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Clear and Present Danger — full label as filed with TTB
Label as filed · tap for full resolutionPLATE Nº 26218001000400 · cleared 7 August 2026
IPA (other/unspecified) · cleared 7 August 2026

Clear and Present Danger

Alternate EndingNew Jersey

A TTB label filing on the register, cleared 7 August 2026. TTB ID 26218001000400. This is the paperwork, not a shelf listing.

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  1. Filedwith the TTB
  2. Cleared7 August 2026
  3. SpottedNot yet — watching

Register-wide, a cleared beer typically surfaces at its brewery within 15 days — four out of five inside 32 — measured across 220 filings we've watched land. This page gets stamped the moment it's seen.

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This filing went on record 7 August 2026, before the beer reached a shelf. Check Friday's register for this house. The docket is a second, optional dispatch.

In the register

This is the 1st of 4 label filings we hold from Alternate Ending. It is one of 157 ipa (other/unspecified) labels approved in August 2026. It cleared 1 day after it was filed. The label names 3 hops — Limequat, Nelson Sauvin and NZ Cascade. The label carries the Brewers Association independent seal.

Certificate of Label Approval
TTB ID26218001000400
Serial26CLEA
StyleIPA (other/unspecified)
Class / type902 · Ale
Alcohol6.6%
VesselCans
Also filedkeg collar #26218001000406
HopsLimequat, Nelson Sauvin, NZ Cascade
FamilyIPA
OriginNew Jersey
Cleared7 August 2026
ProvenanceUS TTB COLA — the filing itself, not a shelf listing
The artwork

A silhouetted figure in a business suit stands in profile against an orange field on the left panel, one hand gesturing outward; the centre panel presents the brewery and beer name in large serif type, with the descriptive text heavily redacted by black bars, and the right panel displays three large fingerprint engravings in a cream vignette with vertical blue regulatory text. The colour scheme alternates between the warm orange left side, cream centre, and cream right side, creating a triptych structure.

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From the label

“The intel came in Clear. Then contact & courier both went dark. Present at the drop, one crate stayed cold as the Danger closed in from the harbor. A New Zealand-style handoff, blown wide open. Field agent IPA worked the wreckage and logged the hops the smugglers ran as cover: Limequat, Nelson Sauvin, NZ Cascade. Every other name in the file stays buried. Only this can survives interrogation, stamped 6.6% alc. by vol., eyes only.”

Extracted from label art by hopgrail · fields verified against the filing

The house

Brand
Alternate Ending
Applicant
Alternate Ending Beer Co., AE Beer LLC
Location
1057 ROUTE 34, Aberdeen, NJ, 07747
Production
Brewed in-house
Certification
BA Independent

Brew it

The filing names its hops — Limequat, Nelson Sauvin, NZ Cascade — which is enough for a real starting point.

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The hunt

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Alternate Ending's beer finder →the brewery's own where-to-find pageCraftShack →ships craft nationwideTotal Wine →the distributed shelf