Stoup Brewing's website lists several definitions of "stoup," including a Scandinavian bucket, a Northern English drinking vessel, and an ecclesiastical basin for holy water. Poltergeists will be relieved to hear that none of the beers at this new Ballard brewery and taproom contain holy water; the India Session Ale tastes pleasantly like the smell of a very hot, dry field of flowers in August...

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[Editor's note: Stoup's taproom is open right now for your Sunday-afternoon pleasure.]