sweetwater makes good stuff, i'd give it a try. sounds sweet and bitter.
IPAs are the premiere beer, and germans don't drink them. germans drink various riffs on warm budweiser for the most part, as well as making really horrible lemonade shandies called raddlers (US shandies actually taste good) or even worse, beer + pepsi called a Diesel.
the Hop Pack from Surly this year is so good. 4 different IPAs (minor miracle hoppy ale, rye wolf rye IPA, surly furious (their flagship IPA) and yummi bear west coast style IPA). ive bought like 6 of these 12 packs this summer already
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