KIZUNA

ORIGINAL VERMONT INSPIRED IPA – 5.8% ABV 

Kizuna 絆 (meaning: bonds between people) is born out of a recipe that's spent many years in hibernation. The idea was sketched out in Montreal before the "haze craze" during a fateful collaboration between our brewmaster, then of Brasserie Dieu du Ciel, and Shaun Hill of Hill Farmstead Brewery. It happened during an era of calculated experimentation, creativity, and great financial risk; the likes of which spawned an entire new style trend that would upend the craft beer landscape. In turning our gaze towards this formative collaboration with a dear friend, we seek to match the spark of that IPA and the IPAs brewed in Vermont during that brief fragment in time when the possibilities were endless.

Kizuna Original Vermont Inspired IPA was dry-hopped with an abundance of Citra and Simcoe hops and brewed with a plethora of citrus zests. It expresses vibrant aromas of pomelo, passion fruit, apricot, and something approaching evergreen. The flavour profile similarly amplifies its citrusy underpinnings with notes of freshly squeezed lemon, pink grapefruit, and orange pith before washing into a faint tartness in the finish.