Hop Grail
Clear and Present Danger (Cans)
- IPA (other/unspecified)
- 6.6% ABV
- Label approved Aug 7
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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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Alternate Ending's IPA (other/unspecified). Label approved 7 August 2026; not spotted yet.
Lighter than 66% of the 4,731 IPA labels we've read.
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.”
How to serve it
- Serve at
- 45–50°F (7–10°C)
- Glass
- Tulip: the narrow top holds the aroma in and the head up
About 185–225 calories and 15–24 g carbs
About 130 of those calories come from the alcohol.
General guidance for IPA. 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
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Readers' scores
Also naming Nelson Sauvin and NZ Cascade
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About this beer
This is the 13th of 35 labels we have from Alternate Ending. It is one of 154 ipa (other/unspecified) labels approved in August 2026. Its label was approved 1 day after it was submitted. 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.
Brew it
The label names its hops (Limequat, Nelson Sauvin, NZ Cascade), which is enough for a real starting point.
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Style: IPABrewery: Alternate Ending