(Seattle, WA) – Elysian Brewing will introduce a new label for Loser Pale Ale this spring.

Make your beer buying decisions based on your love of indie music? This beer might just be for you. According to the Washington Beer Blog, the beer will return with a new label on May 1st:

Loser Pale Ale is brewed in honor of Sub Pop Records – Seattle’s ground-breaking Independent Record Label which is well known for first signing artists such as Mudhoney, Nirvana and Soundgarden back in the grunge era. While the music scene has changed over the years, Sub Pop remains one of the premier record labels in Seattle and continues to showcase talented artists across the country. This being the case, our goal was to make Loser a standout act – the prevalent hops featured in this beer are the unique and not widely available Sorachi Ace hops. This hop variety originated in Japan and is currently only grown one place in the United States – the Gamache Family Hop Farms in Yakima, Washington.

Beer stats per the brewery website:

MALTS
Pale, Munich, Crystal and Cara-hell

HOPS
Bittered with Sorachi Ace and finished with Crystal hops

ABV: 7.0%

IBU: 53

AVAILABILITY
1/2 Bbl kegs, 22 oz bottles