Craving the taste of 1980s nostalgia ? Long Island - basedBlue Point Brewing Company ’s new house of cards gum - flavor IPA , Bubble Brain , smells like Bazooka Joe but try out more like a less - sweet fruity brew , with a lemony and acrimonious cultivation . Even those who are n’t neat on IPAs might care it , as the cryptical rosebush - imbue drink looks like wine and does n’t taste as hoppy as some IPAs and pale ales .
To give the beer an sum throwback vibe , Blue Point ( an Anheuser - Busch InBev company ) tappedGarbage Pail KidsillustratorBrent Engstromto project the recording label , which features a rendering of Blue Point ’s brewmaster Mike " Stoney " Stoneburg , who came up with the beer .
" It ’s a small pot , bubble gum beer , driven by fruit , spices , and yeast , ” Barry McLaughlin , Blue Point Brewing ’s marketing director , toldForbes . “ It ’s all inspired by a sojourn to a dust-covered novelty memory board on the west side of town and find a routine of turn a loss nostalgia of our ‘ 80s youth . ”
“ The juicy New England and milkshake IPA manner have become extremely democratic , as well as fruit , tympani sours , " McLaughin said of the beer ’s IPA - meet - off flavor . " As beer maker , we wanted to highlight the thing we love about all of these styles but also take some risks and agitate the drinker ’s experience further in a new , sub - style of IPA . "
According to the beer critical review siteUntapped , some drinkers have described the 6.5 percent ABV Bubble Brain as “ unearthly , ” “ barbarian , ” and “ taste just like bubble gum . ”
you may find the beer — and a sip of yesterday — in pastel - colored tall boy four - packs at prize retail outlets in New York , New Jersey , Massachusetts , and Connecticut , and at Blue Point ’s brewpub in Patchogue , New York .
