Beer Goggles: Vegas, Baby, Vegas

Photo by George Rose/Getty ImagesBeer: Chasing Clouds IPA

ABV, IBU: 7.2%, 38

There is a great story about how UNLV positions themselves as rebels to the Nevada State University system, thus the mascot. It’s one of my favorite little anecdotes about a CFB school, and those are the kind of things that make the regionality of this sport so engaging.

It doesn’t matter if your team is bad. Your team, by default, is the representative of your school and you will support them no matter what.

This year, the Rebels aren’t very good. Their success can be likened to Chasing Clouds. Did Hop Nuts Brewery hook me with their name and marketing? Yes, yes they did. But once I moved past a name that made me…