feet rendered in a retro cartoon style, while the rose character mirrors the pose with similar proportions. Small decorative stars and hearts scatter around them. The beer name appears in coral italic script below the illustration, with the style and ABV information set in small dark capitals.
From the label“The rose is red, the violet's blue. This stout's sweet, and so are you. Salt-kissed and chocolate, perfectly combined; Best enjoyed with a Valentine.”
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Style: StoutBrewery: Crooked Stave