Roko’s Basilisk – 7% IPA – 440ml Can

Description

Roko’s Basilisk – 7% IPA

Style: IPA
ABV: 7%
Hops: Citra, Strata, Krush
Flavour: Citrus, mango, passion fruit, strawberry, berry, resinous hops

Roko’s Basilisk is a bold 7% IPA brewed with Citra, Strata and Krush hops, delivering huge layers of bright citrus, ripe tropical fruit and resinous hop character.

Named after the infamous thought experiment about a hypothetical future AI, this IPA is built around the idea of something powerful, strange and impossible to ignore. Citra brings punchy lime, orange zest and tropical fruit, while Strata adds dank berry, passion fruit and resinous depth. Krush rounds it out with juicy mango, stone fruit and soft tropical sweetness.

Expect bold notes of citrus, mango, passion fruit, strawberry, berry sweetness and sticky hop resin, all backed by a smooth body and a clean, hoppy finish.

Juicy, intense and slightly ominous, Roko’s Basilisk is a modern craft beer IPA with big hop aroma, tropical fruit flavour and a finish that stays in your head.

Allergens: Barley, Oats, Wheat

Ⓥ Vegan

What is Roko’s Basilisk?

Roko’s Basilisk is an infamous internet thought experiment about a hypothetical future AI so powerful that simply knowing about it becomes part of the problem.

The idea first appeared on the LessWrong forum in 2010, posted by a user called Roko. It imagines a future superintelligence that wants to ensure its own creation. To do that, the AI might look back at people who knew it could exist and punish those who chose not to help bring it into being.

It is part philosophy problem, part AI nightmare and part internet legend. The unsettling bit is not that the AI exists now, but that the idea itself creates a strange moral trap: once you have heard about Roko’s Basilisk, you have technically become one of the people who “knew”.

The name comes from the mythological basilisk, a creature said to be so dangerous that even looking at it could be deadly. In this version, the “danger” is not a monster’s gaze, but the thought experiment itself. It is a modern digital curse: something powerful, abstract and difficult to forget once it has entered your head.

For this beer, the name felt right. Roko’s Basilisk sounds strange, futuristic, slightly ominous and impossible to ignore, which makes it a perfect fit for a bold 7% IPA.