Ghost Army Whole Cone Hop IPA

Laboriously made w/whole cone hops, piney, earthy, dusty. Named after; Vets of the secret ‘Ghost Army’ tasked with fooling Nazi forces about the location of allied troops in WW2. More than 1,000 artists, actors and sound experts were recruited by the U.S. Army to engage in tactical deception as it prepared to recapture territory from Germany following the Normandy landings in June 1944.They used decoys such as inflatable tanks & fake noises to draw Nazi soldiers into the wrong areas in the final months of the conflict. They were able to confuse Germans about the scale and position of allied forces and their ingenuity is credited with saving many lives among the 30,000 troops tasked with crossing the Rhine and moving into Nazi-held area. Show Less