As category context only, the Brewers Association guideline for Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale calls for straw to light amber color with variable haze, low to medium-low malt, medium-high to very high juicy or tropical hop character and soft bitterness, at 6.3 to 7.5 percent ABV and 20 to 50 IBU. The listed ABV and IBU fit these category ranges.
Awards History
Year
Competition
Category
Medal
2026
Great American Beer Festival
Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale
Gold
Generated from the loaded results for this brewery and beer name, not researched separately; years not loaded are not covered.
Not Found: Tasting notes, Color (SRM), Original gravity, Final gravity, Hop use, Hop lot or farm, Water, Process. Checked untappd.com, bendbrewingco.com, bendbrewingco.com, web searches recorded in the research notes.
Research Notes
Field pass 2026-10-13: An additional brewery-domain search found no page naming Because Science; beer url remains null.
Second pass 2026-10-13: Found matching ABV, IBU, hops, grains, brewing sugar and yeast in the brewery description on Untappd. The malt name Gabrinus is retained as published. No dedicated brewery beer page was found.
The brewery beer page lists 12 beers with style, ABV and IBU but no hop or description detail; Because Science is not among them.
No 2026 medal announcement from the brewery was found.
Researched 2026-10-13.
Deep dive pass 2026-10-14: the description on file comes from Untappd and is not extended.