Hop Butcher Secret Snacks (pack of 4) (8%)

Hop Butcher Secret Snacks is a clear Double India Pale Ale brewed at 8% ABV by Hop Butcher for The World out of Illinois. It is brewed with a four-hop bill of Mosaic, CTZ (Columbus/Tomahawk/Zeus), Chinook and Nectaron. Unlike much of the brewery's catalog, which leans into hazy IPA, Secret Snacks is intentionally brewed clear, stripping away yeast haze so hop oils and bitterness express themselves with more definition and snap. The nose leads with berry-inflected Mosaic tones layered over ripe tropical fruit from Nectaron, with a subtle resinous underpinning from Chinook and CTZ. The entry is clean, with expressive berry and tropical fruit flavours arriving early; mid-palate the juiciness fans out before a pronounced bitter bite from CTZ and Chinook anchors the back end. The finish is moderately long with firm, dry bitterness and faint tropical fruit echoes.