∞ (Mugen - German Hoppy Pils)

"Mugen" means infinity, and that is what this beer is attempting to be: infinitely drinkable. With a clean base and just the right amount of hops, "∞" ("Mugen") is a beer that can be enjoyed without end.

The first of a pair of hoppy pilsners, we bring you this German-inspired hoppy lager. For these beers, we wanted to play with a mix of modern and classic approaches, and for the German edition we took a classic approach to the malt and brewing techniques, but used newer German hop varieties and dosing rates. The malt bill was kept simple, with German grown pilsner malt and just a little bit of Sour malt for Ph adjustment. A small volume of bittering hops was used, with a more modern approach to the aroma hop contribution. For these aroma hops we went with Saphir hops, a relatively recently bred hop that contributes spicy floral and fruity tangerine notes to the beer. With this we paired Hallertau Blanc, a hop that was released just over 10 years ago as a cross between Cascade and Hüll Melon Hops. This hop offers a white wine-like grape and passion fruit-like character and, along with the Saphir, combines to create a floral character with notes of the more modern fruity tropics. We like to think that this beer could be a glimpse at what a German pilsner could have looked like today if they’d had some of these modern hops generations ago.