Hop Grail
Short Shorts
- American Pale Ale
- 5.5% ABV
- Label approved Jul 31
Had it? My score
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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Matchless' American Pale Ale. Label approved 31 July 2026; not spotted yet.
Lighter than 50% of the 759 American Pale Ale labels we've read.
From the label“In memory of Bob Weir. What a long, strange trip it's been.”
How to serve it
- Serve at
- 45–50°F (7–10°C)
- Glass
- Nonic pint: the bulge gives you a grip and room for a head
- Goes with
- Burgers, Pizza, Roast chicken
About 160–185 calories and 14–19 g carbs
About 110 of those calories come from the alcohol.
General guidance for American Pale Ale. Calories and carbs are estimates from the ABV and how the style usually finishes; numbers the brewery prints beat ours. More beer tools
Where to find it
We track beers, we don't sell them, so no stock promises. These are the searches we'd run for this one.
Readers' scores
Also naming Chinook and Krush
About this beer
This is the 64th of 78 labels we have from Matchless. It is one of 85 american pale ale labels approved in July 2026. Its label was approved 1 day after it was submitted. The label names 2 hops — Chinook and Krush. The label carries the Brewers Association independent seal.
A character in yellow skin and orange shirt plays an electric guitar against a full-bleed background of swirling psychedelic gradients in magenta, cyan, green, and yellow. The figure is rendered in a simplified animated style, stationed left of center with the beer name in black sans-serif caps positioned over the torso. The entire label surface is occupied by radial streaks of color that create motion and visual turbulence, with type overlays in white and black distributed across the right half for regulatory and descriptive content.
Brew it
The label names its hops (Chinook, Krush), which is enough for a real starting point.
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