Small Gods
The Chupacabra stalks sinuously through the pale sands of the Chihuahuan desert, seeking prey. The arid dunes offer little succour beyond meagre sprays of cactus flower and the occasional skittering lizard. Poor sustenance for the raging thirst of this fearsome reptilian stalker. Teeth glisten, bright in the frosty Mexican moonlight as its target comes into view, listless and bleating. Cautiously it approaches, unobserved and slavering. The first the hapless goat knows of the Chupacabra’s predatory pounce is the feeling of fangs sinking swiftly into its tender flank. Its life’s blood is sucked away in rapid gulps. A desiccated husk is all that remains. The Chupacabra wends its way onwards, its ceaseless thirst unquenched.
Chupacabra is an IPA inspired by cold nights in the Mexican desert. An ultra-pale pilsner malt base with a healthy addition of malted corn provides a crisp and clean platform to allow the carefully selected blend of uniquely characterful Neomexicanus hops to sing. Zappa, El Dorado and Talus burst with bright flavours of passionfruit, apricot, watermelon, mint and tropical fruits. Chupacabra is fermented with a Lager yeast and cold conditioned to enhance the assertive, old-school bitterness (remember the IBU arms race?). This is a punchy, bitter, moreish, and refreshing IPA designed to quench the most insatiable thirst.