Beer of the Week! 11/04/24

Väsen Fulla

Normally $16.99 / Now on Sale for $15.96
Hazy IPA

It’s easy to throw back this Väsen brew and smack your lips to another Richmond hazy IPA. However, there’s a quiet play here between the Motueka, Nelson Sauvin, and Citra hops — three hops with different profiles.

Motueka is a New Zealand hop that works well as both an aroma hop and flavor hop. It rides between citrus notes and tropical fruit notes and can be equally at home in lagers as in IPAs. Nelson Sauvin is another New Zealander. One of our favorite “odd child” hops, it famously gives off white wine grape flavors. Of course, Citra is there for all your citrus joys.

So, what happens when Väsen gets these three different hops playing in the same sandbox? Well, the Fulla is a dry hazy IPA with citrus notes dominating, while a quiet play of juiciness goes on underneath. It’s such a smooth, quiet beer — a challenge of hop subtlety — you can almost miss how good it is.