It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Beer: Goose Island IPA Now

Beer #4 of the beer advent calendar is another fucking IPA -- Goose Island's IPA Now.  Look, I get that certain beer nerds and hipsters think hops are all the rage, but it's winter beer season, so in my opinion, one IPA is one IPA too many.  That said, I do like the early '80s Astros-style bottom third of the can.  So there's that.

Name: IPA Now
Brewery:  Goose Island Beer Company

Location:  Chicago, IL

ABV:  6.5%

IBU:  45

Good for drinking if:  You like commenting on the pine and citrus notes of a beer after putting up a Christmas tree that your wife is convinced is dead.

Rating (out of five stars, by quarter star increments):  3.25