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Hop Project if you want a clean, straightforward IPA backbone, Hop Reach if you want complexity and restraint playing off each other.
Both sit at 6.5% and 60 IBUs, so the ABV/IBU math is identical—the difference is in philosophy. Yazoo leans into the IPA playbook with directness; Allagash whispers instead of shouts. Neither is better; it's about what your palate is ready for.
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Body
Δ 4
Sweetness
Δ 14
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Tasting notes
Hop Project
Hop Project hits you with clarity first. The bitterness is present but never aggressive, and there's a clean malt sweetness underneath that keeps it approachable. The hop character is bright without being weird—you get citrus and maybe some pine, but nothing that makes you work to understand it. It's the kind of beer that tastes like what you expected an IPA to taste like.
Hop Reach
Hop Reach is trickier. There's restraint baked into this one—it refuses to scream at you. You get herbal notes, a slight earthiness, and a bitterness that's more textured than sharp. It feels smaller than it is, which is exactly the point. This is an IPA for people who've drunk enough IPAs to appreciate subtlety.
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