Servant of the Sacred Runes
The Seed: A Living Beer Project

Servant of the Sacred RunesServant of the Sacred Runes
Beer Geek Stats
From:
The Seed: A Living Beer Project
 
New Jersey, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
ABV:
9.3%
Score:
+8 ratings needed
Avg:
4.21 | pDev: 1.9%
Ratings:
2 | reviews: 1
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 10, 2026
Added:
Jan 09, 2026
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
Brewed in collaboration with Brujos Brewing. Servant of the Sacred Runes is built on a grist focused on local spelt, wheat, and oats from Rabbit_Hill Malthouse. Hopped hot-side with Citra t90, Citra DynaBoost, and Motueka, fermented with our house IPA yeast, and double dry hopped with Yakimachief Citra t90 and Citra Cryo, Eggers Hops Riwaka, and Freestyle Hops Motueka and Peacharine Kief. The results are a massive, but dangerously deceptive, wave of intense tropical and citrus layers ranging from concentrated passion fruit leather, pineapple and red-berry smoothies, one of each orange at the fruit stand, mouth-watering green melons, and a robust hit of bright stone-fruit.
Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 4.13 by SadMachine from New Jersey

Jan 10, 2026
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Reviewed by MacMalt from New Jersey

4.28/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Reviewed less than 2 weeks after canning. Poured into a shaker glass. It pours a dense, dirty orange-apricot color with a half finger cap of fluffy, ecru foam and lots of soapy lacing. The nose has a southern hemisphere aroma with white wine and tropical fruit notes, along with a whiff of vanilla or lactose. Its taste follows with a balance of overripe tropical fruit more than balanced by dry white wine grape. I'm tasting lemon, lime, grapefruit, pineapple, apricot, pinto gris, lite herbs, and just enough vanilla to give it a creamsicle quality. There is little hop bitterness. The mouth feel is top shelf: thick and creamy with moderate carbonation, and the 9.3% ABV gives it pop without being overly boozy. Maybe I'm becoming bored with southern hemisphere IPAs but the amount of experimental hops in this ale produces diminishing returns. It is good and flavorful for sure but I don't think it justified the hype or the price point.
Jan 09, 2026