Last Call is an exclamatory XPA brewed with legendary punks Superchunk. The beer arrives the week before Songs in the Key of Yikes, the band’s cathartic 13th LP for long-time home Merge Records.

Last Call marks Ocelot’s third collaboration with Superchunk frontman Mac McCaughan. The first two – a Czech pale lager and a dry-hopped pilsner – were developed in accordance with Mac’s avowed enthusiasm for sessionable lagerbier. So, imagine our surprise during last year’s Merge 35 festivities when he made a comment to us about a pale ale we had brought for performers hanging out backstage. “That Jawbone is pretty tasty,” the Merge co-founder confided. “A lot of flavor, low ABV.”

A lot of flavor. Low ABV. This would become the blueprint for Last Call. Like Jawbone, the opaque XPA pairs almighty PNW Citra hops with a New Zealand varietal. Here, from mash-in to whirlpool to dry hop, the Shaky Isles are represented by Nelson Sauvin. Three forms of Nelson Sauvin, in fact. Our hand-selected Freestyle Nelson Sauvin, overflowing with notes of pink grapefruit and bright white grape. Kohia Nelson, a blend of Nelson Sauvin, Rakau, and New Zealand-grown passionfruit. And Super Sauvin, which laces Nelson Sauvin with thiol-rich Phantasm. Last Call is a maximal expression of tropical fruitiness… in a tidy 5.0% package.