Lawson’s Finest Liquids makes Hop Wired Hazy IPA year-round, expands to 12 states

Lawson’s Finest Liquids moved Hop Wired Hazy IPA out of the occasional-release lane and into its permanent lineup, a clear bet that the brewery sees room for a haze-driven beer with staying power. The 6.8% ABV IPA began rolling out in May as 4-packs of 16-ounce cans, reaching drinkers across the Northeast as well as North Carolina, Virginia and Colorado.

The brewery now lists Hop Wired as a year-round hazy India pale ale on its beer page and says it is available in the taproom year round, putting it alongside the brand’s core beers rather than treating it as a one-off novelty. Lawson’s current year-round lineup includes six beers: Hop Wired, Sip of Sunshine, Little Sip, Scrag Mountain Pils, Nitro Stout and Epic Sip.

Hop Wired is built for the exact audience that has kept hazy IPA one of craft beer’s most durable styles. Lawson’s describes it as a beer with a cloud-like mouthfeel and juicy citrus and tropical fruit hop character, using Citra, Galaxy and Mosaic. That combination gives the beer the soft, aromatic profile that made Vermont-style IPA a national obsession in the first place, while the permanent release suggests Lawson’s thinks that demand is still strong enough to support a wider, steady supply.

The move also fits the way Lawson’s has grown. Founded in 2008 by Sean Lawson, the independent, B Corp-certified brewery opened its destination brewery and taproom in Waitsfield, Vermont, in 2018 after starting as a home-based 1-barrel nanobrewery. That history matters here: Lawson’s has spent years turning local credibility into broader reach without losing its Vermont identity, and Hop Wired’s move into the core lineup follows that same path.

CEO Adeline Druart said the beer took two years to develop and called the wider rollout a major milestone for the company. The timing also lands inside a longer expansion pattern for Lawson’s, which entered its first new market in five years in 2024 and reported distribution across 12 states in a 2025 company update.

For drinkers, the practical change is simple: Hop Wired is no longer something to chase as a limited drop. It is becoming a stable shelf beer, a taproom regular and another sign that hazy IPA still has enough pull to justify year-round space in a crowded market.