Hop Grail
Hivemind
- Brown Ale
- 6.7% ABV
- Label approved Aug 6
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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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River Trails BierWerks' Brown Ale. Label approved 6 August 2026.
Stronger than 80% of the 138 Brown Ale labels we've read.
From the label“WE ARE THE BEES YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED RESISTANCE IS FUTILE”
How to serve it
- Serve at
- 48–54°F (9–12°C)
- Glass
- Nonic pint: the bulge gives you a grip and room for a head
- Goes with
- Mushroom dishes, Steak, Thanksgiving dinner
About 195–220 calories and 17–22 g carbs
About 130 of those calories come from the alcohol.
General guidance for Brown Ale. Calories and carbs are estimates from the ABV and how the style usually finishes; numbers the brewery prints beat ours. More beer tools
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About this beer
This is the 3rd of 4 labels we have from River Trails BierWerks. It is one of 18 brown ale labels approved in August 2026. Its label was approved 2 days after it was submitted.
A large honeybee's head dominates the upper centre of the label, rendered in tan and brown tones with glowing red eyes, set against a cosmic landscape of deep blue sky and rust-red terrain. A geometric hive-tower in neon green rises behind the bee's antennae, surrounded by white stars and nebular wisps. The beer name "HIVEMIND" appears in bright green caps across the top, with "BROWN ALE WITH HONEY" below it, and the phrase "WE ARE THE BEES YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED RESISTANCE IS FUTILE" in matching neon green type across the lower half.
Brew it
A starting-point recipe from the style and the ABV on the label: derived, not tasted, and the sheet says which is which.
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Style: Amber/Other AleBrewery: River Trails BierWerks