crush hour - everyday hazy ipa

Rush hour occurs at two different times every day during the week and is especially frustrating for those who have to commute. During the rush hours between 7:00 and 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 and 6:30 p.m., many people travel to work or home at the same time, flooding streets, buses, and trains. The times may vary slightly depending on the country and city, but there are periods everywhere when traffic is congested because many people are traveling at the same time.

In contrast to this annoying phenomenon, Crush Hour is something entirely positive: Crush Hour is the name of a beer from Vocation Brewery. Affectionately dubbed Everyday Hazy Pale by the brewery, it boasts a light and fluffy 4.6% alcohol content and was created to give us all a moment of peace after the daily rush hour.

The heavily clouded drink, the color of freshly made apricot jam, flows into the glass, adorned with a cap of lightly tinted, dense foam. An olfactory composition of toffee, lime peel, grapefruit, and canned pineapple creates anticipation from the very first sniff. The initial sip is like a tidal wave of freshly squeezed lime, mandarin orange, pineapple, and passion fruit. Gentle undertones of yeast dough and creamy caramel, as well as a citrus-fresh bitterness, complete the velvety-smooth interplay of aromas.