This beer is basically the embodiment of this area of Mount Rainier National Park from mid-July to mid-August. Oh, you’re unfamiliar? We’ll let 1889 John Muir tell you about it  – “The most luxuriant and the most extravagantly beautiful of all the alpine gardens I ever beheld in all my mountain-top wanderings.”  That’s high praise from a well traveled outdoorsman, and thus, high praise for this IPA. (Modern IPA was John Muir’s favorite style, btw). The recipe is built around a new New Zealand variety from Freestyle hops called Paradisi and paired with Citra, creating a gentle and approachable wonderland filled with natural splendor, flora & fauna, majestic views, and breathtaking notes of mango, kiwi, and tangerine with just a whisper of soft alpine flowers.