Bears in space?!?! A Space Bear Oddity takes flight

Another year for Boxing Bear Brewing has arrived and to mark the occasion, Justin Hamilton and company brewed a collaborative hazy IPA with Odd13 Brewing in Colorado.

With Stoutmeister on vacation and the rest of the Crew otherwise engaged at work and such, I headed over solo on Saturday to get my paws on this year’s anniversary ale. The aroma blasts off with dank grapefruit and orange zest, culminating in lightly sweet, freshly mowed clover on the initial nose. A lovely crisp bitterness on the finish cleans the palate with each sip.

Some mellow hints of spiced orange as used in my family’s traditional Yuletide wassail (an orange is halved and then covered with whole cloves like a pincushion before adding to the cider and other spices) make a brief appearance mid-palate before fading back into soft notes of candied lemon and more dank cannabis notes.

The mouthfeel is chewy, like breakfast oatmeal, though I think this may be from the use of f

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