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It’s Tripster, er, Hickster, er …

Rick Bonino

Hey, hipsters – your beer is back.

Trickster’s today is releasing Hipster Juice Volume 2, the second in an ongoing series of one-off pale ales.

Volume 1, which arrived in August, was a crisp, seasonally sessionable offering (only 4.5 percent alcohol by volume, 43 International Bitterness Units) with a pleasantly dank aroma and herbal, spicy flavors from single-hopping with Zeus.

As befits our current climate, Volume 2 is a bit beefier, at 5.6 percent ABV, with some waffle-like notes from bready Munich malt, according to Trickster’s owner Matt Morrow.

And while the IBUs are roughly the same, more bitterness comes through from Chinook hops, Morrow says, which were used this time along with Zeus and Northern Brewer.

You won’t have to wait long for Volume 3, which will again be a different recipe. That’s being brewed in time for release at Trickster’s second anniversary party on Nov. 29, with some of Volume 2 also expected to stick around for comparison purposes.