And, back on the NC/WV border. Tasty IPA.

I'm pretty sure that Gene @GOS Could supervise the Epic Pub Crawl Across America. Start setting up sponsors. Any beer made from soybeans?
I'll drink to that!Japanese Happoshu
https://www.tokyoblaze.com/beer-and-happoshu/
Happoshu is a beer-like beverage that has a malt content of less than 2/3(around 67%), whereas beer has a malt content of over 2/3. Happoshu is cheaper than beer due to Japan’s tax on alcohol; the higher the malt content, the higher the tax is. There is also a factor in the ingredients that are used; malt is considerably more expensive than the corn, soy beans, and starch which are used in happoshu. There is also a beer-like beverage called daisan-no-biiru which is even cheaper than happoshu.
And, the can says "strong beer" lmao I can imagine what that beer tastes like.There is no world where I would call a 15 IBU an IPA. I am not surprised you did not care for it.
And yes, I realize that BU:GU can be a more useful metric than IBU in what to expect but a hazy IPA should clock in between 25-60 IBU.
https://www.bjcp.org/style/2021/21/21C/hazy-ipa/
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