Clear and Present Danger
- Filedwith the TTB
- Cleared7 August 2026
- SpottedNot yet — watching
On your grail list. We'll tell you when it lands.This is the 17th of 17 filings we hold from Alternate Ending. It is one of 41 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.
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.
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
