395. City Barrel Brewing Company (Kansas City, MO) - Stratasphere

“3, 2, 1 lift off to the Stratosphere! This experimental Gravity Project IPA was brewed with a brand new hop, called Strata. Bursting with layers of berry, grapefruit and dankness it is a truly delicious adventure. Whether your vessel is a glass or a crowler, you’re going to incredible places with this one.”

And when you’ve been on the road for eight hours and find that your sister-in-law has laid in a six-pack of this stuff, you’re a pretty happy guy. That 8.1% ABV is going to melt away all of that road stress while you nosh on some authentic Kansas City barbecue. (It’s just a damn shame they ran out of burnt ends before we rolled into town.) Oh, but you wanted to know about the beer? It’s nice and hazy, with a lot of fruit going on, and a pretty good punch from the alcohol—especially as it warms up. Very, very nice when you’ve been on the road all day, and even pretty good if you’ve only spent an hour on the phone with some idiot from AT&T who can’t manage to figure out that the reason your phone isn’t working is because your kid is using up all the bandwidth running two devices, at top volume, at the same time.