Fuerst Wiacek Even Odds

Even Odds – FUERST WIACEK's DDH Hazy IPA from Berlin with Citra & Columbus

Even Odds by FUERST WIACEK from Berlin is a Double Dry Hopped New England / Hazy IPA at 6.8% ABV, built around a focused two-hop lineup of Citra and Columbus — and it is precisely this concentration on two strong characters that makes it so compelling. Citra delivers its familiar, radiant spectrum of grapefruit, lime, and passion fruit — bright, juicy, and with a directness that hits immediately. Columbus steps in as a powerful counterpart: earthy, resinous, with a spicy dankness and a firm bitterness that structures the beer and gives it a depth that reaches far beyond the fruit profile. The DDH process maximises the aromatic potential of both varieties, producing a Hazy IPA that is simultaneously bright and grounded, fruity and earthy, inviting and characterful.

What makes Even Odds so compelling is its balance of opposites — exactly what the name implies. Citra and Columbus are not an obvious pairing, but in FUERST WIACEK's hands the apparent contradiction becomes a beer with genuine tension: tropical-fruity and resinous-earthy at the same time, with a long, dry finish that honours both the bitterness of the Columbus and the citrus fruitiness of the Citra in equal measure. A Hazy IPA that justifies its name with every single sip.