Be As You Were and Always Could Be label
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Double / Imperial IPA · label approved 11 June 2026

Be As You Were and Always Could Be

Burial Beer Co.North Carolina
  • 8.3% ABV
  • Cans
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Burial Beer Co.'s Double / Imperial IPA. Label approved 11 June 2026; not spotted on a shelf or tap list yet.

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  1. Label submitted10 June 2026
  2. Label approved11 June 2026
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About this beer

This is the 102nd of 208 labels we have from Burial Beer Co. It is one of 215 double / imperial ipa labels approved in June 2026. Its label was approved 1 day after it was submitted. The label names 16 hops — Mosaic, Galaxy, Nectaron, Dolcetto, Nelson, Rakau, Strata, Krush, El Dorado, Vic Secret, Motueka, Simcoe, Comet, Incognito, Cryo and Liquid Lupulin.

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TTB ID26161001000744
Serial26ACBC
Label approved11 June 2026
Submitted10 June 2026
Name on the approvalBurial Beer Co., Burial Beer Co., LLC
StyleDouble / Imperial IPA
Class / type902 · Ale
Alcohol8.3%
VesselCans
FamilyIPA
OriginNorth Carolina
SourceUS TTB label approval (COLA), not a shelf listing

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The artwork

A spectral canine creature rendered in pale lavender and white ink dominates the centre-right of the full-bleed composition, its head tilted upward with multiple glowing orange eyes set against a deep black starfield background. Wisping clouds in mauve and pink float around the animal's form, while a wireframe grid in cyan sweeps across the lower two-thirds of the label, punctuated by spheres in deep purple and metallic sheen. The beer name and style appear in spaced cyan capitals across the bottom edge, with regulatory text and brewery details aligned along the left margin.

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From the label

“Every compromise became another stone in a cathedral we never wished to worship. So we must undergo a violent dismantling of expectation. An excavation to rediscover our truest self. A Double IPA brewed with 13 of our favorite hops for our 13th Anniversary: Mosaic, Galaxy, Nectaron, Dolcetto, Nelson, Rakau, Strata, Krush, El Dorado, Vic Secret, Motueka, Simcoe, and Comet. With asmattering of Incognito, Cryo, and Liquid Lupulin throughout.”

The brewery

Brand
Burial Beer Co.
Brewed at
Burial Beer Co., Burial Beer Co., LLC
Location
40 COLLIER AVE, Asheville, NC, 28801
Production
Brewed in-house

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