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alcohol by volume (ABV)

8%

bitterness units (IBU)

35

carbs

19

calories

248

protein

2.4

Malts

Munich, Oats, Two-row Pale, Wheat

Hops

Comet, Eureka, Helios, Simcoe, Strata

Yeast

Ale

PROCESS

How we make it hazy

Making our delicious haze starts before we even fire up the kettle. Oats and wheat — both malted and unmalted varieties — are critical to the recipe, down to their exact makeup of proteins, beta-glucans, diastatic power, and other beer-nerdy specs.
 

Once we’re brewing, this precise grain foundation interacts with the polyphenols (think pre-haze molecules) in colossal volumes of lupulin hop dust, which is basically the pure flavor from inside hop cones, to generate a smooth and juicy haze. We chill our fermenters at slightly higher temperatures than normal so the haze doesn’t fade, then we skip the filter to package all the hazy flavor in its prime — straight from the tanks and into the can.

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Once we’re brewing, this precise grain foundation interacts with the polyphenols (think pre-haze molecules) in colossal volumes of lupulin hop dust, which is basically the pure flavor from inside hop cones, to generate a smooth and juicy haze. We chill our fermenters at slightly higher temperatures than normal so the haze doesn’t fade, then we skip the filter to package all the hazy flavor in its prime — straight from the tanks and into the can.

Go deeper: What is a Hazy IPA?

 
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Hands opening a hop cone to show the lupulin inside
12 Jun

H is for Hops, Hefeweizens, and Hazy Beer

Pouring a can of Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing IPA into a custom Hazy Little Thing glass.
20 Jun

What Is A Hazy IPA?

Beer filling a glass that shows the logo for National Hazy IPA Day
11 Jul

Celebrate Hazy IPA Day With Sierra Nevada

Hands opening a hop cone to show the lupulin inside
12 Jun

H is for Hops, Hefeweizens, and Hazy Beer

Pouring a can of Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing IPA into a custom Hazy Little Thing glass.
20 Jun

What Is A Hazy IPA?

Beer filling a glass that shows the logo for National Hazy IPA Day
11 Jul

Celebrate Hazy IPA Day With Sierra Nevada

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Cosmic Little Thing

Ride an interstellar wave of tropical flavor in this Cosmic Little Thing, a hazy nebula glowing with Comet, Strata, and Helios hops for notes of citrus, berries, and lychee.

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Ride an interstellar wave of tropical flavor in this Cosmic Little Thing, a hazy nebula glowing with Comet, Strata, and Helios hops for notes of citrus, berries, and lychee.

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Hazy Double IPA

abv

8%

ibu

35

Malts

Munich, Oats, Two-row Pale, Wheat

Hops

Comet, Eureka, Helios, Simcoe, Strata

Yeast

Ale


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