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Boris Golden Ale if you want a more assertive hop presence,
Wild Heaven Emergency Drinking Beer if you want pure sessionability.
Both sit in that sweet spot where you can have a few without getting hammered, but Boris leans into American pale ale attitude while Wild Heaven plays it cooler and more restrained. The IBU difference is negligible—what matters is how each beer deploys those bitterness units.
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Tasting notes
Boris Golden Ale
Boris Golden Ale hits you with a crisp, floral hop snap that doesn't linger aggressively. There's a clean malt backbone—nothing fancy, just solid grain character—that lets the hops do the talking. At 5% ABV it's got enough weight to feel like a real beer, not a warm-up act. This is the kind of pale ale that tastes like someone actually cared about balance.
Wild Heaven Emergency Drinking Beer
Wild Heaven's Emergency Drinking Beer is deceptively light without tasting thin. There's a herbal, almost grassy quality to the hops that feels more restrained than Boris—very pilsner-like in execution. The lower ABV (4.4%) makes it almost invisible going down, which is the point. This is the beer you order when you want to stay sharp and keep the evening moving.
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