Lead by the strength of their Full Hop Alchemist, the best and brightest Hop Conjurers engaged in constant and trying battle against The Darkness. At the end of the Second Great Hop War, in a brilliant and exhausting final show of might the battle-worn and broken Alchemist prevailed over the Arch-Nemesis, breaking the enemy and securing victory. It was in this moment of triumph however that the Alchemist would be lost forever. The world was at once overcome in a blackened void, from which emerged what Hop Dude historians would come to know as "The Hop-Breaker". An obsidian giant of reckless abandon and insurmountable power, The Hop-Breaker shrouded the world in Darkness and threatened to end the Hop Dude once and for all. Possessing seemingly otherworldly energy and completely invincible to any and all attacks, the Dark Master was unstoppable. It is said that the Alchemist, in one final act of desperation threw herself upon The Hop-Breaker, sacrificing her soul and pushing it back into the void--shattering the Darkness, and saving the world from certain doom.

The Hop-Breaker may have been pushed back into the void, but it is far from defeated. At 11%, featuring vanilla-toasted coconut flakes and Modern Times coffee, this is one Imperial Stout you won't want to miss. Restless Hop Dudes are wondering if and when The Hop-Breaker might return - and if their new Full Hop Alchemist will have the wisdom and might to dismantle it for good.