Sometimes you want a light, refreshing Kölsch, or sometimes you want a session IPA so you can reflect on the delicate interplay of floral and tropical elements in the hop bouquet. Or sometimes you want to be smacked so hard with hops that your face swells up. That’s when you want a Murder Hornet.

Murder Hornet is the biggest, meanest IPA we’ve brewed to date, clocking in at 10.2% ABV. Despite the high gravity, this beer is dry as a bone, with the malt getting the heck out of the way of all these hops. We packed the whirlpool to the brim with Nelson Sauvin, Mosaic, and Idaho 7 hops, then dry hopped it with the same. Twice.

As you would expect, the flavor on this beer is all hops. Look for white grape up front from the Nelson Sauvin, quickly followed by a massive swarm of passionfruit and grapefruit. It finishes dry with an intoxicating swirl of tropical fruits and clean ethanol.